The marathon is one month from today (28 days… four weeks, whatever), and I’m finding myself getting pretty nervous. I’m not really worried about the distance or race; right now I’m more concerned with making sure that I actually get to the start line. It was at this point in the training last time that ...
So now it’s August, I’m in the fifth week of my training for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon and I’m just getting around to writing that, yes, I’m actually training for a marathon again. This time around I have some new “rules of engagement” from my sports med doc (Dr. S) that I must obey or ...
I had a really fun night last night. A bit of back story: earlier this year, I signed up for Canadian Running Magazine’s Marathon Quest — a 16-week training program put on by the magazine and sponsored by Brooks. For $100, participants get their entrance into the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, a 16-week training program, ...
After several weeks of inactivity from my injury I was going stir crazy. While training, I incorporated spinning as an “active rest” cross training activity, but found that ...
This is definitely a post I don’t want to write. Framing it in a slightly more positive light, my body has given me a new goal race… one that is four months away. In my last ...
My name is Aestus and I am a Marathoner. No, seriously. I did it!! Mississauga, last Sunday! Look it up! Bib number 524! I know, it’s ok, I can barely believe it myself, and I was there. Two ...
Now that Ottawa’s back on, and training continues, there is a lot of talk both in my training group and among running friends about the mental training that is required to ...
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’ve got 47 days until I step up to the start line of my first marathon. Up until this point, the majority of the focus has been on training, nutrition, and keeping myself ...
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, ...
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.
