The last race of 2018 is in the books! On Saturday I ran La course des Patriotes 10KM-ish race (more on the ish below) in Stittsville. The race is based out of Paul Desmarais – a French Catholic school about…
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Last Friday I read an interesting quote on Hal Higdon’s Twitter Page: The days leading up to the half marathon, I was feeling very nervous. The last time I felt this nervous for a race was probably the NYC Marathon….
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Before this training cycle – I have never really trained for a specific time in the half marathon. Up until this point, all of my training for distances beyond 15KM was to “train to complete”. For the longest time I’ve…
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Happy Thursday! Army Run Weekend is almost here! I am running the Commander’s Challenge this year (5K + Half Marathon) and ready to have a great race on Sunday. The weather is looking amazing – but also a little chilly…
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I should probably be saying that I’m surprised that it is August 20th already, but I’m not surprised at all that the summer has flown by. It always has and always will. It probably doesn’t help that I teach Summer…
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I will never complain about running in the cold again….. Ok that is not really true – but this week Ontario has been in a pretty decent heat wave. Our daily temperatures have been over 30C with the humidex going…
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Happy Friday! The weeks after a marathon are filled with constant wonder about what to do with so much free time – and also pondering what is next. I know I am not the only one who signed up for…
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Marathons are tricky beasts. It seems like you train for half the year for just one marathon and that race day will never arrive. Then, before you know it, race day arrives and suddenly in the span of a few…
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Anyone who has trained for a marathon will know exactly how I’m feeling during the last couple of weeks of training for the Ottawa Marathon. Always a bit tired, wanting to eat everything in sight and that constant worry of…
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Happy Monday! Although it seems like I just started the training cycle yesterday – I am finished three weeks of marathon training for the Ottawa Marathon. Week 4 starts the more fun part of training with long runs going into…
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