Next time I decide to change jobs, change addresses and train for a marathon all at the same time, I hope someone slaps me. Since I last made an update to my site, I have wrapped up working at Houselink – where I had been for almost 5 years. I have also logged some 300+ [...]
Less than two weeks to STWM. My reasons to run…
I have run two marathons and two half marathons in the past two years and ...
A #winning reflection on Sheenis Envy
Being a celebrity in the United States is nothing short of a total mind-fuck. So yes, this system is going to churn out the occasional nut who thinks it’s acceptable to go on drunken rampages and publicly insult his boss. We tell some members of society that normal standards of behavior and morality aren’t applicable [...]
Ah, the rest day…
So I’m following the Hanson‘s Marathon plan in my build-up to Ottawa. The SOS philosophy just makes so much sense to me. Check out this article from Running Times. It’s a 6-days-a-week plan, with the rest day on Wednesday. I’m typically a 4-5 day a week runner so I’m really beginning to feel the extra [...]
Cyborg Marathoning and Robots Marathoning…
via running.competitor.com via guardian.co.uk Couple of weird stories from the world of running this week… What’s going on in Japan? Share and Enjoy:
Stretch Before Running? New Twist on Old Debate
Stretching before a run won’t prevent injury, but it won’t cause it, either, according to a new study that has a surprising twist. The surprise finding? Runners in the study who switched routines for the sake of research were at a higher risk of injury, says Daniel Pereles, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in Potomac, Md. [...]
Boston Marathon has new qualifying times
For 2013, there are new qualifying times Age Group Men Women 18-34 3:05:00 3:35:00 35-39 3:10:00 3:40:00 40-44 3:15:00 3:45:00 45-49 3:25:00 3:55:00 50-54 3:30:00 4:00:00 55-59 3:40:00 4:10:00 60-64 3:55:00 4:25:00 65-69 4:10:00 4:40:00 70-74 4:25:00 4:55:00 75-79 4:40:00 5:10:00 80+ 4:55:00 5:25:00 via boston.com Boston just got a little harder to get into… [...]
Advice For Running With Your Significant Other
Take some love-on-the-run advice from the official “Couple on the Run,” Sue and Andrew O’Brien. They’ve run nearly 100 marathons—together—including a 2008 stint of eight marathons in eight countries in eight weeks. via running.competitor.com Must be Valentines Day, I find I’m getting more cynical than usual. I’ve seen a bunch of run with your partner [...]
Karnazes is everywhere…
Dean Karnazes, ultramarathon runner extraordinaire, is currently on the cover of Maximum Fitness (Mar/Apr), featured in Runner’s World promoting his latest book Run!: 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss, and if you’re a Regis and Kelly fan well he’s back on that show promoting his Run across America. You can’t swing a dirty running shoe around [...]
TGIF: Smelly gear notwithstanding…
Hill repeats yesterday. I love them. Its just like that strangely satisfying pain that comes from ripping a band-aid off, it hurts for a moment but you know that once its over you’re all better. Of course there’s one big drawback to my hard workouts. My gear ends up a bit stinkier than usual. And [...]
Running from the machines…an addict’s delusion?
18k… Once you pass that 10 mile mark, a long run officially seems long enough to call it a long run. Yesterday, it started in Brampton and ended in Etobicoke. Airport/Dixon Road is a typical suburban stretch of road, devoid of pedestrians and blandly lined with commercial/industrial buildings broken up by the occasional [...]
