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Tag: Recovery
August 30, 2014
I’m Going to Disneyland!
As I’ve mentioned over and over, (and over and over, again), I’m running the DisneyLand Half-Marathon at the end of August. I ran the Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge last January, and I decided this was my year to complete the Coast-to-Coast Challenge. I’m looking forward to it with some trepidation. As is usual for my races, I’m pouring over all available information and soaking up any information I can about the race and course, in particular ChatterRunGirl’s race report of last year’s Disneyland half marathon! This will be my first race since the Mississauga Half-Marathon. That’s a very long time between races for[…continue reading]
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 19, 2014
Recharge
It’s been about two weeks since I ran the Mississauga Half-Marathon and 5k. That marked the chilly winter running season. I was eager to start training again, but circumstances forced me to take a much needed break. It was an unexpected by necessary interseason intermission. I’ve been exercising with high intensity and regularity since my relationship started falling apart. I only begrudgingly stopped for taper. I wanted to get going again as soon as possible, but I was sore and found myself unusually busy. I also noticed that I was unusually cranky and tired in the weeks following the races.[…continue reading]
