This is not sponsored it’s just a rave! After every runner buys sneakers their very next purchase should be road ID. It’s cheap, high quality, lasts a lifetime and might just help save your life. We all buy things we hope we never need, insurance (used the hell out of that already this year), smoke... Continue Reading →
Half Update 2: Last Free Runs, Week One Complete
Week one check! This week I’ll be talking about my last runs of freedom and my first week of training. Yeah! This year we haven’t had much of a winter it was Juneuary, followed my no February so hopefully that continues into March. We have literally no snow on the ground, I saw like one... Continue Reading →
1/2 Update 1: Gearing up, New Asics, Training Plan and Race Season Goals
Alright, I’m doing it 1/2 at Bluenose this year! What? But you said it was too early in the season for a half! You said this year was for olympic triathlons? Yeah well I lied and it is! Plus it’s the 15th anniversary and I have a big surprise to reveal for this Bluenose weekend!... Continue Reading →
Frostbite 5 Miler: Race Recap
Last year I started doing race recaps and last year I did all those fun races I always wanted to try as a goal after triathlon training fell through, well the race did anyway. But The Frostbite Five Miler is actually one I’ve done before and it was lots of fun! It’s actually a really... Continue Reading →
The Importance of a Base in Training
There is a slight chance people don’t know what a base is. So I’ma gonna go ahead and define it. It’s is just your weekly milage you’re running all the time before you have a green light to start a program, ideally. It’s not just a random number that coaches and writers of training plans,... Continue Reading →
When is It Time to Skip a Workout!
You might be mid training plan and feel like you have to get that long run in no matter what. Perhaps this is the day for your 120 km bike ride on the way to your century. But sometimes you should skip it no matter what. However, other times you might really want to skip... Continue Reading →
WTF? Basic Running Terms Defined
When I started dedicated training, following plans and all that I ran into terms I didn’t know. Soon after I started googling more and more about running, then reading running blogs and I realized every plan should have the terms used therein defined. Pretty soon I realized a real training plan was a hell of... Continue Reading →
Working Out: Expectations vs. Reality
So you’re going to start working out, good for you and you should! It will change your life, I promise. But you should know what it’s really like. There are a lot of ideas out there that make it seem all sunshine and rainbows. I want to let you know that what you’re experiencing is... Continue Reading →
Olympic Triathlon Training: Final Update/ Fail
So I was committed, I was totally going to do it, I swear. What really happened is this, they moved the race forward I was going to do, by 3 months. Then I couldn’t get to another one due to a wedding, then it was too late and they were too far away. It was... Continue Reading →
What to Expect From Your First Race, and Why You Should Do It!!
Maybe you've been toying with the idea of signing up for a race for a while now or maybe it's never entered your world of possibilities. Either way you should try it out! I was actually up late last night chatting with visiting family about racing. He didn't get it and I was trying to... Continue Reading →