Here are some people who have impacted my running journey, whether they know it or not. These moments have been etched into my memory and have made a difference in my life. Deborah Ng (1986-1990) Debbie was my best friend in elementary school. In Grade 7/8, we were part of the cross-country team and she …
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What a difference one day makes! We had perfect running weather on Thursday! Benny and I started running together at the beginning. He is a huge foodie and fellow bagel connoisseur. Gillian had told him about my love of bagels so we started runchatting about bagels. We were so engrossed by our #bageltalk we didn't …
I'm finally starting to feel like I'm getting back into a routine again. Last night, we did our Thursday night run to the cemetery. The flowers were in full bloom and so beautiful. The weather was perfect for running. However, toward the end of our run, it started to get dark. It makes me a …
I had a lot of firsts today: For the first time, I did a pre-run before the MEC Ninja run. Thankfully, Lisa came to run with me before she went biking. We ended up doing 7.5km together in under 45 minutes - great pace! For the first time, I baked a banana bread to share …
The ninjas ran 18km from MEC to Distillery District this morning. Since I'm running the Toronto Women's Half Marathon tomorrow, I subwayed to Rosedale and joined them at Bayview and Rosedale Valley Road. I only ended up running 8.3km which is about what I wanted to do today. My original plan was to get off …
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 …
Since I already ran 19km on Thursday, I gave myself a break and only did 11km today. It felt good to do a "shorter" distance but it's also crazy to think that 11km is now considered short. We ran up the "Graydon Hall Hill Hell" today for the first time - what an appropriate name! …
At my work, we do "deprivation research" to test new product concepts. Let's say we are launching a new shampoo, we would replace people's current shampoo with the new shampoo for a few weeks, and then give them back their old shampoo, and then ask them how they feel about the new shampoo vs their …
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 …
We did a great 10km tempo run yesterday. I tried a new strategy of not telling my run buddies that I was going to do tempo pace for about 4km. After about a 1km warm up, I simply started running faster as Dave and Parm ran with me. Dave was talking the whole time and …
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