Hi Everyone,
So it's been a while since the NY Marathon was a no-go, and I used the few weeks following as I had been planning to; relaxing, eating a bit too much, and recovering for the next season. With that done I've started to look forward and figure out what races I'll be doing, and how to set up my training schedule.
I had already signed up...
Friday, 7 December 2012
Monday, 5 November 2012
The 2012 ING NY Marathon has been CANCELED
The headline pretty much sums this one up.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the New York Road Runners and Mayor Bloomberg got together and decided to cancel this year's NY Marathon.
I should first point out that I don't think that any of the 47,000 registered runners were genuinely upset at this fact. We were disappointed at the lost...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
New York Marathon coming up
There is just over a week and a half until I toe up the starting line of the ING NY Marathon! Strangely, I'm not as nervous as I think I maybe should be. I think that having recently ran the Montreal marathon helped me really get a sense for the kind of pain that I can expect. Yes, there will be pain. Since Montreal, I will admit that I've taken a little break from training seriously. Not that I stopped exercising, but I may not have been going...
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Rock 'n' Roll Montreal Marathon Race Report
Welcome back internet! It's been a while since I've made a post, but now is as good a time as any to get back into it. Since my last post, there has been some news. Firstly, Triathlon season is mostly finished for me for the season, and I have been focusing on my running in order to prepare for the Montreal and New York marathons. Also, I am officially one of the coaches for the upcoming Team in Training Triathlon team! I'll be training new heroes...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Race Recap, Graham Beasley Triathlon
The Technical Stuff
The GB Triathlon is set in Carleton Place, about 40 minutes away from Ottawa,
Canada’s capital city. It’s an easy, drive, and parking is easy to find. It is
part of the Somersault sporting events, which is a series of marathon,
triathlon, and other athletic events, mostly in Ontario. The somersault events
are usually very relaxed...
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Lake Placid Half Marathon Race Recap
Outside of Lake Placid. The Olympics seems to be the town's only claim to fame.
Some race mornings are warm, some are cold, some loud, others quiet, but somehow they are always perfect. This morning, I found myself in Lake Placid, New York, at just after 6:30 in the morning. Packet pickup was quick and painless, since most participants...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Swimming Drills
As I was browsing the twitter universe this week, I noticed a freind was asking for advice for swimming drills that would be useful, and make his swimming sessions more interesting and more effective. While long straight-swim sessions are important and useful for building endurance, they do little for building proper technique, and can get quite boring...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
T+2 weeks, new running shoes, and news
It's been 2 weeks since my big race, and now it's time to start planning for the next one. It seems like June will be a quiet month for triathlons, as there aren't all that many around. Also, I will be running the Lake Placid Half Marathon mid-June, and hope to volunteer at IM 70.3 Mont Tremblant June 24. Trying to find nearby tri's is actually proving...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
St. Anthony's Triathlon 2012 Race Recap
THE RACE IS OVER!!!
This past weekend, I went to St. Petersburg, Florida with my team and had an amazing race weekend. St. Pete's is a cute town just outside of Tampa, and although doesn't really have any beaches to speak of, is just a 30-45 minute drive to Clearwater, which has beaches that lives up to its name.
Fitness Expo
The...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Almost Race Day
Less than two weeks until the big race! I'm technically supposed to be having a big training week before tapering next week, but after a long run on Sunday (following swimming), I noticed my leg was sore, and I quickly realized that I have once again managed to strain my calf. Add on a fever and some funky stomach issues, and I think it would be best to go a little easy to let my body recover. My injured calf is starting to really bug me. Last Wednesday...
Monday, 2 April 2012
Countdown, going longer, and update
There’s only 5 and a half weeks until my race in St Petersburg, Florida!
The countdown is on, and I’m starting to get pretty excited.
As I expected, I feel pretty confident in my bike/run ability, but am still kind of worried about the swim. I haven’t yet actually swam a straight 1500 meters, so I guess I should probably get to that soon. I got some good advice from a teammate though, and now focus on just keeping a steady slow tempo when doing...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Zoot Ultra TT 4.0 review
As any triathlete knows, competing and training is largely mental. You can train all the time, but if you aren't confident in your ability, then you've got nothing. Now, while I've got plenty of self confidence in my ability, I find there's no easier way to give myself a little boost from time to time by buying myself little "gifts".
My first gift...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Ile Bizard Blizzard Run 2012 Race Recap
It has been a few weeks since the last post, and I think the best way to go about this is to start at the most recent events then go back.
From Ile Bizard and new FB pic!
Last Sunday I competed in the Ile Bizard Blizzard Challenge 10K. I decide to do this run really as just a fun run, and it isn’t too far from me. I had been planning on running...
Monday, 6 February 2012
Suicide Run Drills
This past Saturday, I decided to accept a friend's challenge to run suicide drills from his house to our old school, which is about 1.5km away. This was a bad idea.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, a "Suicide" is a drill used most often in basketball training. It's a pretty simple exercise that basically goes like this;
1) Line up at one end of the gym
2) Sprint to the the first line or a cone, turn around and sprint back to the...
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Back to Recap and New Races
It's been a little while since my last update, so I figured I would shoot off a post before hitting the sack.
Training has been going fairly well overall. I've been slowly increasing the duration of my training sessions, and have started doing brick sessions with the team. In case you don't already know, a brick session is where you go from one activity...
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Facebook profile
I was working on a new facebook profile pic, only to realize that since the new timeline came out, Its not the right dimensions.
At least I can post it here.... don't forget to donate...
Monday, 16 January 2012
Tacx Speedmatic T1810 Trainer
If you follow my twitter @FoxontheMove, you may have noticed that I had been promising to write a review on the Tacx Trainer that I bought during the boxing day sale season. Finally, I've had a chance to ride with it a few times, and feel like I could write a fair review of my thoughts and observations about the trainer.
I bought the trainer from ProBikeKit.com....
Sunday, 8 January 2012
First Run Interval Training
So today I got a chance to go for a run with the TNT triathlon team, which is nice because I tend to not be able to make it to the run sessions, and also because it wasn't the bitter -30c cold that we have been getting lately. Our coach introduced us to speed intervals today, where we run at about 90-95% of our max heart rate (HR) for...
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Holidays Training
I hope that this new year find everyone in lots of health and happiness, and a shiny new PR.
Personally, I hate the idea of making a New Year’s Resolution. Resolutions are stupid in general, because they are made too general. It’s easy to say “OK, this year I’m going to be healthy”, maybe go to the gym once or twice, then fall back in to old unhealthy...
