Archive for the ‘Running’ Category

Phantom trail run best race ever

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Some of you might be wondering how the Phantom Trail Race on November 12 went. I must say, it was one of the best races I've ever run. It was as if I had my own personal race course set up for me in the forest, with an aid station, ...

Wearing no clothes makes you run faster

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Now I know why some of my friends who are really good runners wear hardly any clothes! I'm not talking about streaking, exactly, though I remember that was a really popular activity when I was a kid. I'm talking about my observation that the friends I've run with who are ...

In love with the night – night running, that is

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Just back from an amazing full moon trail run along the Burrard Inlet. Once again I am in love with the night and with night running. Night runs are the special ones. They usually happen when life is so busy I have to just push against the limits and boundaries ...

ChiRunning and Yoga at BC Wilderness Visions

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

July 16-17, 2011 - CANCELLED $349 includes teaching fees and delicious organic vegetarian lunch, snacks, and tea Location: Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, North Vancouver 9:30 - 4:30, Saturday & Sunday Guides: Angela and Karen are teaming up for the second year in a row. For a glimpse into the awesome time had by all ...

Part 5: Ceremony for owl and the wild ones

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

As I have mentioned previously, a wise wild woman suggested that the great grey owls I encountered this summer were angry. I considered her interpretation of the events, and decided to follow her suggestion of performing a ceremony to let the owls know of my good intentions. I have long been ...

Part 3: Seeking understanding and the wisdom of the owl

Friday, October 8th, 2010

These encounters with the owls prompted me to do some research to learn more about them. A great resource I found online is The Owl Pages. I also consulted Ted Andrews' Animal Speak, as always. I learned that the great grey owl (gray to you American readers) is the provincial bird emblem ...

The White Mouse of the Klondike

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

Reporting back to you after completing the Klondike Road Relay last weekend, I have to say it was an amazing experience, an awesome race, and a great trip to the great white north. My leg of the race (leg 4 of 10) began at the Canada Customs border between Alaska and BC. ...

Klondike here I come!

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

The time has come! I leave for the airport in an hour, to fly up to the beautiful Whitehorse, YT, for the Klondike Road Relay! I told you before about my aggressive 10-week training schedule. As you might expect, I stuck to the schedule like glue for the first five weeks, ...

Part 2: Aggressive owl clouts runner on the head

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Well, after my magical experience on Wednesday night, I was quite looking forward to my run Thursday night, hoping to see the great grey owls again. On the way down the trail, I didn't see them, but I thought it was still too early. It wasn't quite dusk yet. On ...

Part 1: I heard the owl call the chefs’ names

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Something quite wonderful happened on my run in the Seymour Forest on Wednesday night that I must tell you about. I did a 90-minute run along the Seymour River, where I always finish by coming up a steep 1 KM trail called the Homestead Trail. There is a bend in ...