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Fit Is a Feminist Issue picks up on a conversation we Sam and Tracy have been having for over two decades about feminism and fitness. It started in 2012, two years before our 50th birthdays when we set ourselves a goal: to be the fittest we've ever been in our lives by the time we hit 50.
Fit Is a Feminist Issue » Fitness
8h ago
The Swim Ontario Masters Championships were held this past weekend (Apr 19th-21st). I didn’t participate in this meet, but have been happily reading reports from members of my team as well as from others. And the overwhelming consensus was that the highlight of the meet was 100-year-old Kalis Rasmussen swimming in the 100-104 age group ..read more
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18h ago
Hmm. “Just last week, World Rugby announced plans to introduce smaller balls into the women’s game as part of a trial to enhance the sport. The idea is to make the ball easier to hold and reduce knock-ons, as well as explore the potential benefits that a smaller ball can make to the kicking game.” See ..read more
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2d ago
For a couple of hours anyway. Occasionally, I do some (clothed!) modelling for a local art group. I’m always a bit nervous beforehand because I want to give them good poses to draw but once I get there, I have a great time. There’s something so focusing and relaxing about having nothing else to do ..read more
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2d ago
I was going to start this post by saying that I picked a poor week for an experiment but I don’t think that’s entirely true. I think I got ahead of myself with my experiment and started at the wrong question. And my hectic week made that very obvious, very quickly. To recap, last week ..read more
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3d ago
It’s spring and Catherine is right, that does mean spring flowers. However, in my fitness world it also means the seasonal changing of tires and moving of clothes. Out of season tires live beside the house, in a semi-covered area along with canoes and the snowblower and lawn furniture. Out of season clothes live in ..read more
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4d ago
It’s been a rainy April this year, which is in keeping both with New England weather and proverb wisdom. Which means, according to both the proverb and local patterns, that May flowers are on their way. So, I’ve made some flower plans. One of my favorite spring/summer activities is visiting botanical gardens at various times ..read more
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5d ago
In Guelph tonight, at the Bullring, we’ll be gathering to honour the late great Cate Hundleby, feminist philosopher and occasional FIFI blogger, as well as her father, who died in the first year of the pandemic, with our stories, music, and dancing. It’s a Ceilidh and Dance Wake. Hug your friends. Tell them you love ..read more
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6d ago
US Masters Swimming celebrates this month as a way to encourage certified learn-to-swim instructors and Masters Clubs to offer lessons. They do this to make swimming more accessible for the one in three adults in the USA who can’t swim the length of a pool. I think that’s pretty cool. The percentage of Canadian-born non-swimmers ..read more
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1w ago
In my previous post I described that I’ve Joined a rec cycling club for the first time. At the kick-off welcome meeting, club leaders gave us helpful tips and explained that the annual membership gives riders access to club routes in the app Ride with GPS. I dutifully followed advice to get my bike tuned ..read more
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1w ago
CW: Discussion of weight and weight loss. AI is the new watchword (well, acronym) in public discussions of pretty much everything from education to finance and now, to health. It’s both lauded and feared for its potential power to replace many of our jobs. But will it live up to that potential? What will be ..read more