Lisa and I went to Costco after work then rushed back to MEC for a run at 7:15pm. Who does that?? We are next level badass now. 😂 Ravi joined us for the first time. He had been messaging me on Instagram for the past few weeks so I'm glad he was finally able to …
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Running is a celebration of what your body can do.
Catching up
Since I haven't blogged about Monday's run, I'll blog about both Monday and last night's run here. Monday I did a 4km pre-run and then did 2x5km loops with the People's Church crew. The first loop, we were basically chasing Dave and, importantly, Rishi kept up with us the whole time! Rishi has improved so …
Race report: Trimuskoka Triathlon Relay
Charlotte, Loretta, and I did our 3rd triathlon relay this past Sunday. Here are our results: Caution: This is a looooong post. Read on for (mind-numbing) details... This one was called the Trimuskokan and it's held in Huntsville in the Muskoka area, about 2.5 hours north of Toronto. Since it was so far away, we …
Saying goodbye
Domingo and I ran together again. We did a 5k pre-run and then ran to Edwards Gardens and back. We lost the ninjas along the way but it was nice to go at a slower pace for the 20k distance. It started raining half way into the run which was really refreshing. When we got …
Green Monster on Repeat
We decided to slay the Green Monster again...3 times! At first, I was like, "What was I thinking? This hill is so long! Whose idea was this?!?!" After one rep, I thought, "Okay, that wasn't too bad. I can do this again." After the second rep, I told myself, "Just one more. You can do …
Running around and around
Last night was intervals around Maureen Parkette. Warm-up run, 7 loops around the Parkette, cool-down run. I brought all my running clothes to work but forgot a hat and sunscreen. Fail again. 😒 I keep on telling myself that I have to push harder on the fast intervals and slower on the recovery to get …
Running in a sauna
Hello Week 15 of my 20 week training plan! Yesterday was probably the hottest and 'humid-est' I've ever run in. I feel the heat really affects me so I guess it's good training for TSFM in case it gets really hot toward the end of the race. Since I needed 14km, I did a 7km …
Only 6 more weeks!!!
I just finished week 14 of my 20 week training program! I feel really good about my training so far. I only have 2 more long runs to go: 30km on Canada Day weekend (when I'll be camping again), 32k the week after, and then I'm TAPERING! I'm so thankful to everyone who have encouraged …
I met this guy online…
Well, not that kind of guy! 😄 I'm part of a FB group affiliated with The San Francisco Marathon called The Run Experience. A guy from the group posted that he's coming to Toronto and was looking for recommendations on where to do his 16 mile run. So I invited him to join the Ninjas …
Running Solo… Again
I had to hard reset my watch yesterday because the heart rate monitor wasn't working. When I went for my run today, I couldn't figure out why after 20 minutes of running, I had only run 2 km. Turns out the watch reset itself to the default settings and it was tracking miles instead of …
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