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Author: Paul Radcliffe
November 1, 2013
Niagara Falls Half-Marathon Race Report
Close enough. Those are the words I would to describe my race last weekend at the Niagara Falls Half-Marathon. It’s certainly a different experience from Toronto. As I mentioned in this post, this was to be the penultimate race of this rather lackluster season. I wasn’t feeling 100% so I didn’t set the bar too high. Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2013/10/27 Niagara Falls Half-Marathon 2:30:00 2:30:54.3 2:33:18.3 Expo and Pre-Race in Niagara Falls I organized this as a little mini-vacation with mom to Niagara Falls. She enjoys the casino and it’s associated venues. We drove up[…continue reading]
October 26, 2013
Niagara Half-Marathon Goals
It feels like I just wrote one of these last week! This Sunday I’m running the Niagara Falls Half-Marathon. I suppose I’ll call this my actual goal race for this lousy season since last week was ‘only 5k’. Normally I also scoff at a half-marathon too as ‘only a half.’ I started this season with a marathon training schedule and some long runs of almost 26km. But because of injury, illness and other setbacks, it looks like an almost insurmountable mountain. Normally the phrase “trust your training” is reassuring, but my training really hasn’t been there. I also sometimes hear[…continue reading]
October 21, 2013
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 5k Race Report
Yesterday I ran the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront 5k and then went out to cheer on the rest of the athletes. It was a day of new experiences and appreciation for the sport I love. This is a rather long post with lots of photos! Before anything else, I want to say a HUGE thank you to the organizers and volunteers that made this event possible. From what I understand there were over 3000 volunteers involved! The scale of this event is enormous, so I appreciate the humongous effort required to pull it off successfully. Alan Brooks and the whole Canadian[…continue reading]
