So, I did a thing. 6 months ago I decided to join a virtual challenge. I knew it would be hard and require a lot of time and dedication but I was determined to complete it. A lot of people won`t understand , however I take challenges like this very seriously. I am stubborn. Or tenacious, committed, consistent.. depending who you talk to haha
I pushed myself pretty hard, I went out in the snow and freezing windchill, in the rain, wind and hail. I went out at night and in the morning. I walked when all I wanted to do was sit and watch a movie with my family. But when I set a goal, I try very hard to reach it. I had so much support from my family and my friends.
I am SO HAPPY to say that as of last night I have finally completed my MTU SHOWDOWN.
1289kms and 31300m of elevation (that`s 3.5x the height of Everest!!) for a total of 1600MTU`S.
I AM DONE!!!!
Interesting to note that after all of that, I weight exactly the same as I did at the beginning. A true testament to how much I love my junk food...?!😆
#mtushowdown
#radmums #virtualchallenge
#hikeformentalhealth
#personalpeak
Jun 20
So, I did a thing. 6 months ago I decided to join a virtual challenge. I knew it would be hard and require a lot of time and dedication but I was determined to complete it. A lot of people won`t understand , however I take challenges like this very seriously. I am stubborn. Or tenacious, committed, consistent.. depending who you talk to haha
I pushed myself pretty hard, I went out in the snow and freezing windchill, in the rain, wind and hail. I went out at night and in the morning. I walked when all I wanted to do was sit and watch a movie with my family. But when I set a goal, I try very hard to reach it. I had so much support from my family and my friends.
I am SO HAPPY to say that as of last night I have finally completed my MTU SHOWDOWN.
1289kms and 31300m of elevation (that`s 3.5x the height of Everest!!) for a total of 1600MTU`S.
I AM DONE!!!!
Interesting to note that after all of that, I weight exactly the same as I did at the beginning. A true testament to how much I love my junk food...?!😆
#mtushowdown
#radmums #virtualchallenge
#hikeformentalhealth
#personalpeak
🏔 🏔 Two times up Prairie Mountain today (and running down the backside). That summit flag has never been so calm!
#funfitnesswithfriends #freshairtherapy #elevationtraining #mtushowdown
May 30
🏔 🏔 Two times up Prairie Mountain today (and running down the backside). That summit flag has never been so calm!
#funfitnesswithfriends #freshairtherapy #elevationtraining #mtushowdown
🏔 🏃♀️ First mountain trail run of the season! Glad we got up early-ish and beat the long weekend #banffnationalpark craziness.
📷 Stephanie Dwyer
#freshairtherapy #mtushowdown #maylong #alwaysagooddayinthemountains
May 23
🏔 🏃♀️ First mountain trail run of the season! Glad we got up early-ish and beat the long weekend #banffnationalpark craziness.
📷 Stephanie Dwyer
#freshairtherapy #mtushowdown #maylong #alwaysagooddayinthemountains
Day 90 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Went out to Chickakoo with jenmcdoo emilybarlowbolch theandrewrex motherof3_wife_lpn chiccy_nuggs1 Rowan and Marisalla.
Emily, Hayden and I went and ran some of the single track while the rest of the group hiked some of the trails.
Beautiful day in the woods despite the big winds.
Ran across (almost literally) a baby moose laying right beside the trail at one point. Stopped and backed away while checking for Momma Moose. We never did see her bit decided the best course of action was to back track
Campfire, smokies, and Emily`s cookies at the end.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runchickakoo #singletrackfun #hillsareyourfriend #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #thewoodsarecalling #runinthewoods #beardedrunner #runswithabeard #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 7
Day 90 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Went out to Chickakoo with jenmcdoo emilybarlowbolch theandrewrex motherof3_wife_lpn chiccy_nuggs1 Rowan and Marisalla.
Emily, Hayden and I went and ran some of the single track while the rest of the group hiked some of the trails.
Beautiful day in the woods despite the big winds.
Ran across (almost literally) a baby moose laying right beside the trail at one point. Stopped and backed away while checking for Momma Moose. We never did see her bit decided the best course of action was to back track
Campfire, smokies, and Emily`s cookies at the end.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runchickakoo #singletrackfun #hillsareyourfriend #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #thewoodsarecalling #runinthewoods #beardedrunner #runswithabeard #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 89 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Late night run last night after the Oilers game. Easy cruise around the neighborhood loop.
This one also finished up my MTU challenge in 126 days.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #cruisingtheneighborhood #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 7
Day 89 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Late night run last night after the Oilers game. Easy cruise around the neighborhood loop.
