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The Capra 30x30 is a challenge put on by the good

The Capra 30x30 is a challenge put on by the good folks at a running store in Squamish @caprarunning
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30 minutes a day - walking or running outside - for all 30 days in November. People join the challenge from all over the country & across the world - tracking their minutes and km’s for street cred (& to win some pretty sweet prizes).
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During a typically dark, wet and dreary month, the challenge is one way to convince yourself to get outside and get some fresh air and exercise. If thousands of others are doing it, I can too…right?!
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I’d tried the challenge a few years ago, but quickly flopped. I was new to trail running and a bit nervous about the whole ‘running in the dark’ thing. Truthfully, I was also a bit lazy and kind of intimidated.
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This year I decided to give it another try, and I am SO GLAD I did.
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I’d had some silly notion that I wasn’t fast enough or fit enough to join social runs with strangers - and I’m stoked to know that this is absolutely not the case. The team at Capra is friendly, inclusive and supportive of runners at all stages of their trail running experience. And the social runs are exactly that! A way to meet new pals and get moving.
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The song I chose for this reel is “Dancing with Myself” - and this is going to be the sappiest thing - because trail running and walking are anything but solitary. I’ve run and walked with friends and family every day this month.
Over 30 days I’ve run or walked for over 25 hours and 134km.
Hell - I got so inspired I even signed up for my first race!
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A huge highlight was teaming up with some wonderful humans (Dawn, Cheryl and Annie) to surprise the social crew on top of The Chief with coffee, tea and timbits. The best ❤️
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A special thanks to all of those who joined me for a stroll this month, and a HUGE amount of love and respect to Capra for their hard work putting this on - and for my incredible PRIZE of new La Sportiva’s!!
I have no excuse to not run in the rain now 🤪
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See you on the trails!
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@dustruffles @drsweetpea @jennamayefitness @formacannie @liveyourgreatbiglife @bc_tsonoqua @solanaleigh @barb5.lowe @aclimenhaga @mimfaith @findingepic @millerbrianne @johnpatkelly
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Three of my favourite shots from the TMB 📸!
It’s almost impossible to choose favourites, but these photos were actually all taken in the same Italian valley of Val Veny!
This valley feels both expansive and cozy. Reflective and bursting with possibility.
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Not quite done with these memories yet 😉
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Cover photo by the generous @an_drewtang 🙏🏻
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#TMB #TourDuMontBlanc

I recently found @donnaashworthwords on Instagram

I recently found @donnaashworthwords on Instagram and appreciate her subtle optimism and intention towards gratefulness.
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Things have felt heavy lately. And although I tend to get annoyed with the hollow and annoyingly “inspirational” Instagram quotes - I do love this poem and what it stands for.
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Comparison sucks. Nature is the best teacher. Remember that you are the *very* best YOU there ever was.
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Night night 💜
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Poem excerpt is “Youier” by Donna Ashworth

Okkkeeee, so I promised a note in my last post abo

Okkkeeee, so I promised a note in my last post about the lesson learned on this hike. Here’s the story…
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👍🏻Good thing: Out of the four of us hikers, three of us had a Garmin In Reach (a GPS communication device).
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👎🏻Bad thing: None of those devices were connected to our phones to send text messages to our contacts. The devices were connected to our partner’s phones, but not our own. This was a very dumb oversight.
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To be clear - if there had been an emergency, we still would have been able to send an SOS. But - if we were simply running late (which we were) and needed to send our contacts a heads-up, we were not set up to do so.
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Good thing: The hike was fabulous! The lake was refreshing. The climb was meander-y. The sunset was beautiful.
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👉🏻We had left a trip plan with our contacts (spouses and a friend), but were running about two hours late. The descent wasn’t nearly as fast as we’d estimated it would be, and it was after dark by the time we got back to the truck.
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So - when we got back into cell reception we were greeted with a medley of text messages and phone calls of people we had worried sick.
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📍It’s great to have these tools - but lesson learned - you gotta know how to use ‘em!
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It’s Friday night, and I have a cold. So, to ce

It’s Friday night, and I have a cold.
So, to celebrate, I’m throwing back to a fun (and lesson-learning) hike earlier this summer!
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I’ll get into the details of the lesson later, but for now please bask in the mountaintop joy of a day well-spent 💜
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@findingepic
@aclimenhaga
@nickycollins_
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On a sunny Saturday in September, Wes, Carly and W

On a sunny Saturday in September, Wes, Carly and Wilder braved the weekend traffic to come hang out in Squamish! We rode the gondola (one of Wilder’s favourite activities) and ran around the trails up top, before we scooted down to the estuary for some beautifully backlit shots. There may have been a brief encounter with a mud puddle/sinkhole that I didn’t properly scout out 🤪
I love exploring this town with old friends. And dangit, isn’t Wilder just the most expressive guy?! Such a joy!
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@westanko @renewpilatesandyoga @carly_renew