Roughly 700 kilometres after officially starting my marathon training I was starting to get a little stir crazy from the monotony of the training schedule. All together now: Hill repeats, recover, fartlek/tempo, recover, LSD, recover, repeat. It’s a common halfway point complaint from those training for marathons. The training is long, or rather llloooooonnnnnnnggggg. So, ...
Also known as the hamster wheel, this contraption has single-handedly garnered an equal number of dirty and thankful looks from runners. Leaning more on the running purist side, I found this definition of a treadmill on Mark Remy's RW blog to be pretty amusing:
While most people I knew were snug in their warm beds ...
I’m back from being up north! There is something about being up there that allows me to actually relax, because there is nothing that I have to do. Long runs on quiet rural roads, snow shoeing in the snowy forest, playing with the dogs, and lounging around made for some major battery recharging time. Of ...
I'm chilling at my Dad's place about an hour and a half northwest of Ottawa (Pembroke for those who know the area). It's a winter wonderland here, complete with roads with rolling hills, acres of forest around the house to hike and snowshow in (see picture ...
Today's post is a guest post by Allison Larsh, who was profiled on The Fartlek Runner's Toronto Runner series. [picapp align="left" wrap="true" link="term=winter+running&iid=4510111" src="c/4/4/f/Unusual_Arctic_Cold_9f97.jpg?adImageId=8569166&imageId=4510111" width="380" height="248" /] You know the one thing that really kills me about summer days? That everyone else loves summer days. You go out for a run —say on ...
to bake! I'm cramming a fair bit of baking and cooking into this weekend — some friends are having a pot-luck tonight to which I'm contributing: Butternut Squash dip I got the recipe for this dip from Yoga Journal last year ...
[picapp align="left" wrap="true" link="term=christmas+cookies&iid=107915" src="0104/66b4916f-a9b9-40a9-9e0d-aaab775ff238.jpg?adImageId=8397091&imageId=107915" width="380" height="253" /] For me, this time of year is when some of the One More Mile t-shirts are most relevant. Like a scarlet letter blazoned on my forehead, it should read: “I run so I can eat,” or the classic, “Will run for wine.” Trepidations of over consumption ...
The craziness of the season is here — the holiday parties, lunches, and shopping. With so many demands at this time of the year (not to mention the lovely slush storm Toronto had this week), it can be tempting to skip that midweek run to get more done, or to seek asylum in the warmth ...
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 ...
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.
