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Category: General Running and/or Fitness
May 30, 2014
Overdoing It?
I felt absolutely awful yesterday morning. I planed to run at 5am, but when my alarm went off and I tried to get out of bed I felt so dizzy that I went right back to bed. Eventually I stumbled out of bed because I had to go to work. I felt a little better after breakfast. That’s when I realized I was probably low on sugar. I consumed a bag of gummi’s and felt well enough to drive. When I got to work, I had a bag of chips and bottle of orange juice. Not long after, I[…continue reading]
May 23, 2014
Daniels’ Training Phase I: Foundation & Injury Prevention
I had a very humbling run on Wednesday night. I felt sore, sluggish, out of shape, and to top it all off, I had to run to a bathroom during the run. It’s with that kind of humility that I am looking forward to 4 weeks of easy runs to build my base fitness up again. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I’m so rusty: I haven’t been eating or sleeping well since the Mississauga races. I haven’t been cross training, stretching or foam rolling either. And I was negligently unhealthy during my recharging weekend. It’s really starting to show! I needed a kick in[…continue reading]
May 21, 2014
My Jack Daniels Inspired Summer Training Program: Part 1
I took a ‘leadership’ course during my masters degree, which turned into a group ‘Life-coaching’ workshop. One of the outputs was a life statement that “I exist to bring order to chaos and live up to my responsibilities to others.” So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favourite things to do is plan and organize. And organizing my training plan for this summer has been no exception. As I mentioned in this post, I was able to pour through the Jack Daniels’ Running Formula and felt like I’d extracted enough information to develop a personal training[…continue reading]
