Did I not feel enough soreness to last a lifetime during my last Ragnar? Well, apparently not because I went back for more! Check out my race report for Ragnar Trail Cottage Country! Before I start, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Sport Chek who sponsored this race for the #ChekSquad … Continue reading »
The Plan I had originally signed up for the Toronto Waterfront 10k with the intention of pacing a friend who had wanted to do her first race ever. Sadly, after I had signed up, she had changed her mind due to her workload and could not commit. I was definitely not ready to race this … Continue reading »
Disclaimer: Our race entry was sponsored by Ragnar Relay as Allison’s role as a Ragnar Ambassador and our race experience was sponsored by Reebok Canada. The Training Remember when I wanted to run up to 25K to prepare myself for Ragnar Relay Niagara? Well that totally didn’t happen. After finding out my legs for the race, … Continue reading »
Disclaimer: I was gifted the race entry. The Training This is going to sound like I have up to my eyeballs with excuses but it was a bad week for me leading up to the race. As some of you saw on IG, a father of a friend of mine had passed away last week so … Continue reading »
To start off, this is going to be different than my other race reports as I didn’t race the 15K. Also, disclaimer, I was an ambassador of the race alongside a ton of amazing folks and I totally suggest you all go through the #RBCRaceForTheKids hashtag and check out what went down! Anyways, here’s a … Continue reading »
To start off, thank you for everyone who encouraged me every step of the way from training to at the race by pacing me, as my friends ran past me, the Pace and Mind cheer station, and at the finish line. This was an important day for me and knowing that everyone believed in me … Continue reading »
Disclaimer: I ran the Mercedes-Benz 10k as an ambassador and thus my race entry was comped. All opinions are my own. The Training The Mercedes-Benz 10K is a week before my goal race, the Mississauga Half Marathon. So the training leading up to the Mercedes-Benz 10K was pretty decent. I’ve already done my 23K long run … Continue reading »
Disclaimer: I ran the Achilles Canada 5K as an ambassador and thus my race entry was comped The Training As I’ve complained mentioned several times on my blog already, it has been a rough season for me last year. Before Achilles Canada 5K, I had only started running 14 weeks ago (very conservatively) after being banished to cross … Continue reading »
Disclaimer: this race was generously sponsored by Burnbrae Farms The Training It wasn’t easy getting to this day. STWM was my original goal race of 2016 – I had been looking forward to it since last year when I PR-ed 2:00:58, missing my goal by 59 seconds. I had spent all winter base building for … Continue reading »
Disclaimer: this race entry (Toronto Women’s Run) was generously sponsored by Burnbrae Farms The Training Going into this race, I was nervous. I had been injured (again) and had just got my non firing glutes to work again. Leading up to the race, my longest continuous post injury was around 8k and I wasn’t feeling too excited about it. … Continue reading »