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Category: General Running and/or Fitness
October 3, 2015
September Review
Back to reality and buckling down after a rough August. I’ve been executing the action plan pretty aggressively. There are several things I quite enjoyed this month. The most was the cooler temperatures! But I didn’t really like how sunset is getting earlier and earlier. I have also discovered that my favourite thing is sleep. Definitely sleep. 9 hours of sleep in a night is the most amazing feeling and I will fight like a monster to continue to be able to do that! A highlight of this month was definitely pacing the Oakville Half-Marathon. It was very confidence boosting to[…continue reading]
September 22, 2015
How I Accidentally Registered for a Race
In the past, I have had a habit of registering for too many races. I have since learned my lesson and have been properly focusing only on one true goal race each season. That doesn’t mean I don’t do other races in a season; it just means that I definitely treat those races as “catered training runs.” It’s one of the reasons that being a Pace Bunny is so appealing. However, this is a story of how I genuinely didn’t plan to run a race and accidentally got registered anyways. I have been a pacer at the Oakville Half-Marathon twice before: Once in in[…continue reading]
September 14, 2015
I’m a Ten (???)
A couple of weeks ago there was some situation at the Goodlife Fitness Gym I frequent where a customer was using chalk and a bunch of managers and staff went out to tell him he shouldn’t. But, before they approached him they talked each other up saying: “What are you?” “I’m a ten!” Some trainers and other staff kind of rolled there eyes, but others, especially the fitness manager was very into it. From what I understand, many of them attended a session at the CanFitPro expo earlier that week and “I’m a ten!” was a takeaway saying. I guess[…continue reading]
