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Tag: Training
May 23, 2014
Daniels’ Training Phase I: Foundation & Injury Prevention
I had a very humbling run on Wednesday night. I felt sore, sluggish, out of shape, and to top it all off, I had to run to a bathroom during the run. It’s with that kind of humility that I am looking forward to 4 weeks of easy runs to build my base fitness up again. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I’m so rusty: I haven’t been eating or sleeping well since the Mississauga races. I haven’t been cross training, stretching or foam rolling either. And I was negligently unhealthy during my recharging weekend. It’s really starting to show! I needed a kick in[…continue reading]
May 21, 2014
My Jack Daniels Inspired Summer Training Program: Part 1
I took a ‘leadership’ course during my masters degree, which turned into a group ‘Life-coaching’ workshop. One of the outputs was a life statement that “I exist to bring order to chaos and live up to my responsibilities to others.” So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favourite things to do is plan and organize. And organizing my training plan for this summer has been no exception. As I mentioned in this post, I was able to pour through the Jack Daniels’ Running Formula and felt like I’d extracted enough information to develop a personal training[…continue reading]
April 9, 2014
April Plans
As I mentioned in this post, I’ve felt like the March had unfun winter weather. But it’s a new month, the snow is finally melting, and it’s time for a new start! Around The Bay this year was a fun but humbling experience. I knew going in that I wasn’t properly prepared, but that didn’t prepare me for how much it would hurt! It reminded me of a saying: “The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.” I feel like I bled during Around The Bay. I intend to sweat a lot in April to bleed less[…continue reading]
