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Author: Paul Radcliffe
October 25, 2011
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2011/10/15 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon < 4:34 4:44:09.6 4:54:19.9 I recently finished the penultimate race of my summer racing season, the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Back in May I had some grandiose plan to cross-train like crazy, revolutionize my diet and somehow finish this marathon in less than 4 hours. With all the set-backs I experienced this summer I knew that wasn’t going to happen. I was a bundle of nerves before the race. I was nervous, but there wasn’t a doubt in my mind I would finish. A speaker at one[…continue reading]
October 10, 2011
Taper Madness and Pre-Race Panic!
I’m running a marathon in less than a week! This won’t be a surprise to my body. I’m well aware and in the midst of tapering. And, like before the Mississauga Marathon last May, I’m experiencing taper madness: The phantom pains, the anxiety of possibly under-training and the damage to my credit card. First, the credit card damage: I’ve already donated a bunch of money to my University’s alumni association, bought tickets to an Avril Lavine concert, bought a low flow toilet, and paid for several months on an online dating site. There’s more coming… I expect I’ll be signing[…continue reading]
October 4, 2011
But can they run?
When I was much younger, I played a tabletop game called Warhammer 40k. I recently stumbled upon a wiki with information about the lore of this piece of my childhood. The most famous ‘human’ fighting force in this hellish, science-fiction future are the Adaptus Astartes or Space Marines. These fictional warriors are given implants and intense hormone training to become unstoppable warriors. Until I read this wiki page about them, I didn’t realize the proportions of how large these sci-fi warriors would be. Take a look at the size comparison on the bottom. The ‘Average human’ at 5’9″ is about[…continue reading]
