Today, Lisa and I did a 5km pre-run then did a 15km long run with the Ninjas. We ran to Edwards Gardens where there were flowers and an elephant 🐘. I brought an Endurance Tap for the run. It was very sweet but I liked how you can drink little sips at a time because …
Tag: Long Slow distance
Destination: Toronto sign
Today we ran downtown to the Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips Square. I've never run downtown before but it wasn't as far as I thought it would be. It took us about 1.5 hours to get there which doesn't seem that long since it would normally take 45min to 1 hour to subway downtown. During …
I did it!
I did my longest run before the marathon today! I was planning on doing 32km but ended up doing 33km. Now it's taper time! I started at 5:50am today, the earliest I've ever started. It was hard to wake up but I wanted to meet up with the North York Women's running group who meets …
30k of memories
We were camping at Lake Erie this weekend so I had to do my Saturday long run alone again. I wasn't as anxious as the last time I went camping and had to do 26km by myself. I set my alarm for 5:30am, ate a PB&J sandwich and left at 6:15am. I just went and …
New run buddies
Lisa and I went to Costco after work then rushed back to MEC for a run at 7:15pm. Who does that?? We are next level badass now. 😂 Ravi joined us for the first time. He had been messaging me on Instagram for the past few weeks so I'm glad he was finally able to …
Saying goodbye
Domingo and I ran together again. We did a 5k pre-run and then ran to Edwards Gardens and back. We lost the ninjas along the way but it was nice to go at a slower pace for the 20k distance. It started raining half way into the run which was really refreshing. When we got …
Running in a sauna
Hello Week 15 of my 20 week training plan! Yesterday was probably the hottest and 'humid-est' I've ever run in. I feel the heat really affects me so I guess it's good training for TSFM in case it gets really hot toward the end of the race. Since I needed 14km, I did a 7km …
I met this guy online…
Well, not that kind of guy! 😄 I'm part of a FB group affiliated with The San Francisco Marathon called The Run Experience. A guy from the group posted that he's coming to Toronto and was looking for recommendations on where to do his 16 mile run. So I invited him to join the Ninjas …
Running solo
I did it! I ran by myself for 26km! Ever since we booked our camping trip a few months ago, I started worrying about this weekend. I knew I had to run 26km as part of my marathon training plan but I wasn't sure how I would be able to run it all by myself …
Test driving the Garmin 235
First time using my Garmin 235 yesterday. Took it out for an easy 12k through the cemetery. My pace was slower than I expected (6:27) but I don't know if that was because of the watch or because I was running with Rishi. It seems to take a longer time (vs my phone) for the …
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