This one also finished up my MTU challenge in 126 days.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #cruisingtheneighborhood #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 88 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Went out for a hike to the oculus with jenmcdoo and Francine tonight after work. Got home had a 45min power nap then went out for an easy lap of the neighborhood to get my run in for the day
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #hikeyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #cruisingtheneighborhood #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 6
Day 88 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Went out for a hike to the oculus with jenmcdoo and Francine tonight after work. Got home had a 45min power nap then went out for an easy lap of the neighborhood to get my run in for the day
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #hikeyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #cruisingtheneighborhood #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 87 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Quick run from the office at lunch today. Sun was out and it was a good run despite being beside the traffic pretty much the whole way.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #lunchrun #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 4
Day 87 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Quick run from the office at lunch today. Sun was out and it was a good run despite being beside the traffic pretty much the whole way.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #lunchrun #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 86 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Tuesday night trails with edmontontrailcommunity .
Beautiful night out on some great trails. First time I have done some of them in daylight and when they were not covered in snow/ice
We could hear an ice cream truck at one point from the trail. As I was at the back sweeping the group I quickly popped up into the neighborhood and got an ice cream sandwich. Definitely worth it seeing the looks of surprise on everyone`s face when I pulled it out of my vest when I caught up lol
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #singletrackfun #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 4
Day 86 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Tuesday night trails with edmontontrailcommunity .
Beautiful night out on some great trails. First time I have done some of them in daylight and when they were not covered in snow/ice
We could hear an ice cream truck at one point from the trail. As I was at the back sweeping the group I quickly popped up into the neighborhood and got an ice cream sandwich. Definitely worth it seeing the looks of surprise on everyone`s face when I pulled it out of my vest when I caught up lol
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #singletrackfun #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 85 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Quick lap around the neighborhood after work so I could watch the Oilers game tonight.
#100runs100days #findresilience #endthestigma #PTSDAwareness #cruisingtheneighborhood #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 3
Day 85 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Quick lap around the neighborhood after work so I could watch the Oilers game tonight.
#100runs100days #findresilience #endthestigma #PTSDAwareness #cruisingtheneighborhood #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 84 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Went out to run some hills and trails while jenmcdoo and chiccy_nuggs1 did some stair repeats and did a hike.
Windy but a great morning for a run. Little muddy in spots coming down the ski hill but the single track was great.
Finished up then ran out to find them. Got an extra 2km on the out and back
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #endthestigma #findresilience #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #singletrackfun #hillsareyourfriend #thewoodsarecalling #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 1
Day 84 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Went out to run some hills and trails while jenmcdoo and chiccy_nuggs1 did some stair repeats and did a hike.
Windy but a great morning for a run. Little muddy in spots coming down the ski hill but the single track was great.
Finished up then ran out to find them. Got an extra 2km on the out and back
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #endthestigma #findresilience #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #singletrackfun #hillsareyourfriend #thewoodsarecalling #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 83 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Snakes and ladders this morning with chiccy_nuggs1 and edmontontrailcommunity .
Beautiful weather and the single track is drying out nicely. Only hit a couple of tacky spots.
April came in just under 240km (would have run out the 200m if I had of realized that lol)
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #singletrackfun #hillsareyourfriend #stairssuck #runinthewoods #thewoodsarecalling #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
May 1
Day 83 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Snakes and ladders this morning with chiccy_nuggs1 and edmontontrailcommunity .
Beautiful weather and the single track is drying out nicely. Only hit a couple of tacky spots.
April came in just under 240km (would have run out the 200m if I had of realized that lol)
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #singletrackfun #hillsareyourfriend #stairssuck #runinthewoods #thewoodsarecalling #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 82 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Ran out to base today and took the round-a-bout way to get in my half for April.
Watched someone in a new Corvette bounce the front wheel of the curb/median when they tried to show off at a light and lost control. They didn`t stop to check if there was any damage but did make me laugh my ass off just before I hit 12km
Beautiful day for a run even with the strong headwind for most of the run (anything running west or north was into the wind today)
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #endthestigma #findresilience #runyeg #runtobase #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 30
Day 82 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Ran out to base today and took the round-a-bout way to get in my half for April.
Watched someone in a new Corvette bounce the front wheel of the curb/median when they tried to show off at a light and lost control. They didn`t stop to check if there was any damage but did make me laugh my ass off just before I hit 12km
Beautiful day for a run even with the strong headwind for most of the run (anything running west or north was into the wind today)
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #endthestigma #findresilience #runyeg #runtobase #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 81 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Cruising around the neighborhood last night
#100runs100days #findresilience #PTSDAwareness #endthestigma #runyeg #cruisingtheneighborhood #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 29
Day 81 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Cruising around the neighborhood last night
#100runs100days #findresilience #PTSDAwareness #endthestigma #runyeg #cruisingtheneighborhood #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 80 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Cruising around the neighborhood tonight. Missed the pouring rain, snow, and high winds from earlier today.
