I thought I would be late getting to the run at People's Church yesterday. I was at a downtown event that ended at 6pm so I had less than 1 hour to get uptown. Luckily I got a ride with Charlotte and Earl so I didn't have to take the TTC. I didn't want to …
Tag: Running in the rain
5km “swim”
It rained really hard yesterday during the day so I didn't think it was going to rain in the evening during our run. Boy, was I wrong! I was totally unprepared for rain. I didn't wear my waterproof shoes, I didn't wear a visor, and I didn't even think about my new waterproof jacket that …
Thunder showers under the hydro corridor
Two Indians and a Chinese went into a bar... Actually, we went for a run. 😅 It was just Parm, Ravi, and I on Thursday. It started out hot like a sauna and even after the thundershowers, it didn't get much better. We ran to meet up with Ravi at Finch and Willowdale and ran …
Jim’s Hill Hell continues
It was raining so hard this morning that as soon as I stepped out of the house, I wanted to crawl back into bed. I knew it was raining but I didn't know it was raining that hard. By the time I got to the end of my street, I was already all soaked. I …
Dodging snails, earthworms, and deer
Today was slightly drizzly but warm which I thought was the perfect weather for running. Because of the rain, the snails and earthworms also came out so we were dodging them left, right, and center along the Finch corridor. I'm not sure whether Lisa was dodging them because she didn't want to kill them or …
Three lessons from today’s run
Each Saturday morning, I run up and down the house to get ready for my long run because my running stuff is usually all over the house. Some stuff is on the drying rack in the basement, some stuff is in my bedroom or closet, other stuff might be in neither place so I spend …
RunNinjas running in the rain be like
Tonight was interval training in the rain. After a ~2km warm-up, we did 11 intervals of slow, medium, hard effort ~500m/interval. According to Strava, I went out way too fast the first couple of intervals (4:52) but I was able to maintain a sub-5:30 pace for the rest of the intervals which is great. One …
Snow, slush, and puddles oh boy!
Today's weather in Toronto was probably similar to the weather at today's Boston Marathon. Despite the snow, slush, and puddles, Lisa and I still ran, proving once again that we are no longer fairweather runners! Our pace was pretty slow since we were running in the slush and jumping over puddles. Nonetheless, it was good …
Ready for the apocalypse
Ice pellets, meet eyeballs. Eyeballs, meet ice pellets. That was the kind of Spring weather we had today. I kept on thinking that I would be the first person in history to be blinded by ice pellets and wished I had worn my sunglasses despite the lack of sun. I had to do 18km today. …
Running on empty
Today's run was tough. I had an emotionally-draining day at work which was made worse because I didn't have time to drink much water all day and I didn't have time for a pre-run snack. I also had to rush to get to MEC because I had a meeting that didn't end until 5:40pm and …
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