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Category: Race Report
March 29, 2012
Around The Bay 30k 2012 Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2012/03/25 Around the Bay Road Race 3:12 – 3:19 3:16:20.9 3:22:03.2 I did not want to be unprepared for this year’s Around The Bay 30k Road Race. I did a lot more mental preparation for this race than I usually do. I had a detailed race plan and even did a reconnaissance mission! It was all for good reasons: I wanted to beat my old time, but I didn’t want to jeopardize the rest of my training season with downtime. It was nice going with a big group again. I like[…continue reading]
March 13, 2012
Chilly Half-Marathon 2012 Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2012/03/04 Chilly Half-Marathon 2:00 – 2:10 2:03:22.2 2:06:43.2 This will be a race to remember. It was the cumulation of a personal experiment in program design while also leading a clinic. On all fronts, I would say it was a personal and athletic triumph! Training Season Review This has been a very different training season for me. Since March, I have been a the instructor for the half-marathon clinic at my local Running Room. I felt becoming an instructor was a natural progression after being a student in these clinics[…continue reading]
December 13, 2011
Santa Shuffle Race Report
I didn’t expect to write a race report for a little 5k run, but there are so many things I can talk about. But, here is my little story about little race and its spills and thrills in Mississauga on December 3. I wasn’t even sure I was going to do this race. With the Disney Marathon less than 6 weeks away, I was hoping to do long runs every Saturday in addition to my Sunday long runs. A Saturday race would effectively rob me of that second long run. It wasn’t until I learned someone else from my clinic[…continue reading]
