This past week I bought a GoPro video camera and am as psyched about it as I am horrified to be spending so much money when I should be saving. I’ve been having fun learning to use it while cycling, running and staring into the lens with a furrowed brow as it takes 10 photos a second of my face when I screw up.
I came across this video and wow, is it ever wonderful.
Running enthusiasts across Canada are trading in boring stretches of punishing pavement for an adrenaline-inducing change of pace and scenery – and a run on the wild side.
Check out my piece on trail running over at iRun Magazine.
It felt great to be running on trails again this past weekend at the first 5Peaks trail race of the season. What a great course – all the usual rocks and roots but then the route crossed a few little crevasses in the escarpment as well. I spent the whole time watching my feet and the kilometres flew by. (Maybe that’s exaggerating, it took me more than 30 minutes.)
My mom – who’s been running and skipping 8km a day in preparation – ran with me as well. We’re already exited for the June run.
Photos of the event can be seen at Ryder Photography.
Make merry with May events – check out my travel listing for the Toronto Sun by clicking here (will open as PDF).
Have you ever tried to stare down a deer?
It sounds easy, right? They seem so delicate and liable to flee at the first sign of danger. But in Frontenac Provincial Park I met a total badass of the deer kingdom.
… I’m just being a bad (infrequent!) blogger. On the bright side, I’ve been paid to write a few things lately which is keeping me busy when I’m not working or having wacky adventures.
Ball's Falls
Back to your regularly scheduled programming soon, promise.
Snow, clear skies and a chilly wind greeted us at Bruce Peninsula National Park this past weekend on what’s become an annual winter camping trip.
Nothing beats Indian Head Cove and the Grotto for scenery during the winter and that has a lot to do with why we make the four hour drive from Toronto. This time we brought three friends new to winter camping and it was fun to experience together some of the challenges that camping in the cold brings.
Niagara Falls pales in comparison to Iguazu’s beauty. There’s more than 150 waterfalls throughout the park which swelters in the jungle. It was the last stop in Argentina before we flew home and we marvelled how we travelled from mountains and glaciers to the desert to the jungle, all in one country.
Even though Southern Ontario has been caught in a weird, time warp of permaspring, there’s winter weather just a few hours north.
Geoff and I spent a great weekend dog sledding, tubing and living it up in the snow at Deerhurst Resort.
