So since all is well in hand, I find myself pondering the new year and my special New Year’s training session. Some years I have done the Resolution Run offered through The Running Room. Some years I have embarked on a New Year’s Eve walk with friends before a collective celebration. Other years I have eagerly bound out of bed early on New Year’s Day for a long training day when the world is in complete silence while it sleeps through its alcoholic haze. [...]

Midway through the Chatelaine magazine I hit a walking article; The Science of Walking, by Flannery Dean. I read through the article. Unlike most articles on walking this one covered the benefits of walking very well. This really surprised me. And it had a walking versus running section that was very well done. [...]

Now where do I stand on the issue of barefoot versus shoes? I guess I am like Wikipedia – in the middle of the road. I enjoy the freedom of no shoes, I know from experience that it helps work my feet the way they were meant to, and like Sam I love the feeling of knowing where my feet are. That said, I do not have a natural neutral alignment so there are scenarios where I need the support (i.e. long training days) to prevent [...]

I sat in some highly technical lectures that although very dry!! held information that has changed my thinking and will definitely affect some training strategies ahead. The information that researchers around the world are releasing will impact how we do activities and will significantly impact treatment of injured athletes. While I left the sessions with my head spinning, today I am processing the information, sorting through it all, contemplating what to incorporate and how to incorporate these new ideas into long-distance [...]

In the fitness industry the cake is the researchers with their new training strategies, the cutting-edge technology changing the way we workout, the creative geniuses that design new classes that will excite our clients, and the motivational speakers that help us get refocused on our passion – helping people get fit. Can-Fit-Pro gives us the cake with an impressive selection of workshops and lectures presented by industry leaders from around the world. The Can-Fit-Pro Conference is THE opportunity for fitness professionals to increase their knowledge and enhance their [...]

So while we listen to our internal conversation, we don’t hear it. We don’t see that there is a solution – to step outside the should haves, to step outside the justifications. If we hear that we are lonely, rather than heading to the freezer, we will reach out to family or friends. If we hear that we are frustrated we will confront it rather than run to a corner to eat a chocolate bar in quiet. If we hear that we are overwhelmed we will use nap time to instead write a plan to tackle what overwhelms us. If we hear that we hurt we will get up and move, gently, through the pain. If we hear that we are tired, we will go to to the gym to re-energize our [...]