It's been some time since I felt up to recording much about my running.  It just hasn't been the same since I started back up after the Canada Army Half-marathon.  I kept waiting for things to become more familiar, because that's what I wanted to write about.  It still hasn't happened, but I could not ignore this journal any longer.  It's like ( Read more... )

A lot has happened since the last time I actually wrote up something here. Time for reflection has been scarce, even time for training got tight, but I made it to Race Day and enjoyed it in spite of all the obstacles that cropped up this summer. It certainly wasn't the summer I'd originally envisioned as I finished up the marathon in May and ( Read more... )

We have a winner in the Great Battle of the Treadmill! I returned to Solefit with four contenders carefully selected from the initial list suggested after my previous visit. The majority were neutral shoes, with only one pair of mild motion control if I needed some contrast. Brooks went unrepresented, as they have apparently changed the ( Read more... )

I will not be training with a clinic this summer. It's a decision I initially made last summer, after the low turnout made it impossible for me to train with anyone. I further developed the idea this spring, when I could see that the clinic system was no longer helping me improve all that much. My next step was going to be to personalize my ( Read more... )

It never occurred to me that I'd beat myself at this year's Hypothermic Half Marathon. Training for it was intended to be a form of active rest after the intensity of completing not just my first ever, but also my second marathon in one year. Certainly I'd been setting new personal best records in the shorter race distances this past fall, but I ( Read more... )

Despite the ups and downs of the holidays and the thermometer, training continues. Weather's been the only extenuating circumstance to hamper things. I've only missed one scheduled group workout, though sadly it was the store's holiday group run. I tried my best despite extreme snowfall to get there, but was ultimately failed by the public ( Read more... )

Never fear, I'm still here! Yes, I figured I needed to pun around a bit since there isn't really a lot to report on. My training has been smooth and steady, without any real disruption due to the shifting weather conditions. Rattle-Me-Bones may have been warmer than last year, but things flip-flopped the other way for the Santa Shuffle this past ( Read more... )

I miss running on Tuesdays. For over a year now, my running clinics have been scheduled for Tuesday evening. Until now, that is. When I made the jump to the marathon clinic, it pushed the half-marathon clinic to Thursdays. However, I've now returned to the half-marathon clinic for the Hypothermic Half in January. It's my way of taking a break ( Read more... )

The race photos are up on http://www.zoomphoto.ca. They got some great shots of everyone, and I have used one to make my newest userpic for winter running entries. Just visit their website, select the Hypothermic Half Marathon 2007-01-28 from the events list, and look me up with my bib number 1495 (clearly legible in my userpic, actually). I am ( Read more... )

What a near-perfect morning for racing Sunday was! The biggest goody was the lack of windchill. It was -17 degrees Celsius...period. And it was sunny, and it wasn't snowing...so there was nothing to battle against but the sheer distance. Well, the footing was a bit snowy, with some icy slickness, but that's pretty good for an open green space ( Read more... )