Category: Running
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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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Gorilla Mat – Review
While we moved into our new house on January 2018, I didn’t start utilizing our large basement room (the exercise room) until July 2019. It has laminate flooring, which isn’t safe nor great to work-out on. But I was able to practice BODYATTACK™ and BODYPUMP™ on it with either modifications and or lower intensity. Then…
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Fredericton Marathon 2019 – Third Marathon
On May 12, I completed my third marathon. I was scheduled to do this one last year, but I developed sciatica just days beforehand. So I had to withdraw from the race. While I was back to my regular running near the end of Summer 2018, I avoided full marathons for the rest of the…
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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…
Jarvis Googoo 