Warning: long post. If you just want to read the lessons learned, skip to the end. 2023 Chilly Half Marathon - My longest run post-injury In Aug 2021, I completed Muskoka 70.3. It was a tough race but I finished and I was on top of the world. After a couple of rest days, I …
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"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela I haven't been blogging very much because, bad excuse, I've been busy with life stuff...so I'm gonna plagiarize myself and just add to what I posted on IG for this race. *** When I signed up for the 2019 Army Run Commander's Challenge with Lisa …
So. Much. Fun. That pretty much sums up my first triathlon. Background I signed up for a triathlon relay 2 years ago without knowing anything about the sport. I wasn't even a runner yet back then but I was really drawn to the idea of participating in a triathlon and thought a relay was a …
Continue reading Race Report: Multisport Canada Rose City Sprint Triathlon
Wow...Marathon #3 was tough. I didn't get my "A Goal" (sub-4) but at least I got my "B Goal" (PB). It was only 44 seconds faster than my @towaterfront42k time, but a PB is a PB! 😂 We met up with Sean, Jon, Vanessa, Denuja, Suba, Ravi, and Luis at the start. It was great …
When my husband and I decided to do a couples weekend trip to NYC, I decided to make it into a runcation. Of course I did! So, this is both a race report and a vacation report. 😂FridayWe flew into Newark on a Friday night, checked into our hotel in Newport, had poboys and crab …
My 2nd race of the year was also my 2nd race in 2 weeks so my plan was to treat it as part of a LSD run and not to race it. This was the first time I did the Spring Run-Off in High Park. It's apparently the oldest race in Toronto and kicks off …
Warning: Super long post. Sorry not sorry. The short version My first race of the year is now in the books! I am super happy with my time of 2:47:26 (5:35/km). I didn't think I'd be able to sustain a 5:40/km average given the hilly course but we were able to bank enough time in …
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 …
Continue reading Race Report: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon – Part 2
My second marathon is in the books! Lisa and I ran it in 4:10:37, a 14 minute PB for me! WOOHOO!!! Read on for all the mind-numbing details, aka my stream of consciousness. About 5 weeks before... I had this idea of getting matching t-shirts made for Lisa and I to run her first marathon. …
Continue reading Race Report: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
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 …
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