After a long sojourn I’m back! I’ve been a good runner for the last eight weeks, not running, but swimming. I needed to take a little hiatus to recover and not have the one thing I want to do taunting me — it’s selfish and a bit shitty, but there it is. I ...
Three. It’s a good number. A mystical number even. It’s the first odd prime number. It’s the atomic number of Lithium. There ...
I’ll get to the race report very shortly, but first the giveaway for a copy of The Eat Clean Diet Cookbook! Using www.random.org’s random number generator… and the winner is… Alli! Congrats Alli on winning a copy of The Eat Clean Diet Cookbook by Tosca Reno and generously provided ...
By Shawn Syms Last Sunday, the Brant Street Starbucks resembled a Running Room on a Sunday morning. Outside, instead of crowds of caffeine aficionados lapping up frothy frappucinos, there were throngs of men porting sleek running tights and women stretching powerful quadriceps. Inside, rather than a lineup ...
While most people I knew were snug in their warm beds ...
I finished the 21.1 km half marathon course in 1 hour, 39 min. — a new personal best! Here are my stats: Overall place: 468 Time 1:39 Pace: 4:45/km Category: M 25-29 Category Place: 392 / 2,340 Gender Place: 58 / 319 The course for this race was excellent and I really enjoyed it. ...
So I headed back to the Toronto Marathon expo this afternoon. There were a few things I decided I wanted to pick up and I kinda like the race expos (despite their danger to my pocketbook). There were little to no lines today, so I wonder if the craziness yesterday was a combination of ...
Race weekend is here! I went down to the Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon Expo today on my lunch break to pick up my race kit. The race shirts are decent – a bright orange with white stripes down the sides. The kit also included ...
I really happy to be starting this blog off on a high note. Yesterday I completed my first half marathon at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon! It was a fantastic event, well organized and the weather was awesome (cool, overcast and very little wind)! It's hard to put into words the emotions of ...
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.
