Hi Dave, I have been away due to various circumstances , but have been running. I have ran with Jacob a bit, and spoke with Heather a few times over the winter (Stella) at the indoor track . I had been training for the Sporting Life 10k, and the Ottawa Half marathon. Unfortunately, I did not make it...

Hey, where have you all been ? I'll be running some intervals with Heather at the indoor track. Pretty much been sticking to my plan of running 20k each weekend, and one tempo and a speed session during the week.
Have a great day everyone !

Paul

[ While running my warm-down on the track last night, I hear "Hey Maniac!!" - Paulg was coming in for his workout!! - hope it was a good one Paul!![/quote] It was nice to see you there, as you guys were running counter clockwise so I figured you were doing the cooldown thing as I do the same so as t...

Ran 20 k's yesterday and the sidewalks were in pretty good condition considering the Friday we had in Ottawa. Will spend some time at the track this week for interval training and work on final details for the weekend. Looking forward to next week and spending time with family. Happy running everyon...

Rest day as ran 21 km's at 5.20 pace and burned 1500 or so calories that's the Garmin talking) last night. It was cold but having the proper gear makes a huge difference . Quite refreshing really,
great run.

Paul

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Will run 20k's tonight as could not during the weekend. Friday night ran intervals and had the worst leg cramp I ever had running a 200 meter interval session,could see the muscle contract. It was good after several minutes but perhaps I was dehydrated ? Any tricks in dealing with them ? Have a grea...

Way to go Brendan , nothing like a little twinge to get you thinking, sounds like a great race. Congrats and a great read .

Paul

Heather, fantastic race and report !! Way to kick it and congrats on the PB !!

Paul

They have put up thr Christmas lights downtown, so will run 20 k's tonight and do a double 10k loop to take advantage and see the lights with the snow, quite a spectacular sight at night (downtown Ottawa). Put up the Christmas tree yesterday and all the decorations, so can take it ez with the family...

Going to hit the track as I want to burn off the goodies I have been munching on behind my desk. All the candies and snacks are starting to come out today and just happen to be right near my office. As I am not training for a specific race right now, I don't have the willpower to resist. Only 15 mor...

Waaaayyy back in high school, the 100 meters in the high school provincial track championships (o.k. it was 1982), my first marathon (Scotiabank 2005), and my first 5 K and road race (NCM events- 2004) - Sorry Andy, that's three but what the heck

Paul

Good luck dude, I'll send some positive vibes your way !! Make it happen, make it happen, make it happen ..... I'm a better runner than dancer

Paul

Here is some information on many different topics by very good runners
and trainers

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read. ... ead=308471

Paul

Ran 20.2 k's last night and may do some light work at the track tonight, if not, tommorow (intervals). Have a great day everyone !!!

Paul

Great wheels Brendan, sets you up nice for Vegas !!!

Paul

Thanks for the input gang . Windy, the track here is a complete 400 meter facility with 5 lanes (they have an extra lane or two for the 100 meter stretch) but I think that is what I will do, run a 5000 meter, then a 5k road race, as they are two different types of runs. It is such a rush running a 2...

How long do you guys taper , two months? Amazing distances, wow !!

Paul

I should add that I know we have similar experiencs to a certain degree ,but there are some people who say they have no concern at all about how they do and then all the the sudden, they are totally changed by their first race, like night and day. Where as others may have had some inclination to con...

I would like to set a PB in a 5 k (or 5000 meters on the indoor track-saying 5 k sounds too far indoor) and am wondering the benefits/disadvantages of attempting this on an indoor track as compared to the road ? Obviously there are weather factors and such but what are some other factors one may con...

I was at a Christmas party (yes, it's that time again) last night and spoke to a friend's wife who was saying she is going to run her first half marathon at NCM (Ottawa) in May 2006. She said she wants to only complete, but then went on to say she knows so many who say the same thing, then upon comp...

Hitting the indoor track for some intervals. Might even purchase some track shoes today as well.

Paul

More moments like that to come very soon I'm sure.

Paul

I'll be running the half and yes, sounds like there will be a large get together for this one. Should be a great race weekend.

Paul

Way to go Lisa, congrats !!!

Paul