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Category: General Running and/or Fitness
September 29, 2014
Training with “Love” – Jennifer Widerstrom
I was watching the new season of The Biggest Loser (season 16) a couple of weeks ago and noticed that they’ve changed the trainers. Jillian Michaels is gone. Her demeanor on the show was usually mean or downright hurtful and hateful, so I’m glad to see her go (though, she can be quite insightful outside the show). There are two new trainers: Jessie Pavelka and Jennifer Widerstrom. I don’t know what to think about Jessie yet. He seems like a typical SoCal fitness junkie. But he said his family is in Toronto, which makes him cooler in my books! […continue reading]
September 24, 2014
Fall 2014 Training Plan
Who said training was over? Part of me wishes it was… It’s a good thing I wrote most of this before the Army Run! Just because I finished my goal race doesn’t mean training is done! Remember, training for the next race starts at the finish line of the last one! And I still have big plans: CN Tower Stair Climb Niagara Falls Half-Marathon (Pacer) Rock ‘N’ Roll Las Vegas Half-Marathon On Sunday, October 19, I’m climbing the CN Tower. This event is pretty personal for me. As might know from reading my About Me page or this post, a[…continue reading]
September 16, 2014
Army Run Goals
The countdown is on to the Ottawa Army Run half-marathon. This is the race I’ve been training for all summer. And it will be a test to see if all this Jack Daniels training really worked. I have mixed emotions going into this race: I’ve trained hard, but some setbacks in the last month have left me with doubts. I know that I’ve trained harder than I ever have for a half-marathon, According to my Dailymile stats, I’ve run over 560km as part of this program since May 20, 2014. And I did the “quality” runs diligently. I’ve never done intervals[…continue reading]
