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Joanna Ford

@ford_welsh

Finding limits, and pushing past them

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Joined December 2013
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⚠️ Jasper Complex Wildfire Update: Current as of 10:30 am ⚠️ We know that Jasperites, Canadians and people who love Jasper from around the world are looking for updates and information on the status of the places they live, visit and care deeply about.
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First responders pulled from Jasper as out-of-control blaze reaches community rmoutlook.com/lake-louise/ou…

Out-of-control wildfire reaches Jasper townsite, burning buildings

First responders pulled from Jasper as out-of-control blaze reaches community

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Learn. Explore. Experience. jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…
Learn. Explore. Experience.

Learn. Explore. Experience.

I love goals. More specifically, I love the process of goal setting. This past year (or years if I’m totally honest) I’ve done a lot of reflection on my goals. What goals were successfu…

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Cause and Effect – Reflections on 2022 jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…
Cause and Effect – Reflections on 2022

Cause and Effect – Reflections on 2022

It’s been a year full of some of the most intense highs, and lowest lows. As we come into the final days of 2023 I can’t help but reflect on all the experiences of this past year, and think about w…

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This study looks at Window Mountain Lake. A lake which I've camped at multiple times and is teeming with fish. Very interesting and kind of scary.
corblund (@CorbLund) profile picturecorblund@CorbLund3 Nov 2022
Reason #436 why AB shouldn't let foreign coal companies & dishonest govt strip mine our Rockies and mess with our increasingly scarce water & our ranch country. (And I guarantee they won't stick around to clean up the mess, either, that's on the taxpayer) nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pm…
🧵As a result of low humidity and high overnight winds, the Dormer Valley prescribed fire has experienced growth on the eastern national park boundary, crossing onto provincial lands. Parks Canada is currently responding to the incident in coordination with @AlbertaWildfire:
Image from Banff National Park, Parks Canada (@BanffNP)
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The Dog Pack jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…
The Dog Pack

The Dog Pack

Moxie Independent Stubborn Neurotic World’s best lap dog A tank Intelligent Adventurous Family Resilient Navigator Dobby Joy Energy Needy Trusting Athlete Happy Confident Excitable Smart Scav…

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Hardrock 100 jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…
Hardrock 100

Hardrock 100

My journey to the Hardrock 100 was 9 years in the making. I first qualified for Hardrock in 2013 at Pine to Palm. I followed that up with qualifications at Fat Dog 2015, Bighorn 2017 and Bighorn 20…

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@iRunFar22 Jul 2022
Congratulations to Canada's Dave Proctor for his new trans-Canada record! irunfar.com/dave-proctor-tra…
Fastest Run Across Canada: Alberta Ultrarunner Dave Proctor Breaks Record

Fastest Run Across Canada: Alberta Ultrarunner Dave Proctor Breaks Record

Dave Proctor averaged a highly productive 65-plus miles a day to cross Canada in a record time of 67 days and change, breaking Al Howie’s 1991 record.

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Catching Up jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…
Catching Up

Catching Up

Wow, I am so far behind on my blog. There have been several significant life events since Steep Dreams, and I’m not even sure where to start. Let’s forge ahead in point form and get int…

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@iRunFar17 Jul 2022
Joanna Ford is the sixth woman at the 2022 Hardrock 100 in 38:17:35. #HR100 – at Colorado, USA
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I find it a bit shocking that this paper was published in the first place. Retractions don't undo the damage caused by the initial publication.
Nick Tiller, Ph.D. (@NBTiller) profile pictureNick Tiller, Ph.D.@NBTiller28 May 2022
𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 #vitaminD paper. "The originally-published data are inaccurate and a complete set of corrected data is not available." Here's a thread to outline the worrying data irregularities that led to this retraction. #exercise #science #nutrition #research 🧵1/13
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Steep Dreams Recap jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…

Steep Dreams Recap

I was nervous and excited heading into the Steep Dreams ski mountaineering (skimo) race at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. I had won a race entry to any of the skimo events through an Instagram cont…

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Tomorrow's breakfast 😋
Dakota Jones (@thatdakotajones) profile pictureDakota Jones@thatdakotajones1 Apr 2022
Just dipped an Oreo in my coffee. The earth shattered. The heavens wailed. A chasm opened in the ground to swallow He Who Brought the Cookie to the Coffee. I defeated the minotaurs and now stand upon the dais of victory.
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Training for the Minotaur jfordwelsh.wordpress.com/202…

Training for the Minotaur

This will be my 4th year running Meet the Minotaur. Each year has been on a different course, and every year I’ve loved it. Without fail, the courses have featured steep climbs, epic views, a…

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