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Fitness Swellness: 3 reasons I’m anxious about the 2018 Chicago Marathon
I’m about nine weeks into training for the Chicago Marathon and why’s it taken so long to post about this? Well, in part because training takes up a lot of time (leaving little time to blog…) and...
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Fitness Swellness: 5 things I’ve learned training for the 2018 Chicago Marathon
As I mentioned last week, this training season for Chicago Marathon has been rough. And I’m not feeling like it’ll be a strong race for me. I think I’ve run enough marathons to have a good sense of...
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Fitness Swellness: 2018 Global Energy Race race recap
On Sunday, I ran the Dempster’s Global Energy Race for the second year. (Disclosure: I partnered with them to promo the race; this recap is for my personal running journal hereon the ol’ blog!). So,...
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Beauty Swellness: 2018 Chicago Marathon manicure
I’m running the Chicago Marathon again (I ran it in 2014 and 2017) and you know what that means? Time to get my marathon manicure! It’s been a ritual of mine for some years now to get some great nail...
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Fitness Swellness: Just Do It – Nike Chicago Marathon featuring ME!
A few weeks ago, I was invited by Nike to Chicago to preview their Chicago Marathon gear. Or so I thought. Once I arrived at Just Do It HQ, I did get to check out the gear and I noticed the hair and...
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Fitness Swellness: Chicago Marathon 2018 race recap
It all started with a sneeze. Then I was quickly completely congested. This all happened during the short flight to Chicago on Friday. “It’s just the plane’s recycled air,” I told myself. I often get...
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Foodie Swellness: Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow GIVEAWAY
When I was in Chicago last weekend for the Chicago Marathon (have you checked out my race recap?), one of the many awesome things from my weekend with Nike (besides Nike Chicago surprising me with my...
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Healthy Swellness: Let’s practice some #moneymindfulness
Did you know that it’s Credit Education Week November 13-16th? We partnered with Capital One Canada to learn more about money mindfulness. What a great way to remind yourselves of smart financial...
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Foodie Swellness: How I snackKIND
I’m always struggling to add more routine to my schedule but the nature of my work means I’m almost always running around the city and fitting in things whenever I can, and that includes working out,...
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Healthy Swellness: 3 surprising heart facts you need to know if you have type...
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and I will confess that it was only in the last decade or so when I learned about the serious complications that can result from type 2 diabetes. I had thought...
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Travel Swellness: Camping in Killarney with the GMC Terrain
At the end of the summer, I fit in one last camping trip up to Killarney (where I’ve been wanting to check out for camping for quite awhile). With a GMC Terrain (thank you for letting me test drive...
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Fitness Swellness: National Take a Hike Day with Ford Canada
Last month, I celebrated National Take a Hike Day with Ford Canada (thanks for the Eco Sport for the week, Ford Canada!). I wish I lived close to mountains and forests so that hiking were more easily...
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Healthy Swellness: 2018 Year in review
2018 was a struggle. Was it worse than last year? No. 2017 was stressful, and this year was just stressful but rather than feeling super wound up about it, I spent much of this year numb, as though my...
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Beauty Swellness: Sproos and Viviscal GIVEAWAY!
I always find this time of year particularly tough. The month of January, you spend much of that month getting back into the swing of things after the holidays (plus for me, I have the fun of my...
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Beauty Swellness: Live Clean GIVEAWAY!
And another one! Yes, another giveaway! I’m giving away a Live Clean prize package (approximate value $100). I’ve long been a fan of this brand (I blogged about their sulphate-free shampoos in 2011)....
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Healthy Swellness: Sodastream GIVEAWAY!
I go through ups and downs when it comes to hydrating well. I drink plenty of water when I run, but am not so great about hydrating any other time (even when I’m doing “well” that just means a couple...
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Beauty Swellness: This Works GIVEAWAY
For most of my life, I fall asleep quickly and can sleep just about anywhere other than in economy class on a flight. but for the past few months, I’ve been using This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray,...
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Beauty Swellness: Aveeno Giveaway!
If you’ve been following me for awhile (or have seen my IG Stories of the beauty products I travel with), you know that I’m a longtime fan of Aveeno products (and I was a brand ambassador with Aveeno...
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Fitness Swellness: Setting my 2019 race goals
A better title for this post would be re-setting my 2019 race goals. Because I had spring 2019 goals, that I’ve had to adjust. I kicked off the year thinking I’d run Around the Bay (I haven’t run it...
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Beauty Swellness: Rodial giveaway!
I don’t post on this blog as often about beauty lately as I used to, but I am always trying out new products. A brand I’ve used for several years and am a fan of is Rodial, especially their GlamStick...
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