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Tag: Race
December 13, 2011
Santa Shuffle Race Report
I didn’t expect to write a race report for a little 5k run, but there are so many things I can talk about. But, here is my little story about little race and its spills and thrills in Mississauga on December 3. I wasn’t even sure I was going to do this race. With the Disney Marathon less than 6 weeks away, I was hoping to do long runs every Saturday in addition to my Sunday long runs. A Saturday race would effectively rob me of that second long run. It wasn’t until I learned someone else from my clinic[…continue reading]
October 25, 2011
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2011/10/15 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon < 4:34 4:44:09.6 4:54:19.9 I recently finished the penultimate race of my summer racing season, the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Back in May I had some grandiose plan to cross-train like crazy, revolutionize my diet and somehow finish this marathon in less than 4 hours. With all the set-backs I experienced this summer I knew that wasn’t going to happen. I was a bundle of nerves before the race. I was nervous, but there wasn’t a doubt in my mind I would finish. A speaker at one[…continue reading]
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]
