I have to say… yesterday was a crap-shoot in terms of training. After such a great day of training on Sunday, my legs were tired and my energy was low. After a long day of being on my feet at work, the last thing I wanted to do was train. So I didn’t. The guilt [...]

Tonight at running, we did a lot of short intervals. It was hard, but good. And I didn’t even feel like I was going to throw up!

It helped that I ate some good food before I went. I also had a smoothie which helped with keeping my intensity. My smoothies include soy [...]

This is my own concoction that I throw together every once in a while. I made it last night and had leftovers today. I absolutely LOVE making and eating it. This is what I do:
~ Start stir-frying the onions, gardlic, carrots, and green peppers until the carrots are softish. [...]

Yesterday, I did what I am considering these days as a “long” run. An easy pace for 8.75km along the river. The run started out kind of painfully. My shoulders were tight and my glutes were screaming at me. It must be residual from Tuesdays painful run. After I did a thorough dynamic warm-up [...]

Settling into a routine is key in training this far in advance for one race. The pot of gold at the end of this very long rainbow is hard to see, so it’s important to incorporate the workouts into my daily life.

Lately, I’ve been having a hard time settling into this routine. It’s mostly [...]

It would be really great if we could just get along. Cooperation will get us a long way and right now we’re not cooperating very well. I understand that you’re a little sore and I can give a little leeway, but soon you’re going to have to keep up with me. Especially if we’re going [...]

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness… an athlete’s enemy. I have been plagued by DOMS ever since Sunday, but I have walked, run, biked, stretched, and swam through the pain. I actually think that it has helped. On Monday I was pretty sore, but I did yoga in the morning, worked all day, and still managed to [...]

Today was my first workout in over a week. I had a coached running session with the triathlon club. I thought that it would be no problem because I could go at my own pace, which I mostly did. However, the workout was really hard. We did a circuit session with a 200m sprint in [...]

A week has gone by and I have barely trained. Sometimes life just gets in the way, making it difficult to train. This was one of those weeks. However, I should be back to training by the weekend.

This weekend is the Kona Ironman. Grant Bryden, Saskatoon’s most popular triathlete currently, is down there with [...]

While Wednesday was technically an “off” day for me, I ended up biking about 15 kilometres commuting, so I’ll count that as a light bike workout. )

This morning I did a 5km run with some short intervals in the middle. It felt good to get back to running after not running for about a [...]