Runners have some very unique problems. Just for fun, I attempt to compare and contrast runner problems vs real problems to put things into perspective. ---------------------------------------------------- Runner problem: I haven't run in 3 days, I'm so out of shape. Real problem: I haven't run since highschool, I'm so out of shape. ---------------------------------------------------- Runner problem: My …
Author: @joysofrunning
Running is a celebration of what your body can do.
The Unwritten Code of the RunNinjas
Now that I've been part of the RunNinjas for a year, here are a few unwritten rules that I have observed for this group. All are welcome... Except you might get left behind and totally lost if you can't keep up with the pace. Don't worry - you will get better if you continue to …
Happy runniversary to me
Wow, where did Sept go?? It's already October 1 which means less than 3 weeks to #STWM. We ran our longest long run (32km) on Saturday. We did a pre-run to the Rainbow tunnel and then ran with the Ninjas to the reservoir. We averaged slightly faster than our target marathon pace (6:03/km) so that's …
2km time trial #fail
Yesterday we did a 2km time trial. Sadly, I didn't beat my time from March. I was a bit disappointed but I'm trying to tell myself that it really doesn't matter, so just get over it. Like I've said before: I'm not going to the Olympics. Then today, I saw an IG post of someone …
How I built my marathon training plan
This Saturday will be our last long run before we start tapering for #STWM. I can't believe it's coming up so quickly! Lisa and I only started to train 7 weeks ago which would typically not be enough for marathon training but we had a good (4x/week) base to build from so it's all good. …
Race Report: Oasis Zoorun 5k
On Saturday, my whole family did the ZooRun 5k together. It was great to share this race experience with my husband and kids. It was a double run day for me because in the morning, the Ninjas did a sunrise run at 6:30am to celebrate the first day of Autumn. Jim also organized a breakfast …
Signs of Runaddiction
How many of these can you relate to? Your whole laundry hamper is filled with running clothes You want to run during your recovery day because you see other people running You have serious FOMO when your running group is planning a special run and you can't make it You know the brand, model name/number, …
Summer nights
Last night, Lisa and I had to do 14k so we did 2 loops of the People's Church route with Tracey and Benny. Ravi also found us toward the end of our first loop. For the most part, we ran together and chatted most of the way. It's great to have so many people running …
Race report: RBC Race for the Kids 14k
Originally, I wasn't planning on doing this race but our #STWM training plan had us doing 27km this weekend and since Lisa had already signed up eons ago, she told me to sign up because it's "free". Except that it's not really free because there's a minimum $100 donation. I didn't want to put that …
Running in the dark
We started at 7:10pm, our usual Thursday night runchat time. We ran down the Jolly Green Giant and into the Don River Trail. I didn't expect it to get dark so quickly. Toward the end, it got so dark (and scary) that we ran as fast as we could out of the trail. I've never …
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