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Author: Paul Radcliffe
March 23, 2012
ATB Mini-Taper and Race Plan
Hello readers! For a while I thought I was blogging in the dark. Now I’m very happy to have readers, all like… 4 of you :D. It’s definitely motivation to keep blogging and put interesting and valuable information on this blog. I spend a lot of time writing for the half-marathon clinic I instruct, but I’ll try to keep this blog very active too. It’s less than 2 days until Around The Bay 30k. I’m approaching this race with very mixed feelings. I feel really prepared, but I’m also aware I should be holding back so that I don’t jeopardize[…continue reading]
March 20, 2012
The Perfect Runner
No no, I don’t consider myself “The Perfect Runner” … yet. A friend of mine sent me a link to an amazing documentary on CBC.ca. It’s “The Perfect Runner” on CBC’s The Nature of Things. It has more detail than even Christopher McDougall’s “Born To Run.” I love the evolutionary biology from Professor Daniel Lieberman at Harvard University. The documentary even explores why East African’s are the best runners. They claim that their advantage is not because of superior genes, but because of hardier upbringing. I love that it ends with the narrator running The Canadian Deathrace. Only 125km… […continue reading]
March 17, 2012
Valley Inn Road – Recon Mission
On Saturday, March 17, I ran the infamous “Valley Inn Road” in Hamilton. This hill has about 25 meters of rise and it’s famous because it comes at around the 26th kilometer of the Around The Bay 30k Road Race. The purpose of this run was not only to do reconnaissance for the race, but to do some hill repeats. Last year when I ran this race, Valley Inn Road hill nearly killed me. The first time up the hill today it was really easy! I was wondering what I was complaining about the year before! By the 4th repeat,[…continue reading]
