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Around the Bay, 2014. The Around the Bay race in Hamilton is a great event for me, for so many reasons: it has a great history dating back to 1894, there are very few 30 km races that exist, it is very close to home so I can sleep in my own bed and get there in 25 minutes, it …

New York City Half Marathon. March 16, 2014. Although I’ve technically raced twice this year (3,000 m on the track and the 8 mile Re-Fridgee-Eighter, both in February), I feel like New York City Half was my 2014 season opener. After a long, cold and very snowy winter (which is still lingering), like many I was looking forward to spring racing. I …

I love winter. I really do. But boy oh boy, this has been a tough one. I haven’t been able to take Leah in the Chariot stroller because it’s been too cold so I’ve been getting up at 4:40 am to run 20 km in -30 C temps twice per week. It has been rough. I can take the early …

Frank Tomlin Memorial – Brantford’s Sportsperson of the Year. Team DuChene. What an honour is was, to receive the Frank Tomlin Memorial – Brantford’s Sportsperson of the Year Award. Being with my family to receive this was very special. (And it was much better than what I did last year on this day, breaking ribs while skating with the school on Micah’s …

…I get better with age. Today is January 9 and I am now 37 years young. If…no, when I make it to Rio 2016, there is a good chance that I will be twice the age of some other athletes. Last year I trained on the track with Brantford’s elite triathlete, Ben Sayles. He was 18. I was 36. I …

First of all, a big congratulations to Mary Davies…so exciting with baby #2 on the way! As one who has successfully returned to training and racing after childbirth x 3, let me tell you that it is both very rewarding and challenging. The decision itself to postpone a season with the hopes of having a baby is difficult. You want …

November was a great month of resting and relaxing while slowly building some mileage and a tiny bit of intensity with the usual cross-training, core, strength work, and stretching. I’ve enjoyed the change-up in routine with things like burpees, pushups, planks, heavier weights, and circuit work. Takes me back to my hockey days at the University of Guelph. After a …

I think this is the first scheduled time off where I haven’t been pregnant or injured. And I am quite enjoying it. With my next marathon goal of making the standard for the 2016 Olympic Games, I must completely recover, relax, and rest from 2013 while slowly preparing for a busy 2014. What Lanni and I accomplished, Oct 20, 2013 …

2 Corinthians 9:7-8 New International Version (NIV) 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. …