Race Recap: 27th Annual Army Ten Miler

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Appears courtesy of Running With Perseverance. My fourth running of The Army Ten Miler is in the books! While my mantra for last year was “save something for the bridge,” my mantra for this year was “run your own race.” That might have been harder to do if I had run with my friend, but [...]

Oasis ZooRun 10K Race Recap

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Appears courtesy of Gillians Active Life. Yes, this is my third race recap in as many weeks but I promise a break until mid-October! The weather forecast was not pleasant, it was supposed to rain all day, 5 – 15 mm, windy, etc. The day of the race dawned and it was a little cloudy [...]

My First 10K!

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Courtesy of Courtney from Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life (who ran her first 10k in April!) On race day, I was up at 6:30 and ready to go! Before leaving the house, I snacked on a piece of almond butter + banana toast for some pre-race fuel. By 7:45, I was down at the 10K Spring [...]

Harry’s Spring Run Off Race Recap

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For me, like other Toronto area runner’s, spring just wouldn’t be the same without the Harry’s Spring Run-Off. I ran it today, and I can now officially say it’s Spring and the 2011 running season has begun! Harry’s Spring Run-Off was the last (and only) race I ran last year – I was 9 weeks [...]

Bold in the Cold 15K: Race Recap

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Yesterday was the first race of the year for me and I had a goal time and pace from Coach.  The goal was to run a sub 1:10:00 for the 15k with a pace around 7:30/mile.  As I mentioned on Friday, I looked up the times from 2010 and a 7:30/mile pace would put me [...]