July was the definition of an action-packed, full-to-the-brim kind of month. Between milestone birthdays, family getaways, and rediscovering my love for the trails, time vanished. Here is how it all shook out! 🎉 Milestones & Adventures 👟 Running & Re-centering July was a month of quality over quantity. Between holiday pacing, a bit of work […]
July Recap: Sunflowers, Surfer Highways, and Soundtracks 🌻 Read More »
Another month down. As I look back on May, it’s a reminder that life rarely goes exactly to plan, and sometimes, that’s where the most interesting lessons hide. From accidental heavy lifting to a whirlwind of reading and musicals, here is how my May unfolded. Running and Fitness: Adjusting Expectations I started the month with
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April flew by in a blur of motion, miles, and music. Here is the highlight reel of the month’s adventures. Running & Fitness: The 5 Peaks Milestone It took 1,365 days, but I finally lined up for my first official running event: the 5 Peaks Trail Festival in South Australia! Crossing that 26km finish line
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If January is a “blink and you’ll miss it” whirlwind of summer holidays and back-to-school chaos, February is where the real work happens. It’s the month where the dust finally settles after the festive season, and we actually find our rhythm again. For me, that rhythm sounds like trail shoes hitting the dirt. Back on
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Every day for the entirety of 2023, I curated a playlist, of all the songs that I rediscovered, found or just plainly loved. Since 2012 I have created a playlist of all the songs that I have loved running to. Over the years the playlists have morphed into something else, and now they are a
Having just finished my training for Mental Health First Aid, one of the most important tools for recovery is self-care. But what is self-care? Self-care is the practice of taking care of your physical, mental, and emotional health. It’s about making time for yourself to relax, recharge, and do things that you enjoy. Self-care is
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Music allows you to celebrate, and while this year *should* have been a year of celebrations, it instead was everything that it wasn’t. Sure I could have changed my word theme. But I decided to embrace it and find the joy in music again. My tastes in music range from rock, to EDM to pop
Celebrate: The 2020 Playlist Read More »
With most of the world in isolation, there have been plenty of tags and play-along things doing the rounds on Facebook. The 10-day music challenge has been one of them. Luckily I have not been tagged in it yet (I’m sure I will be, however). It did get me thinking, about which ten albums would
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A playlist is a collection of songs and can include anything that you want. In the past, I have done a seasonal playlist. Check out >> Autumn, Spring playlist from 2015. I even have a Mi Best Playlist. Songs that get me pumped up and ready to go. When I started to focus my year
Smash: The 2019 Playlist Read More »
The title for this year’s playlist came up because I smashed Run and Wonderland together. It seemed apt, as I love running, and one of the ranges in the Grampians is known as Wonderland, so it seemed fitting. While the first half of 2018 saw me primarily focused on road running. The second half of
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