Here we go again with Jim and his whistle. Wednesday night's workout was 1 minute intervals followed by 1 minute recoveries at the track for 25 minutes. Apparently, this is how the Kenyans train. 😅 Jim told me to go at a 4:20ish pace for the intervals, which is slightly faster than my 5k race …
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On Mar 31, I wrote this blog post which mentioned some pain in my right middle toe. Well, for the past couple of weeks, I knew something was wrong with that toe nail. It no longer felt "connected". Lo and behold, the nail finally fell off a couple of days ago. Or, should I say, …
Free food, free swag, free run and run free
Lisa was out getting the Best Wife Ever award tonight 😄 so it was just me and Bridget for the runchat. We decided to meet up a bit earlier (6pm). We ran from Bayview station to the finch corridor and came back via the Don River Trail. We ended at the Starbucks by Canadian Tire …
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This. Is. 41.
I've been celebrating my birthday since last Saturday but yesterday was my actual birthday. Instead of celebrating my birthday with my family, I ran with the ninjas! This is how I know I am addicted to running! As I was running out of my house, an SUV pulls onto my street and I realized it …
Race report: Shakespeare Runs the Night 30k “Race Weekend”
I signed up for this race on a whim a couple of months ago. I really can't remember what happened but Lisa, Tracey, and I seem to all have different versions of the story. The only thing I remember is Lisa and Tracey saying they would sign up for it and then, all of a …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
RunNinjas running in the rain be like
Tonight was interval training in the rain. After a ~2km warm-up, we did 11 intervals of slow, medium, hard effort ~500m/interval. According to Strava, I went out way too fast the first couple of intervals (4:52) but I was able to maintain a sub-5:30 pace for the rest of the intervals which is great. One …
Wednesday Night Champion of the World
It's official. I am the inaugural Wednesday Night Champion of the World! More prestigious than the Boston Marathon, more unpredictable than the Barkley Marathons, and more challenging than the Ironman World Championships... I have reached the pinnacle of Ninja success. I never expected to receive this honour. I am truly humbled and it feels like …
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