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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
I ran, I cried, I got the t-shirt (two actually!)
I’ve always read heartwarming stories about runner’s who have these really sweet moments during a run. And I’ve always been like, what the hell? Are you kidding me? Why are you TALKING when you should be RUNNING? Needless to say, my attitude must translate into facial expressions because no one, NO ONE, has ever […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Uncategorized by Alli
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The Disappointment of Unfairness
I do not often think that life is unfair. I mean, sure, I think unfair things happen, but, I mostly think they are random and just need to be dealt with. As in, if there’s something wrong, fix it. If you want to move out of Bowmanville, go to university. If you want to […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Running by Alli
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Countdowns
According to the Ottawa Race Weekend site, there’s only 5 day and 9 hours left until the Marathon. While that countdown is incredibly important to me, it pales to another little countdown I have going. That one being how many days until Court comes home to visit. And that countdown, friends, is at ONE. […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Life, Running by Alli
Friday, May 14th, 2010
JINXED
I knew it. I knew writing was a bad idea.
Yesterday, we did Round 2 of Time Trails. Four laps around a big block for a total distance of 4.4 kms. Last time, I surprised myself and did it in 18:06. I was v. v. happy. Last night, I got a cramp and ran it […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Running by Alli
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
An Ode to CrossFit (and Run Camp)
I’ve been half afraid to write. You know, in case I jinxed it. “It” being this round of marathon training. Training that has gone remarkably well and remarkably smoothly. Training that has gone without any major injuries worth mentioning. And now, it’s two and half weeks until the Big Day. (No, not that Big […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Running, CrossFit by Alli
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Race Report: Around the Bay 2010 (2hrs 40mins: 5:20/min pace)
Well, I have good news and I have bad news.
The Good: For the first 23K, I felt great. My goal for the day was to hit as many kms at marathon race pace as I could before tiring. I have two months until the marathon and I only rarely run at race pace (I […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Running by Alli
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Success on Two Fronts
Well, it finally happened. Wedding planning interfered with my running. Okay, that’s not exactly the truth. But it would have if I hadn’t gotten pretty creative. And by creative, I mean ran my long run a day early (and at an ungodly hour) in order to get it in. That’s right: it was a […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Running, Wedding by Alli
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Panamaniacs R Us
There are very few things that I value more than the opportunity to visit Court. Now, I know compared to some couples I know, Court and I are long distance rookies, but, what can I say? I miss him. And yes, I was certainly spoiled having him home over Christmas and then in January, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Traveling by Alli
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Learning to Trust the Plan
When you look at most running training programs, from distances of 5K to, well, to whatever, the paces are enough to throw you off. You rarely (except for speed work and a few runs near the very end) train at your goal “race pace.” I had, actually, present tense, have, a lot of trouble […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Running by Alli
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Marathon Training: Season 2 Begins!
I can already that the second time around is going to be a lot different from the first. For example, when Tracy and I went for our long run on Sunday (only 15K, let’s not get crazy…it was not even technically Day 1 of training!), we were both like, huh, this is EXHAUSTING and […]
