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Author: Paul Radcliffe
September 24, 2014
Fall 2014 Training Plan
Who said training was over? Part of me wishes it was… It’s a good thing I wrote most of this before the Army Run! Just because I finished my goal race doesn’t mean training is done! Remember, training for the next race starts at the finish line of the last one! And I still have big plans: CN Tower Stair Climb Niagara Falls Half-Marathon (Pacer) Rock ‘N’ Roll Las Vegas Half-Marathon On Sunday, October 19, I’m climbing the CN Tower. This event is pretty personal for me. As might know from reading my About Me page or this post, a[…continue reading]
September 23, 2014
Army Run Race Report
Last weekend I ran the Army Run half-marathon in Ottawa. This didn’t go as I’d planned. I’ve listed a lot of excuses at the end of this post, but the hard truth is that I didn’t before as well as I would have liked. My heart wasn’t in it. I know a lot of people wished me good luck, so I feel like I let a lot of you down. I apologize. I feel quite a bit of shame in my failure. Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2014/09/21 Ottawa Army Run 1:59:59 2:17:54.5 2:37:26.0 But, I want[…continue reading]
September 16, 2014
Army Run Goals
The countdown is on to the Ottawa Army Run half-marathon. This is the race I’ve been training for all summer. And it will be a test to see if all this Jack Daniels training really worked. I have mixed emotions going into this race: I’ve trained hard, but some setbacks in the last month have left me with doubts. I know that I’ve trained harder than I ever have for a half-marathon, According to my Dailymile stats, I’ve run over 560km as part of this program since May 20, 2014. And I did the “quality” runs diligently. I’ve never done intervals[…continue reading]
