Motivate to Move

Tonight's very special guest is Alex Coffin and many of our listeners would already know Alex, definitely a local legend and 100% motivated to keep on moving. Alex started running at an early age, running from his place to his Grandparent's place and just never stopped. Winning championships in high school and in university, getting into aquatics and the Running Room out West, then back home to th...

Tonight's very special guest is Tyler Isbister, originally from Alberta and now resides in the Antigonish area in NS. We discuss Tyler working in the restaurant industry for many years and how he has worked with many well-known Canadian celebrity chefs. Having represented Alberta in the Western Canadian Summer games at Softball and how an injury ended his playing career. Tyler tells us about how h...

Gina Burrows is tonight's special guest and it's not difficult to see that Gina keeps herself busy all the time and is very motivated. What Gina does throughout the week to keep in shape would be tough for most people. Swimming, bike rides, runs, strength training and yoga and there is always more to do. Gina recently took a trip to Maryland to help crew for her son Reid on his 50-mile run and lov...

Tonight our very special guests and two wonderful young ladies, Carrie Gregory and her sister Sandra Cottreau. These ladies stay very active and are highly motivated. It wasn't a surprise to find out that their entire family stays very active, they have all run Boston and this year mom plus daughters Carrie and Sandra are running Boston together. I met Carrie while she was pacing her first maratho...

Tonight's special guest is Stan Sarty. Stan and his good friend John Mooy started up True North Pacing. What that means is when you see pace bunnies in the Maritimes at running events, it's probably their organization. In 2012 Stan had something happen to him that would change the way he looked at things forever. We will let Stan go over what happened in this episode because Stan tells it so well....

Happy 2023 everyone and to start off the new year we asked Chandler Scott to come on our podcast. Chandler is known by many of our listeners and for good reason. A science-based approach to sustainable training and coaching is Chandler's main focus for himself and for others that follow him. Chandler sits down with the goals and the numbers and works on what's best for the individual, no cookie-cu...

Tonight we welcome a very special guest Back to our podcast Motivate to move and that very special someone comes all the way from the North Pole. It is indeed the one and only Santa Claus! Santa is very busy at this time of year but he does give us some time to ask him some very important questions. We ask Santa what kind of games the Reindeer play to keep in shape for the long journey. How Santa...

We welcome John Collicott back to our podcast for this episode and we are very happy to have him back on our show. John's first visit we discussed how John got started running all these crazy events, along with his 100-mile adventure that he completed. This episode is more about what John and his wife Debra do for Wentworth Valley Trail Runners and for many other trail runners. They put a lot of w...

We welcome Michelle Brenton back to our podcast for this week's episode. The last time Michelle joined us was way back in episode #6, an excellent talk all on its own. This episode's main focus is on her recent attempt at her first Ironman competition, something that took 3 years to actually take place. We get into the details and discuss everything from the training to how the weather can change...

Diane sits down with me and asks a number of questions about my 100-mile run event back at the beginning of October. We discuss my nutrition and what I was drinking during my event. How I was feeling at various times while I was running. The people I was running with and the tremendous support I had from friends and family. It was an epic moment for me when I crossed the finish line and so many pe...

Daryl Steeves agreed to spend a little more time with us on our podcast this evening and we are so glad he did. Daryl was on our show in episode #95, link below, and we learn a great deal about Daryl but we never had a chance to really dig into one of his passions, Nordic walking. Tonight we discuss a number of things about Nordic walking and Power hiking and Daryl has a great gift of being able t...

Our very special guest in this episode is Jean Stairs and Jean was and still is very active. Something happened to Jean one day and when she awoke in the hospital 5 days later Jean's life was changed forever. Jean was diagnosed with something called AVM (arteriovenous malformation). Jean was left-side dominant before the accident but after she couldn't move anything on the left side. Jean had to l...

Alex is back in part 2 and the conclusion of his episode. Such a genuine guy and a wonderful storyteller, this episode along with part 1 does not disappoint. Alex goes into more detail about his Transcendence 100 run in Saint John. As he is telling the story I can visualize his run that day. If you listened to part 1 you need to hear part 2 and we do something a bit different at the end. Way to ki...

