Hey there,
I'm Jessica!
As a registered dietitian and competitive runner, I am passionate about helping fellow runners reach their full potential and achieve top speeds. I believe that proper nutrition and fueling strategies are key to optimizing performance and unlocking your true running capabilities.
With knowledge and experience in both nutrition and running, I am committed to providing you with the guidance and support to excel in your running journey. Whether you're a beginner looking to improve your speed or an experienced runner striving for a personal best, I'm here to help you every step of the way.
Through personalized nutrition plans, tailored to your specific needs and goals, I will empower you to make informed choices and together, we will optimize your energy levels, enhance your recovery, and maximize your overall performance to crush your next goal.
Are you running to? From? Or because? At each phase in life we are running for a different reason.
Perhaps my running journey will help you
connect with your why.
My running journey began in 2012 with a half marathon mostly as a bucket list challenge, I finished with in 1:44 but not finishing strong at all. Five years passed of running short distance, on the tread mill or outside, nothing more than 5km, until the half marathon was calling again, this time with a goal of sub-140. After 15 weeks of training, and a poor nutrition plan, I ran a 131.32 and came 6th place overall and finished strong. It was that drive and motivation of improving and feeling strong that pushed me to a new PB of 127.12 , first place female finisher in the 2018 WFPS half marathon.
With a strong motivation to push forward I began training harder, but not smarter, and 2 months later, landed a stress fracture. This was the first of 2 major running injuries and the most severe. Non-weight bearing for 6 weeks, unable to run, unable to work. The most recent injury being runners knee and knee pain during my 2023 full marathon training season. Even though the latter was less severe, it was another wake-up call, that more attention was needed, and not just on the running plan, but the nutrition, the recovery, the strength, all aspects that make a runner balanced. If you do not balance all aspects of your plan, the universe has a way of ensuring you do, change before you have to was the lesson here.
RUNNING CREDENTIALS
June 2012 - “Bucket List” Manitoba ½ Marathon
June 2018 - Manitoba ½ Marathon
September 2018 - 1st place female Treherne 10k
October 2018 - 1st place female WFPS ½ Marathon
November 2018 - MEC 10k
June 2019 - Manitoba ½ Marathon
May 2022 - WPS ½ Marathon
June 2022 - Manitoba Marathon
September 2022 - Regina Marathon (first BQ)
October 2022 - 2nd place WFPS ½ Marathon
May 2023 - 3rd place Toronto Marathon (PB 2:59:21)
June 2023 - 2nd place Manitoba Marathon
July 2023 1st place World Police/Fire Games ½ Marathon (PB 1:25:48)
September 2023 - 2nd place Race the North Face Trail Run
October 2023 - 1st place WFPS 10k (PB 37:26)
May 2024- Full Marathon PB (2:54:15) Vancouver Marathon
June 2024- 2nd Place Manitoba Marathon (2:55:30)
These injuries were defining, but they did not define me as a runner. Adversity taught me to preserve and shift the focus to what I had control over. With each injury and rehab process, I dug deeper into the nutrition and strength element, narrowing in, focusing on the fine details that elevated my game, my speed, and ultimately my mental capacity.
In January 2023, I was enrolled in Adversity University, and was faced with a personal life challenge that was far more intense than any running injury. Due to my past experience with physical injury, I was reminded that lessons of perseverance and resilience applied now more than ever, as running metaphorically saved my life and ultimately elevated my game.
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Now, with an immense mental capacity, physical fine tuning and a consistent training plan, the PBs began to roll in and run performance was stronger than ever. Totally aligned, mentally, physically and emotionally.
I challenged myself in 2023, and each time rose to the occasion. Completing 2 full marathons a personal best finishing in the Toronto Marathon at 2:59:21, a 2nd place finish in the MB Marathon one month later, a personal best half time in the World Police and Fire Games at 1:25:48, a first trail race with 2nd place finish and record crusher, ending the year in my fastest 10k and first place female finish in 37:26.