I ran the Toronto Women's Half Marathon yesterday. The good news: I ran a PB. 😍 The bad news: I missed my sub-2 goal by 6.4 seconds. 😣 If you want to know the details, read on. Warning: Some of the details below may completely gross you out. Read at your own risk. Prologue I …
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Running is a celebration of what your body can do.
Shortcut to Distillery District
The ninjas ran 18km from MEC to Distillery District this morning. Since I'm running the Toronto Women's Half Marathon tomorrow, I subwayed to Rosedale and joined them at Bayview and Rosedale Valley Road. I only ended up running 8.3km which is about what I wanted to do today. My original plan was to get off …
Bizcation in Cincinnati
Whenever I'm on a business trip, I take advantage of being able to do and eat whatever I want, whenever I want. Last night, after dinner, I had an ice cream waffle cone from Graeter's ALL TO MYSELF. This morning, I had creme brulee french toast for breakfast ALL TO MYSELF. It's a good thing …
Victoria Day 10k to Mel Lastman Square
Yesterday was Victoria Day. A bunch of us ran from The People's Church to Mel Lastman Square because there was a community event to celebrate #TorontoStrong and to remember those who were impacted from the van attack that happened about a month ago. By the end of the run, Parm's knee was in a lot …
Jim’s Hill Hell continues
It was raining so hard this morning that as soon as I stepped out of the house, I wanted to crawl back into bed. I knew it was raining but I didn't know it was raining that hard. By the time I got to the end of my street, I was already all soaked. I …
Don’t ask me about my weekend
I'm starting to get to the point where I feel like I'm talking about running too much, especially at work. If I were my colleagues, I would be bored of hearing about my running. But because it's such a big part of my life, it's hard to not talk about it. Here are some examples …
16 thoughts
Yesterday was Jim's 4x4 Hill Hell. Here's what I told myself at each hill. Hill 1: Only 3 more of these to go! This is good practise for San Fran How did that biker beat me?! Last one...for now! (3 mores sets to go!) Hill 2 Okay, I can do this, just 3 more Misery …
Running with kids
Lisa and Susan planned to go for a run/walk today so I decided to crash their party and bring my kids for another C25K run. I also invited Parm because his doctor said he is only allowed to run short distances for now. Day 3 of the program is still painfully slow but I guess …
Cherry blossom runchat
Yesterday was a 12k recovery run. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom. More people are joining us now that the weather is nice. There is no excuse. I mostly ran with Dave today and circled back after 1 loop to pick up Lisa for our 2nd loop. Tracey ended up running the 2nd loop …
Race report: Sporting Life 10k
This is the 2nd time I've run this race. The first time was 10 years ago and all I remember was that it was really cold while we were waiting in the corral. It's a net downhill course and I've never been more prepared so I was definitely hoping for a PB. Here's how it …
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