Today we hit the re-set button on our weekly bicycle breakfast tour.  With COVID restrictions lightening up, we set out to continue our tradition of riding our bikes to a local breakfast restaurant.

Today’s stop, The Dell in Bowness, Calgary.  The Dell is a diner that has been around since the 1950’s and serves up just about everything you would want for breakfast.  They do a handy take-out business that includes lunch and dinner as well.  They offer everything from toast and jam to liver and onions and Chinese food and seem to do a steady Continue reading →

In the midst of COVID-19 and self-distancing (which is only slightly bothersome to someone who happens to be a closet hermit) the weather has warmed and we are officially on our bicycles – outside. Yahoo!

It struck me on this morning’s pre-breakfast tour of the City pathways, that this activity really does bring a smile to my face.  There is something about moving, self-propelled through space with rubber on the road and wind blowing through my helmet that ignites a kind of thrill that starts deep in my soul.

I’ve ridden my bike pretty much all my life.  Continue reading →

After a few decades of training and coaching I can finally say that ‘I’ve got it’.

I began my marathon training 2 ½ years after I started running regularly.  Until that time, I really hadn’t sustained any injuries, but as the mileage increased I found that things were showing up.  Shin pain, Achilles pain, some hip pain.  At the time, it all seemed manageable – with a little ice and ibuprofen.

I didn’t really have any idea how to train for this thing.  I got my hands on a schedule that was 6 days per week Continue reading →

With COVID-19 front and centre in today’s world – globally, it may be another time for us to consider that ‘if the going gets tough, the tough get going’.  Today’s blog has more to do with using this time of physical distancing and possibly isolation, to refocus our attention on physical and physiological basics.  Here’s what I wrote a couple of weeks ago before things hit the fan.

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Sometimes it’s worth abandoning your current ‘program’ – whatever it is, and get back to basics.  Why?  Because sometimes we get a little ahead of ourselves, or Continue reading →

Does your data drive you to perform or drive you nuts?

You’ve probably heard it.  I know I have.  “Wait, I have to turn on my watch/app.  You know that if it’s not on (name your wearable app), it didn’t happen”.  Are you feeling married to your data?  Do you collect it, log it and then never look at it again?  Or do you monitor it all so closely that you forget to ask yourself how you feel?  Do you think that you can’t get a proper workout without tracking your data?

What Continue reading →

Life coach, health coach, triathlon coach, swimming coach, business coach.  Coaching seems to be a big thing right now.  If you’ve ever wondered whether you might benefit from hiring a coach – here are some things to consider.

First and foremost the role of the coach is to help you achieve whatever it is you are hoping to achieve.  They are not meant to tell you what to do (or do the work for you) – but to facilitate your ‘doing’.  If you are looking for someone to help change your life’s direction in some Continue reading →