Home is where the heart is. Through all my travels, I have never felt homesick. I may have longed for pancake breakfast with maple syrup,...

Warmed up and ready to go! You probably never forget your first win but I wouldn’t mind forgetting mine, or at least parts of it. It was...

Mmmm…pain au chocolat. I’m pretty sure I’m the only cyclist leaving France in July but my time in the Ardeche has come to an end. My...

Sunny afternoon on the Ibie river. Rest feels like a death sentence to many athletes. Most athletes are obsessive about training and...

My running days are beautiful roads and sunny skies…normally. Normally when I run, I get to explore the picturesque country roads that...

Running sprint sessions are hard. In fact, usually before I start the first interval I run around for an extra few minutes, delaying the...

Never give up? It was the best thing I ever did. Athletes always say “never give up.”  Most of the time, however, it feels like the...

On the menu is the standard duathlon distances of a 10km run, 40km bike, and a 5km run. The course will be in the heart of downtown...

A white Christmas is a romantic idea but there is nothing romantic about base hours on an indoor trainer.  Every year I come home for the...

Gugulethu 10km: All ready to go before the race. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate reconciliation than to unite people through...

Ed, myself, and Jacqueline (my sister) on the top of Signal Hill For those of you who don’t know, Canadian’s often refer to Newfoundland...

My smashed Garmin Forerunner 310XT A month ago, a slight touch of wheels at the front of the bunch during a race rendered me unconscious...

My birthday suit is the Pearl Izumi’s P.R.O. In-R-Cool Tri Suit.  When I say “people” have been encouraging me to participate in...

All I remember is seeing him switch the girl in front of me and then I was riding straight into her ribs.  The next thing I remember is...

I’m a cyclist.  I’m a runner.  So, duathlon couldn’t be that bad. I could get into it. Or, that’s what everybody  convinced me of when I...