http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:34:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   For the last three summers, we have packed the car to the rafters with kids and beach toys, strapped the bikes to the rack and headed to Hornby Island for a few glorious days for a holiday. For those that don’t know, Hornby is one of the southern Gulf Islands, ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=276 Ok, so I left that chilli recipe up just a little too long. But that is what happens when March Break comes around, a trip to the Philippines, a bout of the flu, coaching the kids at Sidney elementary and then a crazy two week book deadline.   When the minutes in my day are whittled ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=267 For as long as Lance and I have been together we have been hosting dinner parties. Our parties started off as a Potluck get together for our friends (OK, that was really our triathlon training group) in Vancouver. After a huge Saturday of training which included a run workout and then an ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=261 [caption id="attachment_254" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="New Years Day Run"][/caption] I had a few moments of time the other day. I was in between writing an article on Peak Performances, and picking up Ross from his preschool. I had already had a coffee (or 2) and didn't need anymore caffeine. I shunned the ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=253 [caption id="attachment_251" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="cross training!"][/caption]   Some of my favourite runs have been on Christmas Day. I have escaped the warm gift wrap strewn living rooms and twinkle lights to run in the snowy white river valley in Edmonton and to jump the slushy snow banks in Halifax. One year, I ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=244 I have been observing the Twilight phenomenon unfold in our midst for over a year now. If Bella was a runner, the Twilight books would be much better. That's my theory anyway.   I didn’t mean for Twilight to enter my life, but like all pop culture and vampires, it snuck in when I ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=242 BC Cross Country 2009 Tony Austin Photo This week I found myself flying through intervals on the cross country loop at Elk and Beaver. I was practicing running fast and rhythmically on the chopped up fields, skimming the mud puddles, taking corners through the trails, and making crisp transitions onto the ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=229   Marathon Weekend. What a blur of activity and a buzz of adrenaline. In the course of 24 hours, I gave 2 talks, watched Maia in a soccer game, got both kids to two different birthday parties, and ran a marathon. All on very little sleep. Not the marathon prep I would have ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=212 This is for a brave kid named Jack. In just under three weeks I am going to run the Victoria marathon. I have run so many races in this city, and have only dreamed of doing the marathon. After my long injury last year, I decided that this was the year ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=199 Enthusiasm: Strong interest or admiration for a purpose or a cause. Great eagerness.   I was looking for a word to describe those people who always seem thrilled to be training, who look forward to competing and who always have a smile on their face because, to them, sport is fun. I ... http://lucysmith.ca/runforjoy/?p=195