I will be missing tomorrow's ninja training because of a work event so I decided to do my 8km training today. Lisa graciously agreed to join me and we did Jim's 4x4 killer hills. Thanks Lisa!! It was a really nice day and lots of people were on the trail. I wondered what they were …
Tag: Running
Another 200km+ month!
Yesterday was the last day of April and also felt like the first day of summer. The night before, we were watching the #TorontoStrong vigil on TV where people were wearing their winter jackets while we were having hot pot for dinner. It went from winter to summer overnight! I had to do 10km and …
Next time, we are slaying the Green Monster
Just to change it up, we did a new route today. We ran a 10km clockwise loop from Bayview station, north to the Finch Trail, down the "Green Monster" (as Dave calls it), south on the Don River trail, past MEC and back to Bayview station. It was fun going down the Green Monster but …
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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 …
Just keep running
A tragic incident happened in North York today and ended just outside my work. A van drove on the sidewalk for about 2km killing 10 people and injuring 15. I was having lunch across the street at Kinka Izakaya just 10 minutes before this happened. My prayers go out to those who have been affected …
Ran a “short” 11km today
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! …
Wednesday Night Champion of the World
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 …
Spring has sprung…sort of
Last night was shorts and t-shirt weather. The weather was nice and birds were chirping. It finally feels like spring...except a cold front is coming this weekend so there might be freezing rain again. 😮 Lisa and I had an assignment from Jim. We had to track our cadence by counting one leg for 30 …
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 …
Why I don’t like to meander
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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