WRNY Run to the Over Floe icebergs at Mel Lastman Square I don't like to run in the summer because heat really affects me but I do it anyway because consistency is key. You don't get to choose the weather for your race day so you need to be ready to run in any weather. …
Category: Gear
RunNinjas gear
Our RunNinjas custom Ciele GoCaps came this week! I'm so happy with how they turned out! Now we look like a real runcrew! 😄 Next project will be RunNinjas shirts! 😄
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 …
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 …
Run Little Monkey
I'm excited and honoured to have been selected as one of three 2019 brand ambassadors for Run Little Monkey, a Canadian women-owned company that produces quality activewear. They sent me a couple of shirts to try out and I just love the soft bamboo-blend fabric. It's so soft. Did I mention it's SOFT?! You gotta …
Race Report: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon – Part 2
This Strava fail deserves its own post. So after I crossed the finish line at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, I thought I stopped my Garmin. However, it wasn't until much later that I realized that it had somehow restarted and said that I did 54.6km at a 8:37/km pace. 🤔 Apparently I flew up …
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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 …
Conserving my energy or just being lazy
I am running the 30k Shakespeare Runs the Night tomorrow. Instead of packing my race bag right now, I'm blogging in bed. Kinda wish the bag will pack itself. 😂 It might rain so I don't even know what I should pack. Maybe an extra change of clothes. I don't know what I should wear …
His name is Dashiel
Last week, out of the blue, the other Lisa from the RunNinjas messaged me to ask if I would be interested in buying her road bike because she knew I was starting to train for a triathlon. I know absolutely nothing about bikes and I was definitely not in the market for a bike. But …
Track intervals
We did the Kenyan intervals again today: 13 x 1 minute hard followed by 1 minute recovery (I walked). It felt a bit easier today than last time we did it. Maybe because it wasn't as hot. Lisa kept reminding me I'm supposed to be tapering but it's so hard to go slow when I'm …
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