What a great day for a run. Sun shining, slight breeze, no humidity, absolutely perfect - well except for the fact that I have to go to work in about half an hour.
Awesome turnout today, we had about 15 runners with us for our Long Slow Distance, which this week was 13km. Everyone loved the route that Glenda mapped out, started out along the lake and through the waterfront trail, winding it's way past some nice homes back to the Running Room. Everyone did a really super job today, all having something left in the tank. Really important to not push it on the long slow distances and allow your body to recover in addition to lengthening the distance and time spent running. They all had a little zip at the end and picked up the pace while staying in their proper training range.
It's been a better week of running for me personally, getting in some more distance than I have been and doing both some tempo and longer distance on my own, outside of what my group is running. My goals at this point are to run a minimum of 250km in August (embarrassed to say I haven't been logging that much mileage), register for and run the Oakville Half Marathon in September and register for and run the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October. That would be my second marathon this year and third since last November. I'm really hopeful as to my potential time. Road to Hope last November was solid compared to my first marathon two years before and in Ottawa I took off almost 7 minutes. Still have a ways to go to qualify for Boston, but it's getting a lot closer.
Time to get ready for work.
Have a great day!
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Running, Running, Running
Having a great time with our 1/2 Marathon Clinic, what a great group of people with amazing attitudes - all ready to do their best.
Since Sunday I have run over 61km, putting in extra from what our group has done, man it feels good to actually put in closer to the mileage I should be doing. Tempo Run on Tuesday night, started out as a run that I wasn't sure how far I would go, then decided I'd do 10km, then decided I should make it a tempo - 4:52 per km pace so it was there. Felt so good! Did a 17km before our group run on Wednesday - the guys did a fantastic job as it was there tempo run - had them going faster than they had ever run - way to go guys. Tonight ran to the Running Room (long way there) and then a nice easy steady run with the group.
We have had some great meals the past couple of days - kale and swiss chard with risotto and vegan sausage ( that part doesn't really go but it was still good). Shake this morning made from kale, blueberries, spirulina, agave, almond milk, chia seeds, hemp hearts and Vega protein - great start to the day. But as if that wasn't enough, had a later breakfast of tofu benedict and home made hash browns - tasty if I do say so myself. Not to be outdone, Glenda made up curry vegetables and a great bbq tempeh for dinner post run.
Life is good. Feeling great.
Hope that your life is giving you all you deserve.
Since Sunday I have run over 61km, putting in extra from what our group has done, man it feels good to actually put in closer to the mileage I should be doing. Tempo Run on Tuesday night, started out as a run that I wasn't sure how far I would go, then decided I'd do 10km, then decided I should make it a tempo - 4:52 per km pace so it was there. Felt so good! Did a 17km before our group run on Wednesday - the guys did a fantastic job as it was there tempo run - had them going faster than they had ever run - way to go guys. Tonight ran to the Running Room (long way there) and then a nice easy steady run with the group.
We have had some great meals the past couple of days - kale and swiss chard with risotto and vegan sausage ( that part doesn't really go but it was still good). Shake this morning made from kale, blueberries, spirulina, agave, almond milk, chia seeds, hemp hearts and Vega protein - great start to the day. But as if that wasn't enough, had a later breakfast of tofu benedict and home made hash browns - tasty if I do say so myself. Not to be outdone, Glenda made up curry vegetables and a great bbq tempeh for dinner post run.
Life is good. Feeling great.
Hope that your life is giving you all you deserve.
Friday, 19 July 2013
Wow! It's been a long time!
Time flies when you're having fun or at the very least ignoring your blog. So in the time since my last post, Glenda and I went on a cruise on the Slipstream with an amazing bunch from Lone Star Texas Grill for the trip of a life time.
I have run a couple thousand kilometres which included two 10km races, a 15km race, three 1/2 marathons, two 30km races and two marathons. I have also taught a 10km running clinic and am currently co-teaching a 1/2 marathon clinic with Glenda at the Running Room in Port Credit.
In the way of life changing events, I have adopted a plant based diet after reading a book by Scott Jurek called Eat to Run (Scott is winner of many ultra distance races including the Badwater 135) and Rich Roll's Finding Ultra (Rich is an Ultra Distance Triathlete -think like double Ironman distance race) - both had found that when they became plant based in their eating, they were able to train harder and recover faster for their races. I met Rich in September 2012 at the Toronto Vegetarian Festival - a highlight for sure!
At the time I was training for a fall marathon and felt it worth a shot. Not only did I have a solid time, I also found along the way that I felt better in general and I am wearing clothes sizes I didn't wear in high school! Pretty Cool!!
I hope all are well, gonna work on blogging more consistently. Hopefully with stuff that will be of interest.
Be well.
I have run a couple thousand kilometres which included two 10km races, a 15km race, three 1/2 marathons, two 30km races and two marathons. I have also taught a 10km running clinic and am currently co-teaching a 1/2 marathon clinic with Glenda at the Running Room in Port Credit.
In the way of life changing events, I have adopted a plant based diet after reading a book by Scott Jurek called Eat to Run (Scott is winner of many ultra distance races including the Badwater 135) and Rich Roll's Finding Ultra (Rich is an Ultra Distance Triathlete -think like double Ironman distance race) - both had found that when they became plant based in their eating, they were able to train harder and recover faster for their races. I met Rich in September 2012 at the Toronto Vegetarian Festival - a highlight for sure!
At the time I was training for a fall marathon and felt it worth a shot. Not only did I have a solid time, I also found along the way that I felt better in general and I am wearing clothes sizes I didn't wear in high school! Pretty Cool!!
I hope all are well, gonna work on blogging more consistently. Hopefully with stuff that will be of interest.
Be well.
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