I celebrated my birthday recently and since I haven't posted for a while, I thought I'd write a recap of my 2022/23 year. Birthday celebration began with the girls 🥳🥳🥳 Overall, I'm grateful for all the things that happened this year, both good and bad. I stepped down from WRNY just before my birthday last …
Tag: half marathon
Race Recap: Army Run 2019
"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 …
Race Recap: Beaches Jazz Half Marathon
Another half marathon, another PB! We did this race as a progression run starting at 5:40/km and ending at sub-5:15/km pace. I woke up at 5:15am, had my PB&J at 5:30, and headed out the door at 5:45am. Tracey picked us (Lisa, Brandon, me) up at 6am from People's Church. We arrived at the Beaches …
Half Marathon training plan – Week 1 Day 2
Here we go again! Another training cycle! The Ottawa Army Run will be our fall goal race and we will be doing the Commanders Challenge which is a 5k and then 21k. Jim is putting together a training plan for us and today was the 2nd day (first run day) of the 12-week training cycle. …
Race goals
My husband and I have been talking about booking an adult trip to NYC for a while. The last time we went to NYC together, our son was just 5 months old so it's been 11 years. So last week, during a stroke of genius combined with a moment of weakness, I decided to make …
21km and more
Yesterday I was supposed to run 21km. I was tired even before I started because I was up late and, as usual, didn't sleep well. Also (TMI alert) because Aunt Flow was visiting after being late for 10 days. 😬 Even though I had done a 24k long run last Saturday, I didn't know if …
People who have contributed to my running journey
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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Race Report: Toronto Women’s Half Marathon
I ran the Toronto Women's Half Marathon yesterday. The good news: I ran a PB. 😍 The bad news: I missed my sub-2 goal by 6.4 seconds. 😣 If you want to know the details, read on. Warning: Some of the details below may completely gross you out. Read at your own risk. Prologue I …
Shortcut to Distillery District
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 …
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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