Tag Archives: running


10k running playlist – songs to get you moving

We asked our guests on Facebook and Twitter: What songs get you moving on your runs?  You know those tunes that somehow add a little skip in your step or let you finish strong after you feel you can’t go any further? This playlist is about an hour and 15 minutes long and we recommend [...]

how to run properly: the abcs of running

Learning the ABCs of running is just like a child learning to write their ABCs. Think back to awkwardly holding the pencil. Remember shaping, perfecting and repeating each letter until it looked just right before writing entire words? Well, this practice-makes-perfect principle also applies in the running world. what are the abcs of running? The [...]

find your community

When I moved back to London from Vancouver, despite being a Brit born and bred, I got some of the fiercest culture shock I’ve ever experienced in all my travels. A country girl by nature, and fresh from a year of living by the ocean, with yoga at the heart of most of my days, [...]

running tips: start slower to finish faster

Fall is here, and with it comes a new racing season. How are you going to make this your best season yet? Time and time again, enthusiastic racers jump into running routines only to wind up exhausted or injured before the racing season is over. This season try adding 3-5 weeks of base training before [...]

running tips: good pain to keep in the game

Ask any runner and they’ll tell you there’s a distinct difference between good pain and bad pain. Bad pain is that sharp, unbearable pain which tells us to back off before you do some serious damage. Good pain, on the other hand, is that slightly burning and yet totally satisfying hurt-so-good type of pain. Train in the [...]

running tips: how to cross train

Ask any runner and you’ll find they’ve experienced some form of love or hate relationship with crosstraining and, like most relationships, it’s complicated.

behind the homepage

Meet the person currently running on our home page: Rebecca! what you do? I am a track and field athlete specializing in the 800-metres. I completed my bachelors of kinesiology at Simon Fraser University with a certificate in Health and Fitness. After SFU I studied broadcast journalism at BCIT. I run 6-8 times per week over [...]

we asked: why you run!

we asked @lululemon: Why do you run? Tag your answers with #WeAsked & we’ll share our favourites in our blog on Friday! you answered @MissRedWing: I run because I love the music of my breaths and feet hitting the pavement. @ashleykoehn: After an 8 mile lakefront run, I feel BEAUTIFUL. No need for heels & [...]

road to the half marathon: training week 7

This week we’re talking summertime fun runs. If you have been following my training journey, by now you know I view my running and training as just another to-do on my list of daily chores. That being said, I’ve adapted a sort of chore check off reward system that actually has me enjoying my runs. [...]

running tips: what’s your water ritual?

Picture this: a sizzling hot summer day, the humidity index is through the roof, and, you guessed it – time for your run! With just one step out the door you begin to melt but the sweat pouring off your brow is no match for your cool, clean water bottle full of liquid gold. As [...]