Take a look inside my running pack… everything I need to get me through short to long runs. The items listed below I regularly rely on and always have at least one of everything with me, more depending on my distance or where I will be running. 1. Muff Wipes – These amazing handy little biodegradable wipes that fit …
11 Confessions of a Distance Runner
When you start spending more and more time running, you start to inadvertently incorporate different things into your life. When your weekend mornings are spent running for hours instead of sleeping in, when your week day evenings are filled with speed work, hill repeats, tempo runs and when your constantly setting ridiculous new goals… things can start to get a …
The Foam Roller 101
It’s a love hate relationship with the Foam Roller. As we know it provides one of those hurts so good type of situations. We are going to help you get through it… roll through it. Types of Foam Rollers: – Since the foam roller first made its debut appearance in and around 1997, there have been many different shaped and …
Psssst… Girl Talk and Those Body Things
Let’s talk about all of those weird, gross, ouch, things that running can cause to our bodies. Between the three of us girls we have asked and discussed all of these things with each other as if they are a secret or we are the only one that it is happening to. Then we realized “hey I’ve also had that …
Who are we 3!
We have had the pleasure of meeting some of you from our community during our different adventures however the majority we have not and we would like you all to get to know us! Dayna: Hello everyone I would like to introduce myself and welcome everyone to our community. My name is Dayna, I am 38 years old and …
I LOVE MY MUFF!
Have you ever been caught out on a run or hike and… UH-OH… nature calls! Is being caught with nothing but leaves getting annoying? Carrying toilet paper and tissue can become a nuisance especially if its raining and not to mention its not very nice to the environment! Ladies and Gents fear not! We present to you a environmentally friendly …
Squamish 50/50 2014
Last year I ran the Squamish 50km race as my first Ultramarathon. The next day I had heard, from a little bird, that Gary and Jeff, the Squamish 50 race directors, were planning a Squamish 50/50 race, the 50 mile course on Saturday and the 50km course on the Sunday, for 2014. Yep, that was it decision was made, I …
The Rim 2 Rim!
The Rim to Rim trail is about 40 kms in distance with a elevation gain of 8250 ft (2500m) and spans the Grand Canyon from it’s North to South end. It had been Dayna’s dream for a long time to run the Rim to Rim, (instead of the Rim to Rim to Rim which is also an option!) She came up with …
The Coastal Challenge, ready or not, here we come!
With the Coastal Challenge only three weeks away, we decided it was a good time to talk about our journey, our feelings and our fears! I remember one night I was browsing “Instagram” on the hashtag #trailrunning. I stumbled upon a girls feed by the name of Gemma Slaughter. She had amazing pictures of trail running near to where we …