Over the winter holidays I decided that if I was going to take our dog Sydney (pictured left) for a walk, I could metaphorically nail two birds with one stone and run with her for a short warm up, then drop her back off at home before continuing on ...
(Wherein Matt approaches his food as a form of training to help improve his running.) The inspiration: Apparently, it’s common knowledge in the running community that loosing one pound can increase a runner’s speed by about two seconds a mile (in Canadianese, that would work out to be roughly 3.2 seconds per kilometer). That can be huge ...
This post is a little bit random, but I’m feeling a little random at the moment, so bear with me. First some housekeeping. It’s been a month or so, and I keep forgetting to mention it, but I acquired an actual domain name for the blog. So www.fartlekrunner.com is all ours! No more .wordpress.com! I’ve also ...
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A couple of times a year, I come to a point where I have to face the inevitable conclusion that it’s time to starting looking for a new pair of running shoes. Most runners go through several pairs a year, and those shoes (much like ...
It’s that time of year again when everyone is running around to get their holiday shopping done. It’s also the time of year when we’re all being asked, “what do you want?” This question always catches me off guard, because I really don’t start thinking about the holidays until I’m reminded that they’re impending. This ...
“I began running because I never could,” said Allison Larsh, a 28-year-old IT Project Co-Ordinator. “I have this horrible memory from childhood from when I joined my elementary school's cross country team,” she recalls. All of her friends were joining the team, and so Allison ...
Here is an update on the runs I did while I was away in Mexico (except for the last one, which was an LSD with a running buddy yesterday): Date Distance (km) Pace (/km) Time October 27 5 5:04 25:20
This morning I decided to go for a nice long 23 km solo run, adding 10 per cent onto last weekend’s half marathon (took 1 hour and 56 min. — 5:03/km pace). I started off in Toronto’s east end at Main Street and Danforth Avenue taking a route down to the lake, along the boardwalk, through ...
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Hi there, I'm Matt. I started running after a fairly major lifestyle overhaul (re: eating healthy and getting active). I'm currently training for the 2010 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. My larger running goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon before the next age category (which gives me nine years). For more info, check out my "about" page.
