Two days after I came back from Jamaica, I caught the mother of all flu's. I was in bed for 3 days. I had no appetite and didn't even have enough energy to chew an apple. I basically survived on water and Nuun for a few days. The good news is I lost 8lbs (who …
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I found paradise
Last week, we went to Jamaica for an all-inclusive vacation at Royalton Negril. It was the first time we had been to Jamaica and the first time we were at a Royalton resort. I was pretty determined to run while I was there but I was concerned that I'd have to do my runs on …
My first personal training session and Week 2 MP run
As part of the November Fitness Challenge that I did at my work, I won 2nd place. My prize was 2 x 45 minutes of personal training sessions with Filomena, the trainer and manager of the fitness centre at my work. I did my first session this morning and it was a truly humbling experience. …
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A series of unfortunate events but I still did my first run of this training block!
I was looking forward to starting my training plan today. Unfortunately, the People's Church run was cancelled because the city issued a freezing rain warning. Unfortunately, I was expecting to do an abs class and a spin class after work but those got cancelled too. Unfortunately, a colleague offered to run on the dreadmill with …
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ATB30K and Toronto Marathon training plan
I took 2 weeks off work over the holidays. I was able to run, swim, or skate every day during these 2 weeks. It was bliss! Tomorrow is back to work 😩 but it's also the start of my training plan for ATB30K and Toronto Marathon! 😊Mar 30 and May 5 seem so far away …
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 …
2400km and then some
Jim always comes up with great ideas to make our runs fun and meaningful. Because it's our last RunNinjas run of 2018, he took us to "Resolution Cres" and then got us to share our running goals for 2019 when we got back to the store. It was fascinating and humbling to hear everyone share …
2400km…almost there!
It's been a really busy week with family gatherings but it's been so great to be able to run every day. I'm now on a 5 day run streak of 5km or more. Trying to get to 2400km has been both a motivation and an excuse to run. Not that I need a reason to …
2400km in 2018
Last night, I looked at my Strava stats and realized that I have run 2336km so far this year. Since it's so close to 2400km, I decided to make that my goal for the next 8 days. I figured 64km in 8 days is totally doable, especially since I'm not working this week. 😊 So …
2nd Annual Ugly Sweater Run
The weather was perfect for our 2nd annual ugly sweater run today. If anything, it might have been even a tad too warm for these sweaters! First, we ran to Inglewood Dr, aka Kringlewood, the street with all the inflatable Santas. Benson had the best costume. We "ran" into another group of runners so we …
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