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Tag: Goals
November 8, 2011
My Grand Plan!
I re-ready my post from the beginning of this summer 2011 race season where I set my goals and planned the season out. Obviously, things did not go as I had planned last season: My cross-training fell off the map, my weight increased and my times for all distances got worse! During such a lousy season, I was considering packing it in and declaring that my marathon days were over. My motivation has almost dried up. Why keep going? I had done the marathon. I had gone through the pain and triumph. What was left? I was also really, really[…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]
July 20, 2011
Pre-Race Jitters
Apparently I have readers now. Thank you to all 5 of you! Please leave comments to let me know that you are out there… I have a race coming up in about 9 days and I’m surprisingly nervous about it. I’m running the Highland Yard 10k in Minden. The very first race I ran was the Highland Yard 5k last summer, so it feels like a kind of milestone or anniversary. When I ran the 5k last year, I was really nervous and didn’t know what to expect. When I was in the starting corral for the 5k my heart[…continue reading]
