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Tag: Goals
September 22, 2015
How I Accidentally Registered for a Race
In the past, I have had a habit of registering for too many races. I have since learned my lesson and have been properly focusing only on one true goal race each season. That doesn’t mean I don’t do other races in a season; it just means that I definitely treat those races as “catered training runs.” It’s one of the reasons that being a Pace Bunny is so appealing. However, this is a story of how I genuinely didn’t plan to run a race and accidentally got registered anyways. I have been a pacer at the Oakville Half-Marathon twice before: Once in in[…continue reading]
May 23, 2015
Change of Plans
I love making plans. For whatever reason, I feel sad whenever my plans change. But, a change in the plan is just an opportunity to do more planning. NEW GYM The first big change is that I have committed to a 1-year membership with Goodlife Fitness. I’ve been debating switching gyms for a while. I was debating between staying with the City of Mississauga Parks and Recreation fitness clubs or switching to Goodlife Fitness. My trainer with the City has “retired” from doing personal training, so that kind of sealed my decision to switch to Goodlife. I got a nice[…continue reading]
May 15, 2015
I Registered for the Toronto Sprint Spartan Race
I have mentioned that I’m leery of “mud” and “adventure” races. Even the Color Run I did last year was quite out of my comfort zone. But, fate has an interesting way of throwing such discomfort in your face. This week, the ever-lovely Nicole posted a contest on her blog that included a giveaway for an entry to a Spartan Run. And much to my own chagrin, I won. My first reaction was to politely decline the entry and ask her to give it to someone else. I didn’t want to blow a whole Saturday during cottage season. But then I[…continue reading]
