2015 Adventure Trail Running Series begins April 30th!

Get
off the road and on the trails with Equilibrium Lifestyle Management
(ELM) this spring!



Early Bird registration ends April 23rd fyi...




ELM's
2015 Adventure Running Series begins Thursday, April 30th at 5:30pm
with the first



of three 8-week, coached trail running clinics running from April- October. Adventure



Running is led by coach and
Kinesiologist, Sarah Seads, and

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Ultra Gear Review: Trail 'Food'

Almost anyone can run an Ultra- so long as they actually want to. Long distance events are 90% mental. "Whether you think you can or think your can't, you're right"...so true!



Once the motivation is taken care of, the human body will adapt to the huge physical demands of long distance running through consistent, progressive increments of overload in training. Pushing the body 'too much,

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Taperland

Miles and miles and miles of single track under my sneakers. Hills and hills and hills tattooed into my quads and calves. Endless rhythms of breathe and footsteps and arm swings. All of the uphill slogs and downhill smiles have blurred into one beautiful, miserable, soggy, sunshiney, wonderful run.



It was a short but heavy build up from January to my last weekend running 80km in

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Ultra Gear Review: Salomon S-Lab Sense 4 Ultra Soft Ground

More Salomon Reviews: Ultra Gear Review: Salomon S-Lab Advanced Skin 5 Running Vest...

Salomon S-Lab Sense 4 Ultra Soft Ground

I REALLY REALLY love these shoes but...



The truth is, I
have a love-hate relationship with these ruby slippers. They are sometimes hard for me
to love but they are also very hard to let go! I
have climbed many mountains and had many single track adventures in

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Ultra Gear Review: Salomon S-Lab Advanced Skin 5 Vest

Running
for 5-7 hours at a stretch is a great way to test gear, try fuel, and practice mind
games. Chaffing, blisters, running in the mud, running in the rain, running in the sun, numb feet, upset stomach, nasty gels, delicious bars, magic tape on my
calves, duct tape on my shoes- you name it I've experienced it over the years!




After a thousand kilometers up and over mountains this

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Coming home

Sunday thoughts...

I just drove back to the Valley after spending a lovely weekend in Victoria with my family. Spring is a magical season in Vic. The daffodils were taking over and the cherry trees were loaded with ripe bundles of pink blossoms just in time for my visit. I always squeeze in all of the things that I miss since moving up Island. Strolls through Beacon Hill Park...Dallas road

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