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Sunday, October 20, 2013

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon - October 20, 2013

My first half marathon.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Pissed Off? Sign Up for the Half Marathon!

The person who can piss me off the most, fucking royally pissed me off 2 weeks ago.

To distract myself, I decided to run the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. I'm only doing the Half Marathon and it will be my first time.

Have I trained for it? No. Just my usual running routine. Am I scared? No. What's the worst thing that can happen?

I just want to finish it. I don't care how fast I go.

7 days and counting. Sunday October 20, 2013. Be there or be square!

Half-Marathon — Start time: 8:45am

START on University Ave north of Queen St
North on University Ave to Queens Park Cres (northbound)
Continue North on Queens Park Cres to Bloor St
West on Bloor St to Bathurst St
South on Bathurst St to Fort York Blvd
West on Fort York Blvd to Lake Shore Blvd
West on Lake Shore Blvd to Ellis Ave
U-turn and head back east on Lake Shore Blvd to Bay St
North on Bay St to the Finish Line just north of Queen St

Running Log - Week 125

Sun 06-Oct-13 51:28

Mon 07-Oct-13 - Toronto > Montreal -

Tues 08-Oct-13 - Montreal > Toronto -

Weds 09-Oct-13 - Rest -

Thurs 10-Oct-13 - Chair all day mtg @ Old Mill -

Fri 11-Oct-13 - Rest -

Sat 12-Oct-13 - Rest -

Running Log - Week 124

Sun 29-Sep-13 29:20

Mon 30-Sep-13 - Rest -

Tues 01-Oct-13 - Rest -

Weds 02-Oct-13 - Weights -

Thurs 03-Oct-13 - Rest -

Fri 04-Oct-13 - Weights -

Sat 05-Oct-13 51:48

Am I Getting Lazy?

For those of you looking at my running log for the past 3 months and wondering why I have reduced the number of times I run every week, it's because:

I started a new job end of July, my boss is an early bird, so of course I have to be an early bird too. Like, downtown before 8:30 AM type of early bird. This means it's impossible to squeeze in a run in the morning during a work day without meandering to the office after 9:30 AM. When I was at Big Red, I didn't care what time I came in.
I wanted to change my running routine anyway. I find that the more I run, the more I am hungry all the time, and the more I can justify eating HUGE amounts of food. Since I'm no longer a spring chicken, I can't sustain this without becoming Rita McNeil. So.... I've incorporated weight training during my non-run, non-rest days. And then I do 2 long runs back to back on Saturday and Sunday.

Trust me when I say this is not an excuse. Also, I don't care if you think I am getting lazy. What kind of exercise are you getting, eh?

Running Log - Week 123

Sun 22-Sep-13 51:28

Mon 23-Sep-13 - Rest -

Tues 24-Sep-13 - Weights -

Weds 25-Sep-13 - Rest -

Thurs 26-Sep-13 - Weights -

Fri 27-Sep-13 - Rest -

Sat 28-Sep-13 50:00

Running Log - Week 122

Sun 15-Sep-13 50:46

Mon 16-Sep-13 - Rest -

Tues 17-Sep-13 - Rest -

Weds 18-Sep-13 - Weights -

Thurs 19-Sep-13 - Rest -

Fri 20-Sep-13 - Rest -

Sat 21-Sep-13 - Exam @ Seneca pfft! -

Running Log - Week 121

Sun 08-Sep-13 52:18

Mon 09-Sep-13 - Rest -

Tues 10-Sep-13 - Rest -

Weds 11-Sep-13 - Rest -

Thurs 12-Sep-13 - Rest -

Fri 13-Sep-13 - Weights-

Sat 14-Sep-13 51:39

Running Log - Week 120

Sun 01-Sep-13 - Amsterdam -

Mon 02-Sep-13 - Amsterdam -

Tues 03-Sep-13 - Rest -

Weds 04-Sep-13 35:00

Thurs 05-Sep-13 - Rest -

Fri 06-Sep-13 - Rest -

Sat 07-Sep-13 - Rest -

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Good Decisions, Bad Decisions

Good:

Leaving my old job and starting new one = no more muscle relaxants with sleeping pills
Grocery shopping Friday night so I can run Saturday morning
Shiatsu and Jo (hahaha Jo I know you are reading this - have fun on your hot date with your shiny fancy car!)

Bad: