Rebecca Gardiner

Almost a year off of marathon training and I’ve been welcomed back by some beautiful blisters and some burning lungs

Great news! No, Brooks isn’t coming out with a line of Hypercolour running shirts (though that would be totally awesome – I mean who doesn’t want fluorescent armpits?). Even better. As of today, not only am I an official blogger for Canadian Running Magazine, but also for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM)!

Sunday’s Peterborough Sprint triathlon came and went with little drama and big relief. I didn’t get a flat tire, I didn’t faint and at no point did a scuba diver have to retrieve my body from the bottom of the lake. In sum, it was a pretty great day.

For the past six-weeks I’ve been immersed in the world of triathlon and man, it’s complicated.

My journey to go from Couch Potato to Kenyan runner – or at least become kind of speedy – is striding forward

Ask runners of yesterday’s Boston Marathon and they’ll tell you that Lucifer himself was volunteering at a water station near Heartbreak Hill.

I finished yesterday’s Around the Bay in 2:48:33, a mere one hour and fifteen minutes after winner, Olympic-marathoner-to-be and Canadian Running blogger Reid Coolsaet, but a definite PB for yours truly.

Niobe Thompson’s documentary “The Perfect Runner” explains yet another reason why “average” runners like me still feel compelled to run.

Sunday, I ran my first race post-NYC — A 21.1km “fun run” that had me gasping for breath when I […]

So, the last few weeks have been stressful: Kid’s school-problems, husband’s work-problems, deadlines, laundry, groceries, bills and of course, Whitney Houston.

In the wake of last blog’s brouhaha, it would seem, well, I’m getting slower. So I thought a little cross-training might help my cause.

Possibly the greatest personal return I get from this blog is the variety of comments and e-mails I receive that remind me of what I most love about running. Today I got the most refreshing reminder yet.