Monthly Archives: April 2012

Long Run with the Chariot

If you have read this blog for any period of time you’ll know that many of my weekend runs involve taking my daughter on adventures in her Chariot. Since buying it two years ago we have covered many kilometers around … Continue reading

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Saturday Stories

It is time once again for another edition of Saturday Stories, a collection of some of my favourite stories and blog posts from the past week. As always, if you came across anything you feel is worthy of mention here … Continue reading

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Week 12 of Training for the Ottawa Marathon

Week 12 of my 16 week training for the Ottawa Marathon got off to a good start. As I reported on Sunday, I ran a total of 31 km with the last 10 km being a 10 km race run … Continue reading

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Rain Delay

Tonight’s plan called for an evening of speed work. The plan was to do mile repeats at the high school track close to my house. Unfortunately, an afternoon and evening of rain left the conditions at the track less than … Continue reading

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Nutrition for Runners: Whole-Wheat Pizza Crust

Tonight’s recipe is a healthy take on pizza. This whole wheat pizza crust my wife and I have used on a couple of occasions comes from the WeightWatchers New Complete Cookbook. This recipe offers a more nutritious option to the … Continue reading

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What’s Next?

With my three tune-up races complete and race day just over a month away I think my training for this year’s Ottawa Marathon has me better prepared than I was last year based on some of the changes I have … Continue reading

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Combining a Long Run and a Race

Today was the third of the three races I signed up for to help me get ready for the Ottawa Marathon. Since I still I still had two 32 km runs (20 mile) to do before the marathon my plan … Continue reading

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Saturday Stories

It is time once again for another edition of Saturday Stories, a collection of some of my favourite stories and blog posts from the past week. As always, if you came across anything you feel is worthy of mention here … Continue reading

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Week 11 of Training for the Ottawa Marathon

Week 11 of training for the Ottawa Marathon is nearly complete. It was another solid week of training that began with a personal best when I ran a sub 1:30 half-marathon Sunday morning. With one run remaining tomorrow my mileage … Continue reading

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Two Run Day

I managed to get in two runs today. Both runs allowed me to take advantage of great weather and to get in extra mileage today. Following yesterday’s tempo run both of today’s runs were relaxed efforts. The first run came … Continue reading

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