11 Mar Beginning and Ending
Beginning of the lake...
Exercise
05 Dec What works? What doesn’t work?
What works? What doesn't work? Like Shakespeare, 'Those are the questions'. Currently in conjunction with my online teaching I'm mentoring two teacher candidates. (Love their enthusiasm and excitement for teaching. An inspiration.) As part of their work I've shared a strategy that was given...
21 Nov Action Comes Before Motivation
Action Comes Before Motivation. Debatable? No. 1st Need-to-Know: Statements such as 'Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?' are definitely debatable. If you are a person who likes to ‘debate at high volume’ i.e., argue, the chicken or egg question is a grand opportunity to fine-tune...
31 Aug Run4Kids Race Report: Fun & Done
Sunday August 30/2020 'It was time to get up, Say hello to the day, In spite of the fact, It appeared rainy and grey, A wee bite and coffee, ameliorated my mood, (Not until after would I need anymore food.) Every year I sign on to race and this year, the...
02 Jan Winter Run Musings
As I start to put my musings into words I question why. Not why I run, why I write. More so, why would anyone want to read what goes through my head while running? Haruki Murakami captured his musings in a memoir 'What I Talk...
08 Dec Winter Running Begins
Winter. Not quite, somewhere in between--dry roads, wet paths, a dusting of snow, can't-see-in-the-dark ice, etc. The conditions are consistently, inconsistent. That also includes the temperature. The question of what to wear, (if I think about it too long) can become annoying. Yet this week...
09 Nov Linda’s Fall Running
Hasn't it been a glorious fall season? How often the colourful leaves and landscape sparkled under clear blue skies and sunshine. Times of heavy rain and high winds were part of these autumn months. In spite of that, I enjoyed an incredible number of opportunities to run...
06 Sep Run4Kids 5K Race Report
Jennica, smiling and accompanied by family and friends, crossed the finish line. Instantly the crowd cheered and applauded her efforts. You see, Jennica, a 16-yr-old girl living with kidney disease, was the selected 2019 Make-a-Wish child for the 7th annual Run4Kids event. (See Event Sponsors below.)...
26 Jun Linda’s Jerry’s Peachbud 5K Race Report
Jerry's Peachbud 10/5/1K race night was in Grimsby ON Tuesday June 25/2019. Having raced the Hog Jog 10K less than a week ago I still felt in race mode. Knew what to pack, what to wear, what to do. Just had to do it! Why bother...
23 Jun Linda’s Hog Jog 10k Race Report
It was the annual Hog Jog 10k on Wednesday June 19/2019 6:30p.m. in Stratford ON. And here's how it went...