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Author: Paul Radcliffe
October 11, 2013
Early Bird Pricing
Even though running is one of the cheapest sports, it still has some costs: There are small fixed costs like shirts, shorts, belts and other gear. There are also consumables including shoes and gels. But those are still pretty small. A rather large cost that’s hard to avoid is races. I’m planning my races for the upcoming Winter and Spring. I plan on hitting the “Southern Ontario Triple Crown” again of Chilly, ATB and the GFTM. I also plan to do the Mississauga Marathon 5k to complete the set (full in 2011, half in 2012, 10k in 2013, 5k in 2014?).[…continue reading]
October 9, 2013
Doubt
I haven’t had a very good race season. I’ve had all sorts of setbacks like injury, overtraining bouts and illness. I’m disappointed that I’ve bailed on races, especially the Berlin Marathon. And my overall lack of mileage this summer casts some serious doubt over my last two races this season. I’m finishing “Marathoning for Mortals” by Jenny Hadfield and John ‘The Penguin’ Bingham (book review coming soon, I promise!) and they write that your performance is based on the miles you’ve actually run, not the miles that were scheduled! I’m going to have to take that anecdote to heart! In[…continue reading]
October 7, 2013
New Photo Display
I keep a photo display in my room by my medal collection. I started to worry that the photo collection was getting quite stale. Most of the photos were from my university days, and some are as old as 2003. So last April I collected and printed new, more recent photos. And finally got around to actually posting them on this display a couple of weeks ago when I was sick. I’m quite proud of the new display. It has images that remind me of some great times and trips. Many of them are running related, but not all of[…continue reading]