Turned out to be a beautiful night for a run
#100runs100days #findresilience #endthestigma #PTSDAwareness #cruisingtheneighborhood #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 28
Day 80 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Cruising around the neighborhood tonight. Missed the pouring rain, snow, and high winds from earlier today.
Turned out to be a beautiful night for a run
#100runs100days #findresilience #endthestigma #PTSDAwareness #cruisingtheneighborhood #runyeg #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 79 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Tuesday night trails with edmontontrailcommunity toddonthetrails coryroffey paul_andrews and a couple others
Lots of fun cruising some single track, double wide, hills, stairs, road etc
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #runinthewoods #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #stairssuck #strongerfasterfurther #milesandmiles #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 27
Day 79 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Tuesday night trails with edmontontrailcommunity toddonthetrails coryroffey paul_andrews and a couple others
Lots of fun cruising some single track, double wide, hills, stairs, road etc
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #runinthewoods #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #stairssuck #strongerfasterfurther #milesandmiles #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
How many women can you fit on a summit?!
I love being part of a group of women who support and encourage each other. I like seeing how some people grow their experience and put into practice new skills. We all have the ability to learn new things about each other and about ourselves.
There were ticks and there were tears. But there was also a lot of hugs and a lot of laughter!
#mtushowdown #radmums_ #mountains
#explore #kananaskis
#hikeformentalhealth #hikealberta
#womenwhohike #momswhohike
Apr 27
How many women can you fit on a summit?!
I love being part of a group of women who support and encourage each other. I like seeing how some people grow their experience and put into practice new skills. We all have the ability to learn new things about each other and about ourselves.
There were ticks and there were tears. But there was also a lot of hugs and a lot of laughter!
#mtushowdown #radmums_ #mountains
#explore #kananaskis
#hikeformentalhealth #hikealberta
#womenwhohike #momswhohike
Day 78 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Late loop around the neighborhood last night.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #cruisingtheneighborhood #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 26
Day 78 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Late loop around the neighborhood last night.
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #cruisingtheneighborhood #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 77 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Did the course marshal thing this morning at the stalbertroadrace
It was great cheering everyone on and I got to finally meet up with fatgirlvsgym
Did my run later tonight again
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #cruisingtheneighborhood #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 25
Day 77 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Did the course marshal thing this morning at the stalbertroadrace
It was great cheering everyone on and I got to finally meet up with fatgirlvsgym
Did my run later tonight again
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #cruisingtheneighborhood #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 76 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Beautiful day for Snakes and Ladders with edmontontrailcommunity
chiccy_nuggs1 and I got in a couple laps keeping to the double wide as the single track is still wet after the snow this week.
I definitely overdressed for the run today .
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #stairssuck #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Apr 23
Day 76 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Beautiful day for Snakes and Ladders with edmontontrailcommunity
chiccy_nuggs1 and I got in a couple laps keeping to the double wide as the single track is still wet after the snow this week.
I definitely overdressed for the run today .
#100runs100days #PTSDAwareness #findresilience #endthestigma #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #stairssuck #milesandmiles #strongerfasterfurther #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday
Day 75 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Got out early this morning with elastigrl for some trail cleanup on Two Truck for Earth Day 2022. We easily got 2 big bags of garbage and 2 big bags of cans and bottles. It is ridiculous how much people dump over the edge just because they are too lazy to dispose of it properly
Today was also day 800 of my run streak (min 5km per day) I`m averaging 8.4km a day since the start and have gone 6784 km so far
#100runs100days #findresilience #endthestigma #milesandmiles #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #trailcleanup #earthday #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday #rsd800
Apr 22
Day 75 of 100 for PTSD Awareness
Got out early this morning with elastigrl for some trail cleanup on Two Truck for Earth Day 2022. We easily got 2 big bags of garbage and 2 big bags of cans and bottles. It is ridiculous how much people dump over the edge just because they are too lazy to dispose of it properly
Today was also day 800 of my run streak (min 5km per day) I`m averaging 8.4km a day since the start and have gone 6784 km so far
#100runs100days #findresilience #endthestigma #milesandmiles #runyeg #rivervalleyrun #thewoodsarecalling #hillsareyourfriend #trailcleanup #earthday #runswithabeard #beardedrunner #mtushowdown #runeverydamnday #rsd800