Two days after I came back from Jamaica, I caught the mother of all flu's. I was in bed for 3 days. I had no appetite and didn't even have enough energy to chew an apple. I basically survived on water and Nuun for a few days. The good news is I lost 8lbs (who …
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Running is a celebration of what your body can do.
I found paradise
Last week, we went to Jamaica for an all-inclusive vacation at Royalton Negril. It was the first time we had been to Jamaica and the first time we were at a Royalton resort. I was pretty determined to run while I was there but I was concerned that I'd have to do my runs on …
47RunRun
Back in Dec, a friend from work, Julia, casually told me she wanted to start running. Before she could change her mind, I immediately offered to run with her. I also suggested inviting others to join us. This got her excited and, before we knew it, we were planning a formal running group! To be …
My first personal training session and Week 2 MP run
As part of the November Fitness Challenge that I did at my work, I won 2nd place. My prize was 2 x 45 minutes of personal training sessions with Filomena, the trainer and manager of the fitness centre at my work. I did my first session this morning and it was a truly humbling experience. …
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Monkeying Around
Running has allowed me to meet so many new people and experience so many new things. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to do both! I finally got to meet Gail, the Run Little Monkey owner; Marie, the Run Little Monkey brand ambassador from Ottawa; and her mom Chantel who is a 55+ fitness instructor and …
Runners Anonymous
9 days into 2019, I've already broken my new year's resolution of not signing up for too many races. I don't know what happened but I just registered for 2 races in 2 days. I must check myself into a rehab program. Raceaddiction is real. For the record, here's what happened: Spring Run-Off 8k: I'm …
A series of unfortunate events but I still did my first run of this training block!
I was looking forward to starting my training plan today. Unfortunately, the People's Church run was cancelled because the city issued a freezing rain warning. Unfortunately, I was expecting to do an abs class and a spin class after work but those got cancelled too. Unfortunately, a colleague offered to run on the dreadmill with …
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ATB30K and Toronto Marathon training plan
I took 2 weeks off work over the holidays. I was able to run, swim, or skate every day during these 2 weeks. It was bliss! Tomorrow is back to work 😩 but it's also the start of my training plan for ATB30K and Toronto Marathon! 😊Mar 30 and May 5 seem so far away …
2018 Races and 2019 Goals
What a year! I did 12 races in 12 months. I did my first marathon, my first 30k, PB'd in a 10k, PB'd both half marathons, and PB'd my 2nd marathon. From top left to bottom right: Shakespeare Runs the Night 30k Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Oasis Zoorun 5k RBC Run for Kids 14k The …
2400km and then some
Jim always comes up with great ideas to make our runs fun and meaningful. Because it's our last RunNinjas run of 2018, he took us to "Resolution Cres" and then got us to share our running goals for 2019 when we got back to the store. It was fascinating and humbling to hear everyone share …
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