Training Upstream

Monday, July 21, 2014

A runner's age

Still running with a fury, though blogging with less intensity.

Ran past and through some Toronto beach vapour this morning.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A Winter's Trail

Arctic running.

Secrets revealed.

It's the route, not the destination.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Vortex Running

...is the nasty bit.

Does this make me a "real" runner? I am the only person in doubt.

Then again, there is this:

I have signed up for the Hypothermic Half in Montreal, coming up February 16.

I expect to finish.

I expect discomfort. And cold feet.

Vortex this.

Friday, October 25, 2013

...to the beat of whatever Robyn says.

I cannot run without music. One mix of genres: house, deep, Chicago, progressive, trance with the occasional nod to 70s disco, the William Blake of dance music.

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Finally!

...a personal best to report for the 64th Parc Lafontaine 10k. I cut 5 minutes off of my time.

Still slow by most standards, just to contextualize...but man alive!

Some of you might know that I have been training with an elite group, which largely ignores me as they lap me at the track. But, the coach, who is a very nice man, actually ran part of the last K with me, much to my surprise... and although I felt kind of nauseous, I thanked him for this bit of help.

I have been struggling with a lot of self doubt (in both my running and real life) and have had a fantasy of just giving up all of this racing (and writing) altogether. The original blog impetus of the ridiculously failed triathlon in Indonesia is now in deep history as those things go. Likewise, I have lost track of the submissions to journals and contests and whatallnot.

The time today really helped a lot.