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Category: Reviews
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]
August 15, 2011
Saucony ProGrid (Lite) Kinvara Review
I owe one of my loyal readers a review of the famous Saucony ProGrid Lite Kinvaras. After putting about 50km on these shoes and running a race, I feel confident to give them a fair review. Lately, the running community has been gripped in deep discussion about the notion of barefoot and minimalist running. There are compelling and interesting debates about the very philosophy and economics that surround ‘traditional’ running shoes. I’m particularly interested in the evolutionary and physiological arguments about running barefoot. There’s a particularly interesting study from Harvard that acts as a good primer to this debate.[…continue reading]
