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Author: Paul Radcliffe
March 19, 2013
ATB Preparation
With the famous Around The Bay 30k coming up this weekend, it’s a good time to start looking at what to expect. Here’s my recon report from last year, including a video of the challenging Valley Inn Road. There are also a lot of other great blogs I’ve read on how to prep for Around The Bay: Simcoe Fitness Seeker Kenny Yum’s ATB Race Strategy Post And below is my absolute favourite! The funniest part about this race is that it’s all true! Any legend, any story you’ve ever heard has some truth! I’m rather worried about[…continue reading]
March 3, 2013
Chilly Half Marathon 2013 – Race Report
I feel like I should start this race report with a general apology to the whole southern Ontario running community. It’s not my first time pacing (as you can see in my pacer history), but my first failure. I was expected to be the 2:10 pacer for the 2013 Chilly Half Marathon and I failed miserably. I’m genuinely sorry to everyone and there’s nothing I can do to make it better. There were things that I should be happy about, and genuine excuses I can make, but for the moment I’m feeling pretty shattered about it. Date Event Goal Time[…continue reading]
March 1, 2013
Chilly Nerves
I’m registered to be the 2:10 pacer at the Chilly Half-Marathon in a couple days. But I don’t feel ready. I’m quite nervous. This will be the third year in a row I have run this race, and the first year that I’m going to pace it. I registered to pace it months ago, setting an ambitious goal of 2:10. In my previous years I did the race in 2:14 and 2:03. The goal time of 2:10 should have been a comfortable goal. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the best training season. The months of November and December had very limited[…continue reading]
