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Category: Race Report
October 25, 2011
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2011/10/15 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon < 4:34 4:44:09.6 4:54:19.9 I recently finished the penultimate race of my summer racing season, the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Back in May I had some grandiose plan to cross-train like crazy, revolutionize my diet and somehow finish this marathon in less than 4 hours. With all the set-backs I experienced this summer I knew that wasn’t going to happen. I was a bundle of nerves before the race. I was nervous, but there wasn’t a doubt in my mind I would finish. A speaker at one[…continue reading]
September 28, 2011
My Double-Dip Weekend!
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2011/09/24 Oasis Zoo Run < 1:00 56:48.2 1:07:01.6 2011/09/25 Oakville Half-Marathon 2:30 2:28:51.7 2:30:09.3 On the weekend of September 24-25 I ran two road races: The Oasis Zoo Run 10k and the Oakville Half-Marathon. Each race was a great learning experience, as was the experience of racing back-to-back. I did several things that weekend I probably shouldn’t have, but I live to tell about it! That weekend had been marked on my calendar for a long time. According to my marathon training schedule, my long run that weekend was supposed to be[…continue reading]
August 22, 2011
A Midsummer Night’s Run Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2011/08/20 A Midsummer Night’s Race < 3:20 3:26:00.6 3:27:14.9 On Saturday, August 20, I ran A Midsummer Night’s Run 30k in Toronto. It is the first time I’ve done this race and the first 30k race I’ve done since Around The Bay at the end of March. This was certainly a memorable race, but for all the wrong reasons. I really wanted to beat my Around The Bay time of 3:20. A lot of people have been telling me that should be no problem because I’ve lost weight since then and because[…continue reading]
