Like many people, I started running as a solo runner. Every time I went for a run, I always ran at about the same pace. I never pushed myself to run harder. I was finally introduced to interval training when I joined my first run crew in 2017. Every week, our run crew did one …
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The first time I did strides was when I raced a 5k with my coach. We did a warm-up together and I basically just copied what he was doing. We did a 2k jog and then did 4 sets of strides before heading to the start line. At the time, I had no idea what …
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Let's just get the elephant out of the room. A fartlek has nothing to do with passing gas. Aren't you glad I cleared the air? 😂🤣 #punintended Fartlek is a Swedish term meaning "speed play". It's a type of speed workout that can easily be incorporated into any runner's training plan. Why should you do …
Pretty happy about my training this week. On Sunday, I dragged myself to the pool. It took every ounce of self-discipline to get there because no one else came with me. When I got to the parking lot, it was full. I thought about just driving home. I'm glad I didn't. I swam 60 laps …
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 …
I started getting a sore throat yesterday so I took a Nyquil before bed last night. Thankfully, my sore throat is pretty much gone but I was still feeling off the whole day today. When I got to MEC, I was pretty tired. If it wasn't for the Ninjas, I would have just gone home …
Here we go again with Jim and his whistle. Wednesday night's workout was 1 minute intervals followed by 1 minute recoveries at the track for 25 minutes. Apparently, this is how the Kenyans train. 😅 Jim told me to go at a 4:20ish pace for the intervals, which is slightly faster than my 5k race …
Wednesday night's run was held in a sauna. "Just survive" was the motto of the day. Thankfully, Jim had mercy on us and let us run intervals at Bayview park which is mostly shaded and has a splash pad for us to cool off. Unfortunately, the water fountain wasn't working so those who didn't bring …
I've been celebrating my birthday since last Saturday but yesterday was my actual birthday. Instead of celebrating my birthday with my family, I ran with the ninjas! This is how I know I am addicted to running! As I was running out of my house, an SUV pulls onto my street and I realized it …
I almost didn't go running on Wednesday. I still had lots of work to do and I still needed to finish packing. But I tore myself away from my keyboard and rushed to MEC. We did 6x600m intervals. It was hotter than I thought it would be, it felt harder than normal, but I'm glad …
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