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Category: General Running and/or Fitness
October 13, 2015
Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon Goals
On Sunday, October 18, I’m running the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon. This race has special significance for me: When I ran the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon in 2010 was my first half-marathon, ever. I’ve run 19 other half-marathons since then. And I’ve run the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5k and Full-Marathon TWICE. But I haven’t been back to this half since it launched my running career. I also recently realized that it will be my 21st half-marathon. That would make 21 official 21.1km races!! I’m really looking forward to this race for a few reasons: First is the sentimentality of it. It[…continue reading]
October 8, 2015
Right to Bare Arms
I’ve talked about Body Image quite a bit on this blog. In fact, it has its own tag. It’s because of body image issued that I have been reluctant to run in a tank top or singlet because I was was AM self-conscious about my flabby arms. I feel like I would be embarrassed by my fat arms jiggling as I run, so ever since I’ve started running I’ve never had bare arms. I know that I really would benefit from running sleeveless. Even on really cold runs, I do most of my sweating from my upper torso. It seems like most[…continue reading]
October 6, 2015
So, What Next?
Yeah, I’ve got the hardest part of my season still ahead of me, but I like to think ahead. I’m constantly scheming and planning. It helps me distract myself during training to think about what’s next. And it helps to keep me focused through a season to see that life goes on after I appreciate that it’s almost inappropriate to try to plan so far ahead even though I’m still about 4 weeks from my goal race of the New York City Marathon. But, I’ve already registered to running the Goofy Challenge again in January. It requires a special kind of preparation to do a marathon[…continue reading]
