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Eating my words… with a side salad

It’s been about six-weeks since I boldly announced that come April, I would sub 45-minutes in a 10k race. I take it back.

Speed Limit(ed)

Post-NYC and the smile still hasn’t left my face. That said, the desire to run has completely left my body.

Just the same, but not at all

My finish time was to-the-second-identical to my Ottawa Marathon time, which is admittedly freakish. But Sunday’s New York City Marathon was a whole different bowl of kettle chips.

No more speed work, no more schnooks, no more Stevil dirty looks

Ahhh, I heart the taper. It’s the only time – ever – I can lie on the couch, watch some quality TV and know for sure I’m not slacking.

Breaking news: Good long run ruined by race

A 10km warm-up followed by a half-marathon at my marathon race pace. That was yesterday’s plan. Too bad it kinda sucked.

IAAFor crying out loud!

Last month the IAAF voted to discount any female world record set during a mixed gender race. Translation — who cares if you’ve dedicated your life to the sport, if you’re a woman you can only set a world record at the Olympics or the World Championships. Forget Boston, Chicago, NYC, Berlin etc. Only men can do that.

Aches and pains

A little more than eight weeks to the New York Marathon and man,everything hurts.

Is that bear in the woods wearing Nikes?

In an effort to attain my goal of running a “fun” fall marathon, I’ve spent the past summer intently focused on having a good time.

Hot to trot

It’s been a record-breaking week in Southern, Ontario

Persistence

It’s a great word really. It sums up us runners pretty exactly.

Five boroughs of fun

The burning question of the day is: Is it acceptable, or even possible to run a marathon just for fun?

4:01:33

Yesterday, in miserable weather, I ran the Toronto marathon a mere one minute and 34 seconds over my sub-4hour goal time.