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Category: Reviews
February 17, 2012
Saucony ProGrid Hurricane 13 – Review
Last fall I desperately needed new shoes before a race. I went to my local Running Room. I had been wearing Saucony Grid Cohesion 3‘s for over a year, but the helpful sales representative said I should be wearing Stability shoes instead of Neutral. At the time, Saucony’s solution for people needing stability shoes was the Saucony ProGrid Hurricane 13. At the time my old shoes were toast so I greedily grabbed them up. Looking back now, I’m quite glad that I’m in them. The first thing I noticed was that my IT band pain went away. I suppose I[…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]
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]
