Hot night for 7 km with big hill!

Hi there,

Tonight was a scorcher! About 27C with high humidity pretty still air - great night for Fallingbrook Hill! My running room class all did it and most went beyond the 6 km route planned and instead went for 7 km. Great group, sweaty group but really great.

Song of the run? These Eyes by the Guess Who.

Next up - Saturday morning. See you then.

Paul

Nice night for 6 km...

Hi

Good Run with our group this evening - 6 km through Leslieville. Nice and flat. Tomorrow not so much!

Song of the run: Crawling from the Wreckage by fellow Welshman Dave Edmunds.

Back with you again tomorrow!

Paul

Summer Clinic LSD #2

Hi everyone,

We now have our second Long Slow Distance Run under our belt and from this point forward our group will be running longer than an hour every Sunday. They are a good group - we are now up to 43 participants.

So, today's route was one of my favorites in this neighbourhood - up Fallingbrook Hill and then down Kingston Road. We had great weather as well and the second half of that route is basically straight downhill.

So, our song of the day was Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc and we begin another week in getting ready for our autum races. Blog you again soon!

Paul

Second run in Nelson!

A further 6 km under my belt, bloggerettes! Keeping up with my running homeboys and girls in the Beaches.

Beautiful night for it, a bit warm and humid but you can't beat the scenary - attached is a photo taken about 20 minutes after I completed the run. Canada is a country of great beauty and Nelson, single handedly, proves that.



So, our song of the run was another Canadian performer, a personal favorite, Nash the Slash, with his cover of 19th Nervous Breakdown. Link up with you agoain on Saturday!

Paul

5 km run in Nelson BC

Hi Bloggerets!

Off to BC for a short business trip. Beautiful place! Right in the Interior, it was the location for a great little romantic comedy in the late 80's called Roxanne, staring Steve Martin and Darrell Hannah. A photo taken from my hotel window just a few moments ago follows:

So, my run tonight involved running along the lake through a park and then out past the airstrip and back. Pretty flat, just over 5 km. Song of the run was Do the Bearcat by David Wilcox and the Teddybears.

Hats off to the members of my Running Room 1/2 Marathon Clinic who were out tonight for the shoe lecture and a 5 km run. I may not be with you tonight guys but I am running with you!

Back tomorrow!

Paul

Sunday LSD #1 - Week 1 behind us, the 1/2 Marathon in front of us!

Hi everyone,

Today was our first true LSD run with the Summer 2011 1/2 Marathon Clinic. It was nice, not too hot, sunny and just about perfect for getting some km under ones belt. I am now mostly cycling down to start these races which is really adding to what I am getting out of them.

So this week I am off to Nelson BC and then back for next weekends runs - I will be running out west and will update you then.

The song of the day was Just Like You by FM. Blog with you soon!

Paul

First optional Saturday Run with the Running Clinic

Hi everyone

Well, our first week with the Beaches 1/2 Marathon Clinic is drawing to a close and it has been a great deal of fun. We managed to get 4 runs under our belt, totalling approximately 22 km and next week it will go up. It seems a good group and I am having a super time.

Today's song of the run was Nova Heart by the Spoons.

Update you again tomorrow.

Paul

Summer 2011 - 1/2 Marathon Clinic Night 1.

Hi there

Met my new BFFL's this evening in the Beaches Running Room. There are 32 participants in the 1/2 Marathon Clinic - they seem really nice, too bad about the instructor.

Tonight after the introductory work, we went out for a 4.5 km run which everyone completed and looked brilliant doing so. There was some construction along the boardwalk so we will be modifying our base 5 km route to avoid having to run on some sand (which is not as difficult as running on snow but is not much fine).

The song of the run was Tom Waits' Grapefruit Moon.

Further updates tomorrow.

Paul

Pre-clinic Long Slow Distance

Hi everyone,

Well with a couple of week's hiatus behind me and a 19 week 1/2 Marathon Clinic in front of me, I had a pre-clinic LSD this morning and a couple of the clinic members showed up. Thanks, Sara and Venice for the company.

I biked down to the running room for 8:20 and was pleased to see that a couple of the registered folks had shown up. We went through some first principals for the clinic and then headed off for our first 7 km run. It went well and everyone made it to the top of Fallingbrook Hill with no real difficulty and then turned around and came back along the boardwalk for a really spectacular beach view finish. The song of the run was The Other Side of Summer by Elvis Costello.

The clinic starts for real on Tuesday - update you then!

Paul

Kick off with cross training...

Hi everyone

Today I, informally, started training for the next set of races. I began with a short bike ride over to my trainer's place and then some serious upper body work. The immediate goal on the cross training side is to do a chin up - which I have not been able to do since the mid 70's. Now, at 110 kg, this is no small task and today's work consisted of myself stepping off a block and slowing myself in my decent from the bar - 24 times (10, 8, 6 reps) with 20 rep sets of squats in between.

My arms hurt.

Tomorrow is our "pre-clinic" LSD run for the Beach 1/2 Marathon group and I will update you after I get back from the run.

Paul

Two week vacation.

Hi everyone,

After running the Ottawa Marathon I am in the middle of a two week running vacation. Currently in St. John's NL, I am avoiding running like the plague - particularly here where hilly does not begin to descibe the topology! I begin teaching the Beaches Running Room 1/2 Marathon Clinic on the 14th of June and, after Ottawa, just want a bit of time off.

That said, I have begun booking races. So far there are four of them in my calendar:

1. The Acura Toronto 10 Miler on August 14th


2. A Midsummer Night's Run in Toronto (15 km) on August 20th


3. The Canadian Army 1/2 Marathon in Ottawa on September 18th - just 5 days after my 52nd birthday


4. The Lloyd's Cardiff 1/2 Maraton on October 16th - finally the fatboy gets to run in his hometown

So, with all that in mind. Crosstraining starts this Saturday and I will begin recording my runs again with a 5 km kickoff next Tuesday!

Here is a photo from the Ottawa Marathon - me looking far better than I did at the end!

All the best,

Paul