Up early and dressed. Plan A: Head to nearby hockey arena for a run on the indoor track. A look outside quickly prompted a change to Plan B: Change into warmer gear and head right outside the door. I donned my new wireless Jaybirds and...
My name is Christine Croteau. I happen to be a person living with Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetes. I choose to stay very active and take on athletic challenges to stay fit and maintain an overall sense of well being. [caption id="attachment_17881" align="alignright" width="169"] Christine's Whistle[/caption] Here's...
When it's hot, it's hot! When it's not, it's not! Don't always be asking for 'the other' Other than what you've got. Yes, it's hot. But then, a few months ago it was cold. Before that it was rainy, sunny, windy, and icy. And so on...
'It was a beautiful night for running in Grimsby on Tuesday night, June 26, as everyone hit the streets for The Jewel of the Subaru Running Series--Jerry's Peachbud 10k/5k/1k. The 1k run was the first to take place. The future of running is in good hands...
The Hog Jog is an annual Run Race Walk (10 km or 3.5 km) held in June in Stratford ON. Each year they team up with a local charity to raise funds and awareness for their cause. For 2018 the cause was 'The Local Community...
[caption id="attachment_17677" align="alignright" width="244"] Goderich Town Square[/caption] The event always starts off with a bang--the 'loud sound' of Jason Moon's Starter's pistol--his traditional Huron County shot gun. Not a chance you'll miss your Start! ...
The word spin no longer conjures up the image of a woman sitting at her spinning wheel industriously creating threads for family clothes. Picture this instead: stationary bikes organized around an energetic instructor, up-tempo music filling the room, participants eagerly doing their best to keep up, and...
Over the years I have found great joy running outside through all seasons of the year. You can often hear me saying there is no such thing as bad weather only the wrong clothing. I still subscribe to that theory with one exception—ice. This winter...
In his book The Ripple Effect, Greg Wells makes it clear. Speed training improves our performance and our overall health. 'Speed training will be a powerful way to improve both your overall fitness and specific fitness in your type 2 muscle fibres and the anaerobic system inside...
My summer routines often become non-routines. When I spied a post for a 30-Day Push-Up Challenge, I knew it was just the thing--effective, efficient, challenging but doable. Marissa Gainsburg, an editor at Women’s Health asked personal-training connoisseur Tony Gentilcore, a certified strength and conditioning specialist in Boston, to...