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Tag: Training
January 5, 2015
Training Plan Jan/Feb 2015
To my surprise, the Chilly Half-Marathon is just around the corner! Less than 2 months away! So, I really needed to make a formal training plan for the next 2 months. Here it is! This thing probably requires some explanation: The red numbers with the “RR half” rows are for my the Half-Marathon Clinic I’m leading at the Square One Running Room right now. The blue numbers in the second rows labelled “JD full” are for a Jack Daniels’ ‘inspired’ full-marathon training program. Surprisingly, the late weeks of a half-marathon clinic match rather well with the early weeks of[…continue reading]
November 7, 2014
November Training Plan
Although my results from the summer season weren’t great, I was still impressed by the Jack Daniels-style training program. I was so impressed that I purchased a custom training plan from Project Run S.M.A.R.T to follow until the Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon in May. My first priority in my schedule was to make sure I included the runs I have to do as clinic instructor for my upcoming half-marathon clinic (it’s not too late to register!). The half-marathon runs are shown in RED on the schedule. Then I added the distance distance the Marathon Training in BLUE. In many cases, the half-marathon[…continue reading]
October 1, 2014
Gym Conumdrum
I’m planning ahead and have a bit of a conundrum. I’m inspired to invest in my training this fall and winter, so I need some tools to do it. I’m probably going buy a full membership in a gym starting this fall. I quite a few things on my wishlist including an indoor track, yoga classes, and pool for early-morning swims. Indoor Track: My preference is to run outside. Even though it was dark outside, I was able to run outside before work in November and December last fall as part of my Dopey Training. But, do you remember how cold and[…continue reading]
