Realise this may not be significent I paid $50 for the 5K which isn't much difference than marathon.
One would think that the course people might imagine that putting a 4K sign 400m from the finish
might throw people off, perhaps?

All I can say GL is THANK YOU for starting at Noon.

As far as actual training for the run, I can't add a lot. But why are you taking longish breaks? Recovery, lack of intrest, weather or to do other things? It is a good idea to deload during periods during the year, and not train the same extent as when preparing for a race. Generally 2 good runs a w...

Results: ended up shaving 1 minute off of last years time, 30 seconds off of the Goodlife run in May. it is a recent PB. Yay! Was it a result of my "bad" training, my good training, the wind, weight loss since last year or a combination thereof? I guess! No where near the 25 I was hoping f...

Looks like it will be really windy tommorow, close to 40kph from the west! I've heard reports of gusts up to 50. How will this impact the (half) marathon runners? 5K seems to be in good shape as it's moving west to east mostly. But are times going to be meaningful? How should one dress for the occas...

rambo999 wrote:Forecast looks good for race day...14 degrees, partly cloudy

Sorry to hear that given the accuracy of long-range forecasts

One thing about this so-called easy run is that it left me more stiff the following day than a so-called harder shorter run. My ankles, quads and hip are pretty stiff though not paining. And I"m also sleepy! :? That's exactly how it should feel. That means you are doing it right! Hmmm... good ...

Thanks! I was kind of surprised I took the advice as well :wink: . I'll see how it goes. It's a long road ... :lol: The road is long, but it goes by so fast. Don't forget to stop and smell the roses. Thanlks ... don't use the backspace key here. Lost my post... In any event thanks. It was enjoyable...

Thanks! I was kind of surprised I took the advice as well .

I'll see how it goes. It's a long road ...

I'm in the 5K! Woooohooo!

If anyone is trying to run around 25mins, let me know and perhaps somehow can team up.

And thank you organizing committe for making the start tme at Noon!!

Well said :) And thanks for the intresting tibits. I will try to use them. I ran slowly today (beautiful day in Toronto!) for as long as could. It turned out to be 5 miles (8k), and it took about an hour factoring in a few short breaks for bathroom and drinks, which works out to 12 min miles. It was...

Not paralysed - have been doing workouts reguarly - just evaluating my approach at the same time. I hear what you are pretty much all saying, and it is hard to argue with your experience. I'm going to give some of your ideas a try and see how my body reacts. Nothing longer than 4 or 5 miles right no...

I do hear the LSD message, and am not against it. However, except that I am involved in tennis competiton 1-2x week, and gymnastic training 2x-week, so it really only leaves max 2 days for running during most of the year. I can do some easy running like 2 slow miles before gymnastic stuff but that i...

I still have a hard time understanding how you think that running more than 30 minutes increases injury risk and you'd rather run shorter at faster paces. That tells me that you have been trying to run too hard on the runs longer than 30 minutes. On one hand you say you want to reduce injury risk, ...

Next time I will have to do a proper training, no doubt about it! A 5K can be considered a threshold test run (20-30 minutes) so I think hitting the anaerobic side also has value, regardless of where the line between aerobic and anaerobic lies. I basically agree with the last 3 comments although I a...

Ok thanks guys, I'll give 400M repeats a shot. There is a school track nearby... Interesting, the claim for injury prevention was that the heel isn't fully extending down with the short stride, you are landing and pushing off on your toes/mid-foot more, so form is ideal(ish). Less chance of pulling ...

I am looking at the issue as it relates to what I would consider "not detectable by the human eye'" strength deficiencies and 'lack of balance' There is an obsession in the manual therapy field these days that everything that can go wrong with the human body is related to a lack of symmet...

If you want to get the benefits from a hill workout, run up the hill with a full range of motion stride. Running up with a short stride and then also trying to work in bounding to exaggerate the range of the motion is an inefficient way of getting it done. I would however mention that I see little ...

Just saying or writing a web page on it doesn't make it true.But if people want to believe it so be it. Maybe so, but people do like to write literature reviews on the experiments conducted on the topic: http://jap.physiology.org/content/101/5/1514.full" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false...

I won't comment on the science behind it, but hills are to me, the key ingredient in any good plan. I can always feel a difference in my running after a few weeks of hills. I've run them 2 ways. The first was hard up with a recovery jog down - repeat. The second, and what I currently run is hard up...

I haven't seen any evidence that this "system" exists. Phantom limb pain (ndian scientist with long name wrote a book on it) has to do with the mind/brain generating its own feedback, imperfect feedback, because it is not receiving any from the limb. Once successful treament involves using...

Thanks much. My arms are of different strength - despite whatever mechanism exists to balance them. So whatever balancing mechanism exists, if there is one, is not working in me. How would you explain that? Also, strength gains can be muscular adaptive and neurologic (% recuritment of motor units). ...

My understanding about running theory is not very deep, so I would like to know if I am doing this properly, and understand the approach correctly. It's my first time doing anything specifically for speed before a run (Oct 16). I can run an 8 minute mile or better on a flat. I'd like to improve my s...

I'm no expert either, but I also do core work for its own sake. Really I do full body work and don't neglect the core. It seems to me that a weak, unstable core could cause the posture to sag, and that wouldn't help running. So the back, psoas and abdominals could be trained. But I don't know if &qu...

Got the message... I am throughly programmed now :) If I can fit more LSD into my schedule after my movement issues are rehab'd - assuming they can be - I will. The therapist is using this approach by the way... http://functionalmovement.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://gra...