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I Am Officially A Running Failure

April 10, 2018 by Donloree 1 Comment

“Wow. These are the tightest calves I think I’ve ever seen,” is not what you want to hear when a man is shoving a needle into your calf and then jiggling it around. Over the last three weeks, I have run a sum total of 2.5 kilometres. And those were over the weekend in Jasper […]

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More Than Just Miles

March 11, 2018 by Donloree 1 Comment

Last March, I decided to be brave and start running with a speedy group of runners. I am not speedy. My genetic potential is comparable to that of a sloth; these people have cheetah running through their veins. Their jog is my race pace. For just over a year, I have spent nearly every Wednesday […]

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Adventure Highlight ‘Real’

January 13, 2018 by Donloree 3 Comments

If I have learned anything in the last few years, it is this – ‘one day‘ rarely comes, so do it now. For the first time in my life, I pushed pause and went traveling for more than a week or two. For all 31 days of December, we explored southern Spain, Portugal, the English […]

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Life Is Like Riding A Bicycle …

September 23, 2017 by Donloree 3 Comments

… to keep your balance, you must keep moving. Einstein was wise in his admonition to keep moving in an effort to avoid complete disaster. This is great advice, even if you are a klutz like me. Seriously, I don’t know another woman who is as prone to fall over, trip or run into something […]

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The Art of Becoming {Sinister 7 Musings}

July 16, 2017 by Donloree 2 Comments

10 kilometers into my leg of Sinister 7, I wondered how in the world I could be THAT sweaty. Sure, it was a sweltering day in Crowsnest Pass, but how can a woman sweat so much that it drips down her legs and literally pours off of her like a mini Niagara Falls? She can’t. Or at […]

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The Price of Fear

June 22, 2017 by Donloree 2 Comments

As soon as spring comes I am one of those ridiculous people who has their road bike out in the slush riding alongside the runners in shorts just because it is finally ‘hot‘. Or the woman on the mountain bike who is poised at the top of a trail in the valley which is currently […]

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Rubicon

May 27, 2017 by Donloree 3 Comments

Over the course of the past three years, I have grown and gone through more than I thought possible. Or wanted to. Contrary to how I would prefer to live, from time to time I have caught myself fearing the future, waiting for the other shoe to drop and imagining the worst. The problem is, […]

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Speedy Is Not My Middle Name

April 5, 2017 by Donloree 2 Comments

Last Saturday morning I found myself bear crawling up a set of icy stairs out of the river valley, wondering how I get myself into these situations. As I desperately tried to not start a domino effect of people wearing stretchy clothes, I had this sinking feeling like I didn’t belong. Actually I know I […]

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