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Author: Paul Radcliffe
March 14, 2014
Mississauga Runners on the Roads
It has been a challenging winter for runners. It has been dark, windy, snowy, icy, and downright cold. In my area of Mississauga, sidewalks have also been very treacherous. Ground conditions are usually an unpleasant mix of snow, slush, partially re-frozen slush, and ice (see Exhibit A below). And it often seems that the City of Mississauga crews don’t clear the sidewalks and bike paths by the time we get out to run, especially on Sunday mornings. As a result of the weather, we may have run on the road. When sidewalks are icy, snowy, slushy, or something in between, a[…continue reading]
March 10, 2014
I Passed my PMP Exam and February Review
This is a little late, but better late than never, right? In this post, I’m celebrating the completion of my PMP Certification Process and Reviewing the Month of February. I’m PMP! As I announced on Facebook a few weeks ago, I passed my Project Management Professional (PMP) examination last Thursday. On a sidenote, was overwhelmed by the love of 44+ likes on that post! Thank you everyone! As I have mentioned a few times, I have been studying furiously for this PMP exam for about a month. When I started down this path, I didn’t appreciate how much time it[…continue reading]
March 9, 2014
Chilly Half Marathon Race Report
The post painfully overused pun for this race will be that it was CHILLY. But that barely describes it. It was genuinely a very cold day for a race. The weather was ironically appropriate for the Chilly Half-Marathon. I often tell my clinic members that we train in any weather because race day could be any weather. My clinic has struggles through bitter cold, windchills near -30, ice, snow, uncleared sidewalks, and howling winds. Despite all that, I hope we wouldn’t ACTUALLY have to experience a race day that was THIS wintery! Months and months ago I had ambitious plans[…continue reading]
