There is a National Sports in Pickering at Hwy 2 and Whites Road. Half of their store is your regular sports store, but the other half is there clearance section which is really large. We buy all of our shoes for the kids there. There are lots of different running shoes (I have seen many Sauconys an...

Hi everyone: Has anyone used Velofix for bike tuneups? What were your impressions? Neither my wife nor I are knowledgeable with bike mechanics, so we are dependant on the bike shop for their opinion and suggestions. However, the bike shop we used for a number of years (and trusted completely) went o...

Although I have done a lot of running in Markham (it is where I live), I don't typically look for a place to do hills (I'm a wuss). However, here are the two places that I have done some hill work. When I was part of a running club, we used to do hill repeats on a grassy greenbelt. We accessed it fr...

Hi everyone. I was the Maniac that Alfie referred to. I haven't been to this site for almost 2 years due to significant life changes requiring all my time. It seems that I have some more time to play with now, so after seeing Alfie I decided to drop back in. I had a great race and did something that...

Hi everyone. My wife had finally decided to go into a Try-a-tri event in Guelph. She left it up to me to sign her up. For many reasons we waited before we signed her up. Tonight, however, I noticed that it has been sold out. I never realized these events sold out (I'm not used to that in the running...

Hi everyone. I ran a 5km race here in Markham today (Legacy Run). It is my first real hard race since I have lost my weight. I knew from training that I was going to be faster, but I didn't really know how fast I could be. I went into this race without as much preparation as I was hoping, but I was ...

Hi everyone. I just finished exams and have come to a few conclusions. School is a lot of work. So much work it is easy to put everything else in life off. Since Around the Bay, all I have done is school work to prepare for my exams last week. I have only fit in 2 runs since that race. Not that I th...

OK, Here is my attempt at putting up my pictures. As you can see, my posing for these pictures was no the greatest. These are only the better of my photos (imagine how bad the others were): http://208.177.25.18/206/46204/254/46204-254-026t.jpg http://208.177.25.18/206/46204/39/46204-039-027t.jpg htt...

OK, I'll be darned if I can figure out how to post the pick, so here's my link! Some OK, some not OK. http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=46204&BIB=3485&LNSEARCH=1 I think we leap frogged a fair amount in the first 15-20kms. I remember seeing you a few times. Anyways, my ph...

Hi everyone. I know the race report is late, but better late than never I guess. And, I'll keep this one short. I arrived on time and went to section 122 at Copps. However, I am generally a very quiet guy, so I didn't get a chance to meet many of you. I did appreciate meeting a few of the group thou...

[quote="HCmD"][quote="fraoch"][quote="UltraQueenga"]No weather update yet? Oh oh, must be the rain clouds in the forecast. SUNDAY, Mar.29. - (The Weather Network) [img]http://www.theweathernetwork.com/common/images/wicons/m.gif[/img] Cloudy with showers POP 90% high 11°...

Hi everyone. I will be watching this thread as I'm not sure what I will be wearing. Until this year, I haven't done any outdoor winter/cold running so I am still learning what works for me. My current plan is a tech t-shirt (my runningmania shirt), and a longsleeve tech shirt. The option is my runni...

Well I finsihed my last long run today. Because of my knee injury, I have not trained as much as I wanted to (or even close). Today, I ran 25km which is the farthest in this training session and most in 3 years. I was quite tired at the end (and not sure if I have another 5km in me), but I am still ...

Hi everyone. Hopefully, this is my last post in this thread. I ran a total of 51km last week with a 19km LSD with no issues (where is that wood when you need it). Anyways, it looks like I will be using the ATB bib afterall. My confidence is not there for the distance (I plan on running 23-24km LSD l...

Lalalalalalalalala *hands over ears* Lalalalalalalalala I can't hear you! (And no, I'm not calling La.) Where's the "fretting" emoticon? How long have you gone? It could be a pretty painful experience to run 30K if you haven't gone more than 20 yet.... although you do have two more weekends... :) A...

I was up to 20km before my knee went wonky about 4 weeks ago. Since then I have been trying to get my mileage up without hurting my knee. The big test will be a 17km run on Wednesday. If that goes well, I hope to do a 20-22km run mid next week. Even if my knee if fine, I am a little concerned about ...

Hi there.

Looks like you have it diagonosed already, but it is exactly what I have been experiencing in the last 6 weeks. I got mine from running on the indoor track work as well.

ART seems to be helping me.

Good luck with it.

Mike

My wife and I watch the show all the time. We have concluded that they must recreate many of the scenes in the show. We also get a little bored of the contestants always having 'attitute'. Regardless, we really enjoy watching the show and of course we could do better then the contestants (easy to sa...

So far so good with my knee. I continue to run every other day and still no more inflamation. That being said, my mileage isn't that high for my goals so far. Today, I ran 10.8km outside (with downhills) with no issues. I asked my therapist (who is unbelievably knowledgable about running and I may p...

[quote="slacker"]hey Heather, if you're worried about a couple of baby hills, keep in mind that just before you run this, I'll be running this: [img]http://www.gbrc.net/images/C50prof.jpg[/img] So no whining! :)[/quote] OUCH - my IT band just seized up just looking at that downhill. That i...

Hi everyone. Just wanted to thank everyone again for the feedback and to give you guys a bit of an update. Due to a crazy week of mid-terms (I went back to school after 15 years) I have been forced to really take it easy on my knee in the past 10 days. I have continued to get therapy on it though. I...

Hi there. Another update. Yesterday, I saw a therapist that specialises with running injuries. He has confirmed that I have ITBS. I had an ART treatment during the appointment. At this time he thinks that Around the Bay is still a possibility. If I am healthy enough to go, I will be concerned about ...

Hi everyone. I thought I would give you guys an update. I went for my first run yesterday since that run last week. I also bought some pants so I could run outside. Needless to say, the weather was perfect and I was having the most amazing run. I felt strong, I felt relaxed, and I was going faster t...

Thanks for the input guys. I really think it is the track. I just don't want to run on the treadmill that often. Anyways, I am going out this week to buy some outdoor gear (mostly base stuff, like long underwear and some 2nd layer for my torso). I do the ITBand stretch after every run. I do it on my...

Hi there. I have been training for the ATB and everything has been going gloriously. This week's long run was to be the scale back week (Last week I did 20km). So I did 16km and everything went extremely well for the first 15.5km. Suddenly, my knee had some significant pain coursing through it. Me b...