Before we start just a heads up to our listeners. This episode discusses depression, suicidal ideation, as well as talk of smoking weed and drinking. If you or someone you know is struggling you are not alone and there is help in the links below. Alex Quinn is tonight's special guest and what a story he has. Going from out of shape without much going on, now Alex is doing many crazy events just to...

Tonight our very special guest is Boyd Dunleavey who now resides in Dieppe New Brunswick. Boyd is a 2-time blood cancer survivor who loves doing pretty much any distance run, especially the half-marathon and marathon distances. With 11 marathons under his belt including Boston, Boyd is looking to do many more. Boyd has been through a lot but no matter what he is always pushing forward. Interesting...

Daryl Steeves is back with part 2 of his episode and what a treat it was for us. We discuss tons of things such as something called marching Anemia. Daryl talks about hitting the wall and how most of us had this wrong all along, including me. We talk about how long it takes to rebuild red blood cells. Daryl tells us about decoupling and what that means for the runners he is coaching, very interest...

Diane and I had the pleasure of speaking with Daryl Steeves this evening and what a pleasure it was. Daryl has an extensive background in sports and coaching and has done just about everything and then some. We hear the story of when Daryl was first diagnosed with Arthritis and how he has been very active in spite of that. How he was part of the group to help start the Marathon by the Sea in Saint...

In the second part of our discussion with Nick, we talk about what he used for nutrition during his 88km Ultra race. Nick tells us some very surprising things that he ate during the run and what he tells us was very interesting. We talk about what Coca-Cola did for Nick and how he feels about it. Nick tells our listeners a very compelling story about everything that happened to him during his 88Km...

We welcome Nick laundry back to our podcast this evening. Nick had just completed his first 88Km Ultra trail run at Capes 100. An amazing achievement and we ask him to describe his adventure for us. So many runs have been deferred to this year and Capes was one of those runs. Also deferred to this year were the Fredericton marathon and Keji's backyard Ultra. A great deal of training, running and K...

In part two of our discussion with Blair Mann, we chat about what scares Blair while he is out in the woods running in the middle of nowhere. Blair talks about what he has seen while running at night and how he feels there is little to worry about in New Brunswick. Blair has a surefire way to get those pesky mosquitos away from you, an answer you will want to hear. We talk about the Resurgo marath...

This evening we welcome Blair Mann back to our podcast, someone we have wanted back for a long time. Why? Well, Blair is well known in the running community and just an all-around great guy. We ask Blair what he has been up to since last we chanted and we discover he has been very busy. First of all, helping to promote trail running in Moncton and the Maritimes. Plus a bunch of events that had bee...

Charlotte Love is our very special guest on our first episode back from our August time off and very early on we learn Charlotte has always been active. Having completed 19 full marathons plus 2 Boston marathons and countless other ways of staying active. As a little girl, sometimes Charlotte would take the golf balls as a joke or play tag at night with a bunch of other neighbourhood kids, always...

This episode was recorded before we knew that the Saint John Marathon by the Sea has been cancelled permanently after 27 years, a sad day indeed. Low runner turnout, higher costs and a lack of volunteers were some of the reasons given. There is a lot of work put into these races and if you are losing money and not getting the results you want it makes sense. Danny and Nick are here to talk about L...

Tonight we welcome someone back to our podcast, Sarah Lamos. Why is Sarah back you might ask and the reason is very easy to understand. Sarah recently completed a very gruelling 110 KM Ultra Trail race in Gaspesie Quebec. A very muddy and wet course with intermittent downpours at night but nothing would stop Sarah from achieving her goal of finishing. We talk extensively about what one needs to do...

Tonight our very special guest is someone we want to welcome back to our podcast, Wade Lightheart. Wade and I have been friends for nearly 40 years and he inspired me to get back into running. Introduced me to a wonderful book titled Slowburn, and I have been running ever since. Wade can definitely inspire and we talk about that in tonight's episode. Wade works hard at what he does and loves takin...