My kids had a birthday party this morning so I had to miss the Saturday morning MEC ninja run. The whole week I was trying to come up with ways to not miss the ninja run while still getting my kids to the party. Obviously, not letting them go to the party because I wanted …
Author: @joysofrunning
Running is a celebration of what your body can do.
My inner monologue
The weather has been so weird. It was so hot the day before but yesterday was super cold, I had to wear a long sleeve shirt! It was just Lisa and I so we meandered through the neighborhood to look for cherry blossoms. The very first tree that we saw was the best one. I'm …
Ninja intervals
Last night's ninja training was pyramid intervals on the track. We had to go hard intervals of 0.5 lap, 1 lap, 1.5 laps, 1.5 laps, 1 lap, 0.5 lap. Each hard interval was followed by 0.5 lap of recovery. It was a hard workout! The hot weather didn't help either. Both Lisa and I originally …
Chasing Energizer Bunnies 👯♂️👯♀️
This week is cherry blossom week. We saw a few blossoms on Monday but they weren't in full bloom yet so I didn't take a picture. I hope to see more blooms throughout the week. A couple of new people came out including a mom from the NYM group. It was encouraging to see her …
8 things I learned as a marathon spectator
On Sunday, a bunch of us went to cheer on the ninjas who ran the Toronto Half Marathon and Marathon. This was my first time being part of a cheer squad and here are some lessons I learned. 1. Have a planned route. Figure out where you need to be based on the estimated pace …
Slaying the green monster
According to my training plan, I had to do 22km today. However, a lot of ninjas did a shorter shakeout run as part of their taper for tomorrow's Toronto Marathon. Fortunately, Lisa agreed to do my long run with me so I was happy. We ran to the end of the Don River Trail and …
Dodging snails, earthworms, and deer
Today was slightly drizzly but warm which I thought was the perfect weather for running. Because of the rain, the snails and earthworms also came out so we were dodging them left, right, and center along the Finch corridor. I'm not sure whether Lisa was dodging them because she didn't want to kill them or …
Jim’s 4×4 killer hills
I will be missing tomorrow's ninja training because of a work event so I decided to do my 8km training today. Lisa graciously agreed to join me and we did Jim's 4x4 killer hills. Thanks Lisa!! It was a really nice day and lots of people were on the trail. I wondered what they were …
Another 200km+ month!
Yesterday was the last day of April and also felt like the first day of summer. The night before, we were watching the #TorontoStrong vigil on TV where people were wearing their winter jackets while we were having hot pot for dinner. It went from winter to summer overnight! I had to do 10km and …
My first two-a-day
We were runchatting with Roger today on our way back to the store. He told us that he turned 50 last year and started running with the C25K (Couch to 5k) app. He never ran before that and next week he is doing his first half marathon! This inspired me. I've known about this app …
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