Movement is Medicine

Pandemic fatigue, anxiety, endless uncertainty, grief, exhaustion. We all feel it. We see it in each other. This is hard. So why move? Especially why should we move right now? Because exercise is one of the most important tools to fight stress-induced depression. Habitual, aerobic and preferably strenuous exercise has remarkable physiological benefits to protect […]

My RunStreak Heroes!

Who inspires you? Last year, my friend and super PLNer Heather Theijsmeijer started something big. I didn’t know about run streaks, but give me a cause, a community, and a plan and I am in. She challenged us to run at least a mile a day for 35 days – November 28, 2019 to January […]

Streaking 2020 Off the Calendar!

Have you had enough of 2020 yet? I often think of where we were last year at this time. I was getting excited to start #RWRunStreak. I had committed to a birthday marathon in Nova Scotia in May 2020 and a summer solstice marathon in Winnipeg (June 2020). #EducatorsONtheRun was such a fun way to […]