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Author: Paul Radcliffe
October 24, 2015
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2015 Race Report
Last weekend I ran the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon, again. This was a lovely, enjoyable race. 21 half-marathons down. And with a flourish of irony, my very first half-marathon was also the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon in 2010. As I mentioned in my previous post about my race goals, I wanted to beat my 2010 time of 2:35:20. I did it handily and it was a great confidence booster. Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2015/10/18 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon <2:35:20 2:22:17.3 2:43:48 Expo: I went to the expo on the Friday before the race. I was[…continue reading]
October 15, 2015
Nutrition Tracking with MyFitnessPal
As I mentioned in my September review, I’ve been using MyFitnessPal.com diligently for almost a month now. It has been a really eye-opening experience and another motivator for my weight loss journey. Adding it All Up The principle is pretty simple: Create a free profile, log into the website, and enter each and every item of food that you eat and every exercise that you do. This sounds really hard, but it gets much easier after the first day. On the first day I took photos of all my food and the nutrition labels so that I could[…continue reading]
October 14, 2015
No, Master Bruce. I expect you to run
So, this post is slightly out of the usual, but it was so clever that I HAD to share it. I’ll be honest, I don’t watch the Gotham TV series. I sometimes see glimpses of it on TV, but mostly I’ve learned about it through things people post on Tumblr. The show is essentially a crime drama, but it is set in the Batman comic book universe shortly after Bruce Wayne’s parent’s are murdered and long before he dons the cape and cowl. I saw this post on Tumblr which captures a scene from a recent episode and it spoke to[…continue reading]
