This morning, at precisely 9:30, I ran the 10km Oasis ZooRun through the Metro Toronto Zoo. You can see the course here, which started in the Zoo parking lot and snaked around the perimeter for a couple of kilometres before heading into the zoo and finishing up near the
Tomorrow morning I'm running my first ever 10k race. It's only my third race overall after a couple of 5k races this past summer. My packet is picked up, my 10k clinic is complete and there's nothing left but the runnin'. This route looks pretty cool. I hear the stampede
My 10k clinic goal race, the Oasis Zoo 10k Run, is this Saturday. I'm ready. So long as I don't go out too fast in the first half I'll be fine. Tonight's run was the shortest run I've done in a long time and at 5k it felt like a
As these running weeks go by, I learn more and more about my body. For example, last night I learnt that my body doesn't want to run immediately after wolfing down a large spaghetti and sausage dinner. At the 4k mark I had to cut my speed and wait for
Yesterday morning, I ran 8km and chose a route that winded through High Park and onto the Lakeshore so I could run along the Martin Goodman trail. It was a beautiful morning and as I approached the Lakeshore I noticed I wouldn't be running alone. Hundreds and hundreds of people
Now that ball is done for the winter, running is my only exercise of the week. My plan is to complete this 10k clinic and then do Running Room club runs throughout the winter. Then, in February or whenever it's scheduled, I'll join the half marathon clinic at the High
I learnt a valuable lesson last night. With my ball game scheduled for 9:30pm, I decided to run hills with the 10k clinic at 6:30pm. We run the 2k loop in High Park and then the steep Spring Road hill five times before running the 2k loop again
Right off the bat, I want to thank you guys. Another $35 was donated last night which means as of this minute I've raised $600 in online pledges and another $70 offline. When I set my target at $500 I didn't think I'd make it, so to exceed it by
If I was off my game last week, I've bounced back nicely. I feel stronger than ever. We're finally getting to good distances and the hill training is pretty awesome. After you run this hill four times, once is laughably easy, and a hill-less run hardly feels like a run
I haven't been my usual perky self these past couple of days, and my walks have suffered. I'm in that grey zone between not feeling 100% and not feeling sick enough to actually miss any work or a run or whatever. Here are the runs/walks I fit in over
I officially registered for the Oasis 10k ZooRun at the Toronto Zoo. I've got 44 days to train. In a couple of weeks I'll be running The Terry Fox Run. Don't forget to contribute to my run. Kick in $5, I swear you won't notice it on the Visa bill.
Eventually I'll probably stop recounting my weekly running schedule, but I find it handy to have one place where I can monitor my progress. If it bores you to tears, you shouldn't be reading this. Why are you reading this? Stop reading.... I knew you couldn't do it. It's week
Two years ago today, I asked you to help a brother out. Here's my entry from that day. Help a Brother Out Published August 19, 2005 @ 08:42 in Gord Downie's HallelujahGord Downie covered Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for the film "Saint Ralph". I recently wrote about this tune and I've
This week's update could have been a copy and paste job from last week's update. I ran 6k three times: Saturday, Sunday and tonight. After 23 weeks of running, I'm pleased to report I'm feeling no pain or discomfort. A straight 6k at a good pace leaves me wanting more.
I'm running in the Terry Fox Run on September 16. I'd like to raise $500. So far, I've raised $96. There's a link on the left to place a secure online donation or you can just click here. Every buck counts, are you really going to notice an extra $5
I ran three times last week, each time the same route. It's a nice route through High Park that includes the always fun Spring Road hill. Today they were even filming a movie they called "Mom" by Grenadier Pond. There was no sign of Fergie Olver, so I'm guessing they
It's hot out there. I just ran 5k and my shirt was soaking. I don't think I've ever sweat that much. Tomorrow will be even warmer. Week 21 started with our first 10k clinic on Saturday morning which included an Amazing Grace 6k run. Sunday was my 5k race and
Early this morning, I ran the second 5k race of my life. I ran my first race, the Hazel 5k, in 27:50. With ten more weeks of running under my belt, I was looking to annihilate that time before I move on to the 10k. 5:20am - My
Twenty weeks ago, I showed up at a Learn to Run clinic at my local Running Room. After ten weeks of learning to run, and now ten weeks of training for a 5k, I start a 10k clinic on Saturday. This 10k clinic is being instructed by Mike and Ale,
I've completed the new running mix for this Sunday. I didn't use a single song from the last running playlist and I restricted each artist to one song. Each song was selected because it had a running theme, a winning theme, or a general road racing theme. Against the Wind
I've got to find some time to put together a new running playlist that will get me to Whitby on Sunday morning. Last time I went with tunes that had "run" in the title, but this time I'm just looking for tunes with a running or race theme. "Nice Guys
It's your favourite entry of the week, my running update. If you're just joining us, I decided earlier in the year I had to run a marathon. You can check out my Hallelujah entries for a little back drop. As a non-runner who had never run before, I started from
I totally missed my week seventeen update, so I'm doubling up this week. I write these things for myself and fully realize there's no value to anyone outside of my dusty cranium. Here are the runs I managed to squeeze in over the past two weeks. Sunday, July 1 -
I'm a few days late on this week sixteen running update, so my apologies to those of you who see this as the highlight of your week. Week sixteen started strong, with 8k on Sunday morning, but I only did 3k on a very hot Wednesday night and a late
You're excused for not reading my weekly running updates. I'm actually writing these for myself so I can look back and check out the progress. Week fifteen was pretty good. I had a good run on Sunday morning (4k), an awesome run on Tuesday (7k) and a nice little run
