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Author: Paul Radcliffe
August 9, 2011
This is why I don’t do triathalons… (yet)
The title of the article says it all: Second athlete dies after Nautica Triathlon in New York Dies?!? More story links: Triathlete’s death ‘just so out of the blue’ When extreme exercise turns deadly Second Triathlon Swimmer Dies, Prompting Review of Race Protocol
August 5, 2011
Wait, wait, weight?
Throughout all this training, I’m bound to make some mistakes. Several of them are now manifesting in one of my quantitative stats: In the last month I’ve gained almost 5 pounds! And it’s not all good weight because my body fat percentage has gone up about 1.5% too! I’m noticing it physically around my mid-section too. How embarrassing to be running over 40km each week and still get fatter! I am well aware that it is unwise to weigh yourself regularly because fluctuations are normal and can lead to unnecessary stress. I also readily acknowledge that too many people, even[…continue reading]
August 1, 2011
Highland Yard 10k Race Report
On Friday, July 29, I ran the Highland Yard 10k in Minden, Ontario. This race is a little sentimental to me because my first race was the Highland Yard 5k one year earlier, which runs concurrently with the 10k. I was pretty worried about this race because it was my first race since the Bread & Honey 15k which was almost months ago. In those two months I had a surgery, tool a couple of weeks off and started a new training cycle from scratch. I’m also not doing cross training so I feel like I’m not in prime form[…continue reading]
