Category: Gratitude
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Chicago Marathon 2025 – Fourteenth Marathon
On October 12, I completed my fourteenth marathon; Chicago. The Chicago Marathon takes place on the ancestral homelands of the Anishinaabe – the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. When the applications opened, I submitted mine right away and was accepted the next day. While the race was 303 days…
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Jersey City Marathon 2025 – Thirteenth Marathon
On April 13, I completed my thirteenth marathon; the Jersey City Marathon (JCM). The JCM takes place on the ancestral homelands of the Lenape peoples. Looking for my Spring 2025 marathon in 2024, I found several options. Like the 2023 California International Marathon (CIM), it didn’t take much for Meaghan to talk me into the…
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Toronto Marathon 2024 – Eleventh Marathon
On May 5, I completed my eleventh marathon; Toronto. The Toronto Marathon takes place on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Wendat. May 5 is also Red Dress Day, which remembers and honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples (MMIWG2S+). The day is a painful…
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Fredericton Marathon 2023 – Ninth Marathon
On May 14, 2023, I completed my ninth marathon – Fredericton. The Fredericton Marathon takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik. After a great race at the Marine Corps Marathon, I was split re my Spring 2023 marathon; Toronto, Ottawa, or Fredericton. As I was being talked into the California International…
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Winter Blues 2023
For the first time since the 1990s (or pretty much, as far back as I can remember), I can say that I haven’t really had to deal with “Winter Blues.” I was relatively happy this past winter. Like some folks, usually every winter, I go through some sad periods and or bouts with depression. But…
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Marine Corps Marathon 2022 – Eighth Marathon
On October 30, 2022, I completed my eighth Marathon; Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Marathon takes place on the ancestral homelands of the Piscataway and the Nacotchtank. This one was on my mind since 2016. I wanted to do it in honour/memory of my best friend Clint Phillips, who served from 2000 to 2004 (and…
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Boston Marathon 2022 – Seventh Marathon
On April 18, 2022, I completed my seventh marathon; Boston. The Boston Marathon takes place on the ancestral homelands of the Massachusett, the Mashpee Wampanoag, and the Pawtucket people. After qualifying with Blue Nose, I honestly felt like it took all of November to emotionally and mentally recover from the marathon (physically I was good…
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Blue Nose Marathon 2021 – Sixth Marathon
On November 8, I completed my sixth marathon; the Blue Nose. I won’t recap the race route in too much detail (as I already wrote about it in Mary 2017). But rather; will focus on preparation, a few in-race moments, and afterwards. One day after the Fredericton Marathon, I reached out to Erin Poirier of…
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Nova Scotia Marathon 2021 – Fourth Marathon
It was over 800 days since my last marathon. While I did run 42.2 kilometres a few times since the pandemic began, it obviously wasn’t a competitive race, and I’ve only done three 5Ks since March 2020. I’ve also done a ton of regular running, mainly around the block. But I missed racing. Once I…
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LesMills LIVE Amsterdam 2017 and BODYATTACK™ 100
On October 2, Kerri, Erica, and I took a trip to Amsterdam for LesMills LIVE (we met up with Erica’s sister Erin in Iceland). Similar to Stockholm in 2015, this was (to my knowledge) the third time that class filmings were taking place outside of New Zealand. What made the trip extra special was that…
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