Samothrace
Blog URL http://grimpeuse.wordpress.com
Located Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Tags runner, marathon, climber, training, relationships, rock climbing, triathlon
Tori, a volunteer fitness instructor, writer and mom, has resolved in 2009 to run a marathon, rediscover rock climbing, and remain purposefully single. This blog follows the progress of her resolutions.
Latest Blog Posts
- Look what I’m doing Saturday morning! on Nov 20, 2009 in Running fun hills motivation pain
Bear Mountain 10K from Grounded Media on Vimeo.
- Cougars are carnivores on Nov 19, 2009 in Memory lane Relationships Running dating love marathon Untitled
I always hated being called a cougar – just because I had a couple of younger boyfriends doesn’t mean I wanted to devour them, and I never, ever went to clubs to find them, take them home and discard them in the middle of the night, or at...
- PUHLEEZE HALP~! on Nov 18, 2009 in General
Time to rebrand. Time for a survey. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about me some more. It’s just a few questions trying to get at the heart of what makes ME so special. Or not. There’s room in there for criticism too. Then I...
- Beacon Hill playlist on Nov 9, 2009 in General music playlist
Someone on Twitter asked me for a playlist I was compiling for a friend’s birthday. I have delivered the CD, so here is the playlist. You can listen to most of it, kinda sorta, on my Blip.fm channel: The Walking (and Constantly) – Jane...
- They can’t all be good runs on Nov 5, 2009 in Running motivation Royal Victoria Marathon tired
or .. I really regret not eating more than two cookies, a Bounty and some veggie soup yesterday I bonked during my run this morning. Just as I finished my warm up. I ran down Cook St to Dallas Rd, then headed over to Moss, intending to finish the w/u...
- Streaming consciousness on Oct 30, 2009 in Running single sleep
When the rain moistens the streets and the leaves limp and slick underfoot threaten banana-peel humility I slap on a headlamp and chase the drops falling in its beam of light. Three workouts in 36 hours. Not enough to outrun the deafening silence o...
- Marathoner’s Torture Series: Race Day on Oct 12, 2009 in Running marathon motivation Royal Victoria Marathon
I finished the Royal Victoria Marathon yesterday with a chip time of 4:42:35. It was unlike anything I’d ever done before. Uncharacteristically my legs stiffened up at the 25 k point, something they never did during long training runs. Until th...
