Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! It's somewhat hard to believe a week from today I'll be toeing the line in Hopkinton to participate in a 42.2 kilometer race known as the Boston Marathon. Less than 5 years ago I couldn't imagine running a marathon and next week I'm hoping to do great things on this … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 15
Good Morning and Happy Monday! Coming off a huge peak week and an annoying cold, I wasn't sure what to expect this week. Let's see how the week unfolded. [ Training week 14 / 2 weeks until the Boston Marathon ] Monday – W14D01 - Steady Run (14 kilometers/1:04:14/4:35 pace) | (Strava Results). Still a … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 14
Good Morning and Happy Monday! Week 13 will go down as one of the toughest weeks of training so far (not just Boston; all races!) and I wouldn't have changed a thing! OK, maybe next time I decide to tack on a few additional kilometers each run I'll try to avoid getting sick at the … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 13
Good Morning and Happy Monday! The late stages of a marathon training cycle will often give you the best sense of your fitness heading into a race. Two weeks ago that answer came in the form of a race where I improved my half marathon PR by nearly 2 minutes! This week, the answer came … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 12
Good Morning and Happy Monday! After an awesome race in Burlington, the past week of training was fairly light to allow me to recover. I'm happy to have had this week to recover because the next three weeks of training will be the toughest of this cycle; it may be the toughest of any training … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 11
Good Morning and Happy Monday! It's race week! On Sunday I'm racing the Chilly Half and I've had a lot of success the past two years! Will the success continue the third year? It's also my birthday on Wednesday so quite a busy week this was! I can't believe 10 weeks have passed in this … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 10
Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! After a week of running in Mexico, it was time to return to the col weather of Toronto. I didn't have an issue acclimatizing to the cold weather; in fact, it really wasn't that cold this past week! [ Training week 9 / 7 weeks until the Boston Marathon ] … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 9
Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! We returned from our vacation early this morning (arrived home at 4:15am to be exact!) and fortunately, it's Family Day in Ontario today which means no work or school so we can spend the day relaxing and doing laundry. Fun! Running while on vacation is always tough; especially when you're … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 8
Good Morning and Happy Monday! Hopefully, by the time this posts, I'll be in sunny Mexico soaking up the sun and getting acclimated to the hot running temps! After a recovery week, I got my mileage back up again this week and broke 80 kilometers! [ Training week 7 / 9 weeks until the Boston … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 7
Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! Yes, I'm a day late posting this recap. I was super busy over the weekend and then there was that Superbowl thing which meant I couldn't get my post out yesterday. This past week was a recovery week which meant I was running less (still 6 days, but the distances … Continue reading Boston Marathon Training: Week 6
