Half Marathon Training – Week 19 – ‘Till I Collapse Kinda Week!

19 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday Tuesday’s run was 6km! My Fitbit battery died almost immediately into my run! D’oh!!! Total Kilometers: 42.14km Milestones This Week Music and Pace Since my…

Half Marathon Training – Week 18 – My First Race!

20 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Monday – Saturday I accomplished my goal of running 6km Monday – Friday, upping it a bit – two days of the six were 7km. Saturday was a special run day….

Half Marathon Training – Week 17 – My First 10Km!

21 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Back on Track… Week 7 of my training was the week I aimed to run my first 10km. However, plantar fasciitis put a stop to that. The next 2 months transitioned…

Half Marathon Training – Week 15 & 16 – Getting My Groove Back

22 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Getting Back Into The Groove Getting my running routine back into shape has been a bit bumpy, as I’m recovering from plantar fasciitis. Add to that, I’ve recently started taking CBD…

Anxiety & Cannabidiol (CBD) & Exercise

Living with Anxiety Over the years. I’ve blogged about my history of PTSD, levels of anxiety and how this interferes with all aspects of my life. I’ve had years of therapy, had the usual rounds of the long term prescribed meds for anxiety, came off them because they didn’t seem to be working, white knuckled…

Half Marathon Training – Week 13 – No Running. Week 14 – RUNNING!!

I’M BACK!!!! Yup, it is true!! After 2 months of waiting for plantar fasciitis to be healed enough, the day finally came when I could start pounding the pavement to that glorious rhythm of running! 24 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in…

Half Marathon Training – Week 12 – Plantar Fasciitis Continues to Halt Running; Stress & Anxiety & The Body

26 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Everything About This Week Was Out-of-Sorts This blog won’t follow my usual format of writing about my weekly exercise progress, getting to October and running the Valley Harvest Half Marathon. I…

Half Marathon Training – Week 11 – Plantar Fasciitis Continues to Halt Running: Indoor Cardio & Outdoor Fun

27 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Sunday – Long Bike Ride My goal was to bike for 2 hours. I was 40 minutes short of two hours, as the route I planned didn’t take me as long…