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 ...
I went for my first training run for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon this morning! Seven glorious kilometers in torrential downpour. It was divine! It was coming down so hard, I hard to stop at a 7-Eleven on the Danforth to get a bag to put over my iphone so it didn’t go ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I’ve been a baaaad blogger lately. Things have been pretty hectic, but there is one thing in particular that has kept me from posting much of anything on here: I’m injured. Yup. I was really hoping that this was just a quick day or two off, but it seems that’s not the case (day 12 and ...
I’m currently reading The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha. Based on his blog 1,000awesomethings.com, the book is self-described as a “high-five for humanity and a big celebration of life’s little moments." In the spirit of the book and the many smiles it’s put on my face ...
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.
