It was raining so hard this morning that as soon as I stepped out of the house, I wanted to crawl back into bed. I knew it was raining but I didn't know it was raining that hard. By the time I got to the end of my street, I was already all soaked. I …
Category: Training
16 thoughts
Yesterday was Jim's 4x4 Hill Hell. Here's what I told myself at each hill. Hill 1: Only 3 more of these to go! This is good practise for San Fran How did that biker beat me?! Last one...for now! (3 mores sets to go!) Hill 2 Okay, I can do this, just 3 more Misery …
Running with kids
Lisa and Susan planned to go for a run/walk today so I decided to crash their party and bring my kids for another C25K run. I also invited Parm because his doctor said he is only allowed to run short distances for now. Day 3 of the program is still painfully slow but I guess …
Cherry blossom runchat
Yesterday was a 12k recovery run. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom. More people are joining us now that the weather is nice. There is no excuse. I mostly ran with Dave today and circled back after 1 loop to pick up Lisa for our 2nd loop. Tracey ended up running the 2nd loop …
Race report: Sporting Life 10k
This is the 2nd time I've run this race. The first time was 10 years ago and all I remember was that it was really cold while we were waiting in the corral. It's a net downhill course and I've never been more prepared so I was definitely hoping for a PB. Here's how it …
Running around Vaughan Mills, literally
My kids had a birthday party this morning so I had to miss the Saturday morning MEC ninja run. The whole week I was trying to come up with ways to not miss the ninja run while still getting my kids to the party. Obviously, not letting them go to the party because I wanted …
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 …
Ninja intervals
Last night's ninja training was pyramid intervals on the track. We had to go hard intervals of 0.5 lap, 1 lap, 1.5 laps, 1.5 laps, 1 lap, 0.5 lap. Each hard interval was followed by 0.5 lap of recovery. It was a hard workout! The hot weather didn't help either. Both Lisa and I originally …
Chasing Energizer Bunnies 👯♂️👯♀️
This week is cherry blossom week. We saw a few blossoms on Monday but they weren't in full bloom yet so I didn't take a picture. I hope to see more blooms throughout the week. A couple of new people came out including a mom from the NYM group. It was encouraging to see her …
8 things I learned as a marathon spectator
On Sunday, a bunch of us went to cheer on the ninjas who ran the Toronto Half Marathon and Marathon. This was my first time being part of a cheer squad and here are some lessons I learned. 1. Have a planned route. Figure out where you need to be based on the estimated pace …
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