Easy Ride (click to see stats) 30.21k (1:11:14) Avg. Heart Rate = 114 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 152 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 25.4 /kph Best Speed/Pace = 36.0 /kph Calories = 1204 Temp = 17° It has been nearly two months since I packed up and moved to the remote township of Ridgeway, approximately [...]
Archive for the ‘Training’ Category
Country Roads, Take Me Home
Posted: May 9, 2012 in Motivation, TrainingTags: Photos du Jour, Strength, Thanks
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The 2012 racing season is just about here and I’m about as giddy as a tweener at a Justin Bieber concert! Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy…. At times I thought this winter and indoor training season would never end and, yet, here we are in May and I’m all registered for my [...]
Long Bike (click to see stats) Long (Brick) Run (click to see stats) 70.52k (2:33:19) – 16.75k (1:26:53) Avg. Heart Rate = 130 bpm – 154 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 150 bpm – 165 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 27.6/kph – 05:11 min/km Best Speed/Pace = 39.6/kph – 04:16 min/km Calories = 4653 Temp = [...]
The Bitter Truth About Chocolate
Posted: April 8, 2012 in Nutrition, TrainingTags: Anti-oxiwhatsits?, Deliciousness, Health, No shit?, Photos du Jour
Long (Easy) Run (click to see stats) 11.25k (1:00:01) Avg. Heart Rate = 147 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 154 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:20 min/km Best Pace = 4:30 min/km Calories = 1069 Temp = 11º SOTD: ‘Gold on the Ceiling’ by The Black Keys It’s the Easter weekend, and you know what that [...]
Easy Run (click to see stats) 4.89 (27:33) Avg. Heart Rate = 144 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 169 bpm Avg. Pace = 5:38/km Best Pace = 4:57/km Calories = 462 Temp = 22º SOTD: ‘Diddy Wa Diddy’ by Captain Beefheart Tomorrow I’m running in the Around the Bay 30k race again for my third [...]
New Training Schedule (2012): The Big Suck Returns!
Posted: January 25, 2012 in Lifestyle, TrainingTags: Long, Schedule, Time
So it’s a new year with a completely new set of goals and with it, a brand new training season. And you know what that means: more ‘Suck’. It’s true, the overall level of ‘Suckitude’ is about to amplify significantly given the task at hand come September. Yup, the ‘Big Suck’ is back with a [...]
Misery Loves Company
Posted: January 23, 2012 in Motivation, Run, TrainingTags: Hills, Schedule, Team, Thanks
Hill Run (click to see stats) 7.49k (1:56:00) Avg. Heart Rate = 144bpm Max. Heart Rate = 166 bpm Avg. Pace = 6:05/km Best Pace = 3:54 /km Calories = 698 Temp = 1º So I was having a bit of a hard time motivating myself getting out the door this past Wednesday, when fate [...]
Resolution Walk/Run: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Posted: January 3, 2012 in Motivation, Races, TrainingTags: Event Series, Mental Toughness, Mood
The Good Resolution Run (click to see stats) 5k (49:52) Avg. Heart Rate = 100 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 131 bpm Avg. Pace = 9:27/km Best Pace = 4:54/km Calories = 342 Temp = 4º Last year, I was privileged to participate in this Running Room with another friend for whom it was her [...]
