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Author: Paul Radcliffe
December 13, 2011
Santa Shuffle Race Report
I didn’t expect to write a race report for a little 5k run, but there are so many things I can talk about. But, here is my little story about little race and its spills and thrills in Mississauga on December 3. I wasn’t even sure I was going to do this race. With the Disney Marathon less than 6 weeks away, I was hoping to do long runs every Saturday in addition to my Sunday long runs. A Saturday race would effectively rob me of that second long run. It wasn’t until I learned someone else from my clinic[…continue reading]
November 23, 2011
Training Update
As you might imagine, my “Grand Plan” hasn’t been materializing the way I would have liked. There are some good and bad in there, and I think I’m learning to accept that. I was swimming twice a week for a few weeks. I was able to do 2000 metres in about 50 minutes. I’m pretty happy about that. However, when I entered that data into my Dailymile account, it estimates I only burned 600 calories in that hour. When running, I burn double or triple that rate! I also don’t know if I feel any muscle or cardio improvement. The[…continue reading]
November 8, 2011
My Grand Plan!
I re-ready my post from the beginning of this summer 2011 race season where I set my goals and planned the season out. Obviously, things did not go as I had planned last season: My cross-training fell off the map, my weight increased and my times for all distances got worse! During such a lousy season, I was considering packing it in and declaring that my marathon days were over. My motivation has almost dried up. Why keep going? I had done the marathon. I had gone through the pain and triumph. What was left? I was also really, really[…continue reading]
