Hello everyone – I hope everyone is enjoying these steamy hot days of summer!! Triathlon season is in full swing and I am staying very active in our triathlon community even though I have not been able to race yet this year. Most recently, I was at Viterra Calgary 70.3 helping with the…

 Aren’t I attractive! This is the mask that is the solution to wrinkles and dark eye circles!! Teasing! This was step 1 to creating a full size body sculpture which will be unveiled in September in either Ottawa or Washington! Ok, let me explain!

“The Touch” is the title of this photo of Carter and…

 Life is rolling along at breakneck speed. April was packed – our Quebec girls camp in Clermont, driving home from Florida, picking up our little Fenway pup, training Fenway, a visit to New World Runners in Burlington, three time trial spin classes at Multisport Zone London to raise money for CF, an audition for CBC…

While February was the month I would like to forget, March has been fantastic – full of friends, good health, good training, camps, speaking and sunshine! I packed so much into 10 days just to make up for a less than stellar 28 days in February! It is onward and upward for sure.

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On March 9th, the PICC line (catheter for my IV) was removed and without wasting one minute, we packed the Outback, pointed it south and drove to Florida! All up, I spent 5 weeks on IV antibiotics and now I was free!

I have so much to write and I will write but for…

This is what is going to get me over my speed bump. It isn’t a faster pair of Zipp wheels or a sleek Cervelo or a pair of Fastwitch racing flats – this is my IV antibiotics – my lastest ammunition against the bacteria which have decided to take up long term residence in my lungs for the past…

The Cruise to Run (www.cruisetorun.com) has sailed away for another year but we are filled with great fun experiences and new friends and a few more running miles under our belts. Jerry and Jody Friesen of Instride Productions (www.instride.ca) are the organizers behind this amazing cruise which hosts a run in every…

Oh yes – the red mitts – an affordable collector’s item – if you can find them. Dave and I bought red mitts for everyone at Christmas but we couldn’t find a large for Dave. So we sent the real shopper for them – mom!  She looked under racks and tables and finally found…

Yes, it is official – I am an Olympic Torchbearer. It was quite an experience. If I were to describe it in a few words, I would say “family and friends and team” – that was what made this experience so special.  I was so proud to be able to share this…

These are my Olympic cookies – little “Saucony” shoes made by Karen Rose and her daughter Ashley Rose – to celebrate the Torchbearer fun we are going to have tomorrow in Huntsville!!

Mom, Dad, sister Teresa, Dave’s family – Sue, Ray, Brittany and Braedan, our friends, Bob, Karen and Ashley Rose and of course,…