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5 Keys to Dopey Challenge Success

February 14, 2018 By: Runner Leana

5 Keys to Dopey Challenge Success

All in all I’m really happy with how I executed my 2018 Dopey Challenge race weekend. I ran each race fairly conservatively, stopped for a few photos, and then managed to run my fastest 10K of the weekend in my final 10K of the marathon. Running 48.6 miles over four days is no easy feat. […]

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: Marathon

January 19, 2018 By: Runner Leana

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: Marathon

Pre-Race Rambles It was another early morning wake up at 2:45 am for the marathon! Luckily the forecasted temperature was a bit warmer than previous races. It was about 4C at the start, and expected to warm up to around 15C later in the day. This seemed like a good opportunity to ditch the long […]

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: Half Marathon

January 16, 2018 By: Runner Leana

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: Half Marathon

Pre-Race Rambles Day 3 of the Dopey Challenge began with a 2:45 am wakeup call. The weather was still cold at 3C. I put on my one pair of tights I’d brought for the third time and added a long sleeve shirt under my tank top. Thank goodness our hotel room had a washer and […]

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: 10K

January 12, 2018 By: Runner Leana

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: 10K

Pre-Race Rambles My 3 am wake up for day 2 of the Dopey Challenge came all too quickly on Friday morning. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t much better today either. Although the temperature was 4C, with the wind it felt like 0C. I was grateful for my $17 Target robe I was able to reuse, along […]

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: 5K

January 11, 2018 By: Runner Leana

2018 Dopey Challenge Race Report: 5K

The 2018 edition of the Dopey Challenge is complete…so time to kick off my race reports! After three rounds of the Goofy Challenge in 2008, 2013 and 2015 I finally decided to register for my first Dopey Challenge in 2018. Between it being the 25th anniversary of the marathon, the 5th anniversary of the Dopey […]

My MBA…that’s a wrap

December 15, 2017 By: Runner Leana

My MBA…that’s a wrap

My MBA journey is officially a wrap. It is funny how 16 months of your life can fly by in the blink of an eye. It was a truly amazing experience that connected me with wonderful individuals and helped me find the voice I felt I lost somewhere in 2016. Time was a precious commodity […]

Reflecting on the Summer

September 1, 2017 By: Runner Leana

Reflecting on the Summer

Somehow the summer has flown by and it is already September 1st! Today is my last day at my internship before going back to school to finish off my MBA. The program will be complete in December and I’ll be back and ready to join the workforce full time starting in January. I have a […]

Ironman Canada 70.3 Race Report

August 14, 2017 By: Runner Leana

Ironman Canada 70.3 Race Report

Race Morning: I woke up anxious about two things on race morning. The first was the hill at the start of the bike coming out of T1. I managed to build that hill up overnight in my mind into a massive wall where I’d clip in and fall over as I started the bike leg. […]

Ironman Canada 70.3 Pre-Race Rambles

August 9, 2017 By: Runner Leana

Ironman Canada 70.3 Pre-Race Rambles

Time to start recapping my Ironman Canada 70.3 race experience! I have to be honest about something. Ever since Ironman Canada moved from Penticton to Whistler I admit that I’ve been a little sour on Whistler. I loved Penticton…the community, the course, the history, that my parents lived so close to the race…and was sad […]

Ironman Canada 70.3 Training Memories

July 28, 2017 By: Runner Leana

Ironman Canada 70.3 Training Memories

Here we are, two days out from Ironman Canada 70.3 in Whistler. It feels like summer and training for this race flew by! Cycling Training in a new city means discovering new cycling routes. Vancouver has a number of bike lanes and roads with less traffic that are ideal for riding, but to get any […]

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6 x Ironman Finisher, 11 x 70.3 Finisher, geeky engineer and recent MBA grad.

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