Blame Sheila!
Do you love the new Sole Sisters 2020 Finishers Medal? If so, blame Sheila! So my friend and recent race/training partner Sheila has unwittingly earned one of my favorite hashtags:…
Do you love the new Sole Sisters 2020 Finishers Medal? If so, blame Sheila! So my friend and recent race/training partner Sheila has unwittingly earned one of my favorite hashtags:…
Wasn’t that a great Sole Sisters Race Weekend back in June? We had such a time! And then we promptly took the summer off. But, we did so knowing we…
We’ll say it right up front – this or any event doesn’t happen without its volunteers and sponsors. Sole Sisters has been extremely lucky to have women and men dedicated…
If you are planning your race season you won't find a more affordable option than Sole Sisters Women’s Race Weekend! All of our races registrations begin at $35 and…
It hasn’t been quite two weeks since Rachel Cliff set the new Canadian Women’s Marathon record but I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s so exciting. Full disclosure, I am…
On this International Women’s Day, I wanted to share with you the honor that was recently bestowed on me (your Sole Sisters Race Director and Girls Gone Gazelle Run Coach)…
What is a VIRTUAL race? Simply put a virtual race is a 5K, Quarter Marathon (10.5K) or Half Marathon (21K) race on your own terms. You choose the location, the…
January has hit me harder than I thought it would; the cold, the ice, the wind, the dark evenings. I actually took a week off from running as I just…
I am still very much on a high from having been on such an empowering, fun and just plain encouraging team of runHERS this past weekend. I was lucky, I…
This weekend I was part of an all-female team at the Rum Runners Relay which is a 10 stage running relay that starts in Halifax and winds along Nova Scotia’s South Shore to Lunenburg. The relay is an annual event, first started in 1985, that occurs on the last Saturday in September with 70 teams enter each year, usually with 10 members per team.
Our team was named “Mountain View RunHERS” and we represented a broad range of runHERS. From teens that have only started to discover their long-term talent to gals running their fastest times ever and finally to those just hanging on after 30 years racing (okay that last part was biased and describes ME). Our team captain made team shirts that said: “Nice Girls. Mean Legs.” And the nice part couldn’t have been truer about my teammates (more on that below).
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