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Tag: Goals
May 30, 2012
Yay for fad diets?
I’m very apprehensive posting this, but I imagine sharing this will be a bit of motivation. I’ve always been overweight or obese, and this running and fitness thing is a very recent development in my life. Although I’ve made great improvements in my health, my body composition and weight have become stuck at a certain point. Now that I see some of my former students passing me, I realize I need to step up my nutrition to keep up. I actually had a really good handle on my weight about a year ago. Then I started training with a new[…continue reading]
April 30, 2012
Fundraising for the Trillium Health Centre!
This Sunday, I am going to be running the Mississauga Half-Marathon as a fundraiser for the Trillium Health Centre Foundation. And, in honour of fundraising, I decided I’m going to run it in a costume! About the Trillium Health Centre The Trillium Health Centre is a hospital system in Mississauga and Etobicoke. The original Trillium Health Centre was founded when the former Mississauga Hospital and Queensway hospital were merged. Recently, the Trillium Health Centre also merged with the Credit Valley Hospital. This hospital is very important to me. I was born at the Mississauga Hospital. My mother worked[…continue reading]
April 24, 2012
The London Incident: Virgin London Marathon 2012 Race Report
Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2012/04/22 Virgin London Marathon >4:34:44 6:15:52 This is a story of hope, fear, foolishness, failure, massive willpower, even more foolishness and consolation. Here’s how six months of training went down the toilet, literally. In spring 2011, when I entered the lottery to run the Virgin London Marathon, I hadn’t run my first marathon yet. A lousy time at my second marathon in October 2011 made me consider quitting marathons. My spirits were buoyed when I surprisingly won an entry to run the London Marathon, one of the World Marathon Majors! London was[…continue reading]
