The West Coast Trail Adventure – PART ONE – Gordon River to Thrasher Cove

Hello =) We completed our fitness journey of preparing for the West Coast Trail and before we knew it May 10th had arrived. The day had come where we would fly across the country and begin our journey. We were scheduled to start the 75 km legendary trail May 11th. Prior to this adventure we…

Week Thirteen & Fourteen: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises April 20th to May 3rd – FINAL PREPARATION

Hello and welcome to our 13th and 14th weeks of our fitness journey preparing for the legendary Canadian West Coast Trail backpacking hike! Holy cow!! Believe it or not, but this is the last two weeks of our fitness journey then we will be taking off to British Columbia. It has gone by so fast…

Week Eleven & Twelve: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises April 6th to April 19th

Welcome to week eleven and twelve of our fitness journey preparing for the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island. This legendary 75km thru hike is getting closer and closer! It’s crazy how fast she’s coming up. Our last couple posts were full of some hiccups, motivational and COVID-19 related. This time, we are completely focused…

Week Nine & Ten: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises March 23rd to April 5th

Hello human, welcome to week nine and ten of our fitness journey preparing for the West Coast Trail. Woohoo! If you saw the last couple posts you’ll have read of some of the motivational difficulties. We also had a wrench thrown into our March fitness journey with both of us catching COVID-19. That theme continued…

Week Seven & Eight: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises March 9th to March 22nd

Hey human, welcome to week seven and eight of our preparation journey for the 75 km West Coast Trail hike on Vancouver Island. We leave for our adventure in 62 days! Last post, we ran into some motivational challenges and this time we had another obstacle thrown into the mix (COVID-19 positive). Wednesday, March 9:…

Week Five & Six: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises February 23rd to March 8th

Hey there human, welcome to week five and six of our West Coast Trail exercise preparation. In eleven more weeks we will be starting our West Coast Trail thru hike. We are so excited. Over the next 10 weeks we will be strength training and hiking to get our bodies prepared for this 75 km…

Week Three & Four: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises February 9th to February 22nd

Welcome to our week 3 and 4 of our workout preparation for the West Coast Trail. Lesson’s I have learned from week 1 and 2 is that I have taken it relatively easy. I haven’t been pushing myself hard enough to actually be building muscle or have a meaningful impact on my strength. How do…

Week One & Two: Getting fit for the WCT – Exercises January 26th to February 8th

We have booked our West Coast Trail hike and have created a workout plan. This post is documenting the first 14 days of our workout plan. She was a rollercoaster. Started out strong, had some fizzling half way through and ended in a decent spot. I’ve laid out each work out we did. Thanks for…

Our Journey the West Coast Trail (WCT) – Part 2: Itinerary & Cost

We arrive in Victoria on May 10th with our hike starting on May 11th. I had spent a day reading about the different starting points of the trail. There are four options. North to South, South to North, Middle to South or Middle to North. The first two options include the entire 75 km of…

Our Journey the West Coast Trail – Part 1: Preparation

This is going to be the post about our preparation journey for the 75 km West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Over the next few weeks I plan on discussing the journey we (my partner and I) are going on to prepare for this legendary thru-hike. On January 22nd 2022 we officially booked…