Have you ever found yourself outdoors, missing a crucial piece of equipment or gear? Maybe you were heading skiing in a blizzard, completely forgot a balaclava, and found yourself faced with a decision: brave the frostbite, or get a little inventive. An old t-shirt in your gear bag? Sure, that […]
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Exercising is one of the greatest things you can do for your physical and mental health, especially during the winter months when you live in the northern hemisphere. The lack of vitamin D means that eating properly and staying active are some of the most effective ways to keep your […]
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Face the Cold head-on Coming out of the holiday season always has a familiar ring to it. No matter what resolutions we’ve made for the new year, or how many hikes along snowy trails and past ice bath waterfalls we’ve taken; the fact that we’ve spent some amount of time, […]
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The Winter’s Edge Every year we say goodbye to the months that let us live comfortably in our t-shirts and side stripe shorts, the evenings that served us up 20-degree sunsets at 9:30 pm, and the mornings that welcomed us with breezes, no cooler than the sun that beat down. […]
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Somewhere on a Frozen Ontario Lake Let us set the scene. A very frosty scene. Your breath in the air has become muscle memory and feels no more out of place than your footsteps. Creating individual sinkholes through layers of crisp, dry pearl-like snowflakes hiding the inevitable grey slush beneath. […]
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Ontario’s Breathtaking Fall Palette: Autumn Hikes There’s a very specific sensation associated with the glow of the morning at a certain time of year, isn’t there? Strolling under trees as they stare out at vibrant swells of fresh lake water, stretching their limbs in impatient preparation for an oncoming slumber […]
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What’s the deal with hiking? When you hear the verb ‘hiking,’ what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it a rolling title card of previous hikes you’ve accomplished? Maybe it’s a montage of moments from different portions of your life where you were, in fact, out hiking. […]
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There’s something so ridiculously calming about staring out at the water, isn’t there? The vastness that exists, reminding us in such a peaceful way that our worries, our issues, our pains are so much smaller than we believe them to be. It’s important to feel that grounding weight of the […]
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This race might not exist these days if it weren’t for our founder Janet Bannerman. Even though we’ve got in no way met, she has deeply impacted my life in addition to many others…. After attending her first triathlon in Milton, on, Janet had a vision of getting an all […]
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