2-3 weeks before your goal race, you should start tapering which simply means to reduce your volume while keeping the same frequency. Tapering allows your body to recover and restores glycogen stores in your body for optimal performance on race day. Keep running the same number of days but reduce the volume by 30% each …
Tag: Tapering
Next Sunday is Toronto Marathon…
Last Saturday, we ran our last long run (34km) before tapering. I felt good the whole time, except for needing a potty break at ~10km. We even had brunch with the Ninjas afterward to formally welcome Jim back from Boston and I still felt fine. When I got home, I took a shower and crawled …
20k run: no big deal
I wasn't able to run with the RunNinjas this morning because of a work event. Since I was already downtown, I wanted to run the Martin Goodman Trail by the lake in the afternoon. I was lucky that Lisa, Parm, Dave, and Vincent decided to join me. When the people at the work event asked …
Three more days!
Today is Thursday and usually we run 10-12km on Thursdays. However, because we are tapering, we didn't run tonight. It feels so weird to not run. I came home, made myself some dinner, sat in front of the TV and watched Wheel of Fortune. If I didn't run, that's what I would be doing every …
Thanksgiving Run
Happy Thanksgiving! 2 weeks to #STWM!! Today, a group of us subwayed downtown to run the second half of the #STWM route. Originally, our training schedule had us running 20k on Saturday and 14k today. It was Lisa's idea to swap the distances so we can run more of the #STWM route. I'm so glad …
Happy runniversary to me
Wow, where did Sept go?? It's already October 1 which means less than 3 weeks to #STWM. We ran our longest long run (32km) on Saturday. We did a pre-run to the Rainbow tunnel and then ran with the Ninjas to the reservoir. We averaged slightly faster than our target marathon pace (6:03/km) so that's …
Last ninja run before TSFM
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 …
Toronto Triathlon Festival
I'm doing the TTF Olympic distance relay tomorrow. TTF will always have a special place in my heart because it's where I caught the running bug again, after a 10-year hiatus from running. Last year, out of the blue, I asked Charlotte if she wanted to do a triathlon relay with me. To my surprise, …
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 …
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 …
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