“You can do it.”
“Keep on going.”
My young daughter gave me those phrases to tuck away as motivation mantras as I prepared to leave Victoria for the BMO half-marathon in Vancouver.
I was wearing a blue heart earring she … Continue reading
Woman on the Run
Race day tunes – new and old
Tunes for picking and running.
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Denise Helm
Springsteen’s Born to Run or Train in Vain by The Clash? Or what about the William Tell Overture?
Anyone who runs to music has favourite tunes to inject their legs with some extra juice especially when even the flat road … Continue reading
Battered from long run: Can I recover in time?
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Denise Helm
I didn’t feel the pain until it was too late.
To be honest, I did feel the pain in the final kilometres of my weekend long run – the last before my May 6 half-marathon in Vancouver, but I didn’t … Continue reading
The Victoria Goddess Run – why a women’s only run?
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Denise Helm
Why hold a Victoria race only for women?
What will be different other than the obvious fact that all the runners are female?
How about this? A chocolate station en route. Silver jewelry instead of a clunky medal destined for … Continue reading
Photo blog: The spring long run
Wading into the icy ocean after finishing our 20 kilometres.
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Denise Helm
A late March run in photos.
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Run for two hours? The sorry sore truth
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Denise Helm
Sore: [sohr, sawr]; adjective, noun, adverb
1. physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: as in sore legs.
2. suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: She is sore because of all that … Continue reading
Motivation for beginners
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Denise Helm
Asked to address a group of new runners, I remind myself that I mustn’t talk about injuries, ice baths, physiotherapists, losing toe nails, chiropractors, Ibuprophen, podiatrists, Traumeel, aching muscles, Volatren or curtailed cocktail hours.
Instead, I dip into the memory … Continue reading
Top tips for running on tropical holiday
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Denise Helm
Climbing the chain-link fence to get into the golf course would have taken most of my remaining energy but if I thought a short-cut across the greens would get me to my apartment tower quicker, I would have done it.… Continue reading
Four books for runners
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Denise Helm
Recent weather has been better suited to reading inside than running in the howling wind and rain, so here’s four books I’m recently checked out to help improve my running.
One has become my bible of sorts.
Running Injuries; How … Continue reading
Is a running clinic worth the money?
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Denise Helm
My daughter asked me once why I kept on signing up for running clinics. “Don’t you know how to run yet?”
Well, yes and no.
Yes, I know it’s one foot in front of the other in a forward motion … Continue reading
