Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Around the Bay 30K, AKA the LONGEST I’VE EVER RUN EVER
On Saturday, the day before the LONGEST I’D EVER RUN EVER, my Running Room buddy, Tracy, and I drove out to Hamilton to a) pick up our race kits, b) scope out the hills at the end of the route and c) figure out the plan for parking, timing, etc. It was a fantastic […]
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Training Week 11: The first Long, LOOOOONG Run
I had planned on writing a wee bit more on this. But, as usual, time and circumstances got away from me. This was the first of the scary distance runs…29kms. But, fortunately, it fell on the first day that it was actually warm and sunny. I’m worrying myself because not going out on Saturday […]
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
For Aunt Denise
One of the most bizarre things about my Dad’s battle with cancer is that he’s not battling it alone. You’d think that it would be highly unlikely for another fifty-something to know another fifty-something that has the same disease. And yet, in a bizarre twist of reality, it happened. Denise, whom all us kids […]
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Training Week 9: The Audiobook Addiction
If you don’t mind me saying so, I kicked the ass of my 10K tempo run last night. Okay, I use the term tempo loosely. Usually, I’m a very good runner, and I warm up for a km (and cool down for one too!) before picking up the pace. But I find that Tuesdays, […]