Outside the world of running, the word tempo is usually associated with music. It's the speed at which a piece of music is meant to be played. Before metronomes, Italian composers would indicate the speed with words like: largo (slow, 40-60 bpm), andante (at a walking pace, 76-108 ), allegro (heartbeat tempo, 120-168 bpm), and presto (very fast, …
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ATB30K and Toronto Marathon training plan
I took 2 weeks off work over the holidays. I was able to run, swim, or skate every day during these 2 weeks. It was bliss! Tomorrow is back to work 😩 but it's also the start of my training plan for ATB30K and Toronto Marathon! 😊Mar 30 and May 5 seem so far away …
Running math:(300m+200m+100m) x 4 = one tough workout!
Today's interval workout was hard! I thought I was done after 3 sets but then Jim told us to do another set. 😒 I was already dying at the end of the 3rd set so after the 4th set, I was really dead. Then we still had to run back to the store via the …
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Oops I did it again
Amy organized a post-run potluck BBQ for the Monday night People's Church #findyourfit walk/run group. We started at 6:45pm and had to be back by 7:30pm for the food, so I decided to only do 1 loop at a tempo pace. Priorities! Felt really good to do the tempo pace, especially with Dave chasing me. …
Chasing Energizer Bunnies 👯♂️👯♀️
This week is cherry blossom week. We saw a few blossoms on Monday but they weren't in full bloom yet so I didn't take a picture. I hope to see more blooms throughout the week. A couple of new people came out including a mom from the NYM group. It was encouraging to see her …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What makes someone a runner?
I used to be uncomfortable with calling myself a runner. I would always say, "I run, but I'm not a runner." Over the past few months of running consistently, I can now proudly declare that I AM A RUNNER! Here is how I would differentiate a runner vs a non-runner: Non-runner: Signs up for races …
Week 4 starts with an Easter Monday Tempo run through the cemetery… and deer 🦌 🦌
Today's run was 10k. We did a tempo run through York Cemetery, imagining we were being chased by zombies (not really). Thanks to Parm, I ran faster than I expected (~5:10 min/km) and was able to maintain that pace for ~4km. We were so focused on our tempo pace that we completely missed the deer …
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