We did the Kenyan intervals again today: 13 x 1 minute hard followed by 1 minute recovery (I walked). It felt a bit easier today than last time we did it. Maybe because it wasn't as hot. Lisa kept reminding me I'm supposed to be tapering but it's so hard to go slow when I'm …
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Running is a celebration of what your body can do.
5km “swim”
It rained really hard yesterday during the day so I didn't think it was going to rain in the evening during our run. Boy, was I wrong! I was totally unprepared for rain. I didn't wear my waterproof shoes, I didn't wear a visor, and I didn't even think about my new waterproof jacket that …
Destination: Toronto sign
Today we ran downtown to the Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips Square. I've never run downtown before but it wasn't as far as I thought it would be. It took us about 1.5 hours to get there which doesn't seem that long since it would normally take 45min to 1 hour to subway downtown. During …
Perspective run
"Running is a celebration of what your body can do. " This is one of my favourite running quotes. It so true. It totally changed my attitude toward running. When I feel like stopping, slowing down, or not even starting at all, I remind myself of this quote. Today's cemetery run also put things into …
Hills Reflection
We ran hills yesterday. Every hill is different. Some are steep, some are rolling, some are long, some are short. They all challenge you, shape you, stretch you...in different ways. Going uphill requires grit. Going downhill requires restraint. Life is all about going up and down hills. When you look back at the hill, you …
Feeling like a turkey 🦃
So this is what it feels like to be slow roasted in an oven. It was so hot today that I literally felt like a turkey. All I needed was just some basting and I would be cooked to perfection. I did a 5.5km pre-run. Did I already mention it was hot?? I ran through …
I did it!
I did my longest run before the marathon today! I was planning on doing 32km but ended up doing 33km. Now it's taper time! I started at 5:50am today, the earliest I've ever started. It was hard to wake up but I wanted to meet up with the North York Women's running group who meets …
Thunder showers under the hydro corridor
Two Indians and a Chinese went into a bar... Actually, we went for a run. 😅 It was just Parm, Ravi, and I on Thursday. It started out hot like a sauna and even after the thundershowers, it didn't get much better. We ran to meet up with Ravi at Finch and Willowdale and ran …
So hot!
We ran intervals at the park today again. It was super hot (33C feels like 37C!) so my medium and fast intervals were pretty much the same speed as my recovery pace. 😂 Toward the end of the intervals, there was a kid screaming in pain crouched over on a bench. He was with his …
30k of memories
We were camping at Lake Erie this weekend so I had to do my Saturday long run alone again. I wasn't as anxious as the last time I went camping and had to do 26km by myself. I set my alarm for 5:30am, ate a PB&J sandwich and left at 6:15am. I just went and …
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