My advice is to get a heart rate monitor. Figure out what your resting and maximum heart rates are (by doing an exhaustion test, rather than 220-age) and determine your zones from there. You may find that you've been running too fast on all your runs (which sabotages your training). But on the othe...

Great race! Isn't that downhill after the turn-around nice? Your training has been really strong- looking forward to May 1!! Thanks! That downhill after the turn-around is indeed nice! I really did not find it that bad to the turn-around when I was getting there, but on the way back I certainly not...

What a day on Saturday, on many levels! It was a bright and sunny day, with perfect conditions for racing. It was about 8C at the start and warned up to about 14-15C by the end of the race, with a nice breeze. I got a drive with one of my fellow clinic leaders to Birch Bay, who had picked up another...

8.5K done on the Seawall this morning before work, while watching Vancouver wake-up. I'll never get tired of that view first thing in the morning as the sun come up here.

5.5 k of track intervals, I was fairly low energy so didn't push the pace too much. We had to stick to the outside lanes as Stampies crew was hogging the track :lol: jk - it was great seeing him. It was nice still having daylight when we finished at 7. I will probably be less happy dark and early S...

He still placed 12th overall, 18min behind the winner.

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

An easy 8K done on the seawall thru Stanley Park as Vancouver woke-up from its slumber.

Track workout later today, because one run was not sufficient!

I have a co-worker who used to do ultras, along with a lot of trail running and he swears by the salted boiled potatoes. He agrees they are just bland, but he found them easier to stomach when he got into the higher distances. Interesting you bring up those baby food pouches La. One of my clinic par...

First time I've posted in the daily thread in a loooong time!

An easy 8.1K done this morning before work in and around the seawall in Stanley Park before the rain started in YVR. Sadly I may not fare as well on my LSD on Sunday! C'est la vie!

Do you have any flexibility with your free day? Would you be able to move it prior to your scheduled Long run? What about increasing your fat content? Allowing your body to fuel itself that way? To me, I don't see the total harm in the use of gels during your long runs. Those tend to be quick carbs ...

I love my Nimbus way way more I'm not sure I would say the same. Don't get me wrong, I like my Nimbus as well, but I do find them heavy when you get into the longer in duration runs. They are a nice cushy ride, but I’ve raced in them a few times and found them to be somewhat heavy later in a half a...

Thanks for the update; I’m just now starting to break-in my ISO's I got last year. Long story short... I get shoes as compensation for leading half clinics at the store I deal with. I got the ISO compliments of the store & Saucony last year, as they sponsored my clinic. I already had a new pair ...

Congratulations on completing your race but don't forget to post your accomplishment in this result thread. To preserve formatting, quote the last person's post and then remove the initial and final quote tags. Please make sure you don't lose anyone's posts that might be posting at the same time as ...

My Forerunner 25 has been behaving better recently. I still have no clue as to how to get it to do auto laps at 1km intervals. I have it set to metric and it gives me all my times in minutes/seconds per km. However, it does laps at 1.61km (i.e. per mile) intervals. I called Garmin support and they ...

ultraslacker wrote:I already bought the Fenix for $99. Couldn't pass that up. Tried it last night for runpub. The buttons are all different from my 205 so it is a bit of a learning curve, and the navigation features will take some practice too. But I like it so far.


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Good to hear!

My friend has the Garmin 410 and just recently got a newer one. I'm not sure, it maybe the 610. I could ask him what he's doing with the 410 if you like. I've been happy w/ my 410 in the trails. Once the GPS connects, I usually don't loose the connection and the distance seems to be pretty. accurate...

Though I've already congratulated you on FB, I feel obliged to say CONGRATS here as well! It was amazing to watch and track you online the whole day and to see you cross the finish and hear those words "You are an IRONMAN!" was truly spectacular. You showed such great tenacity and persever...

Yes it me, been a while since I posted on the daily thread or even on RM in general

10K done this morning in YVR, 7.5k w/ bruyere. It was well into the 20's by 7am here.

Not much more I can say, then what I said in my text to you yesterday. I'm so happy for you! What a great report and an exceptional race on Sunday. At about 3K I made the decision to slow up and let the four hour group go. Right there is the moment you BQ'd. I concur with Mark here; this was the mom...

FYI, he has a hilarious podcast - check it out. Agree...Rob is hilarious!!! No argument here. He had me on the floor laughing when I was at package pick-up for the First Half back in February. The banter between Rob & Dylan was rather comical. FYI Ian... Rob is also a craft beer enthusiast, rai...

Jo-Jo wrote:It's probably no secret probably that I'd love to see Dylan get to Rio.
But to be honest what I wish most for him is to be happy and healthy...and oh yeah....best Jerome Drayton's time

An see baby Sasha on Thursday when he is in Kingston!

Men's marathon: 2:12:50! This is 80 seconds slower than 2012, so Reid Coolsaet's recent 2:11:24 is clear. At this pace, it may not just be a simple yes/no for Reid, Eric Gillis, and Dylan Wykes, but perhaps a top-3 race unfolds involving the likes of Rob Watson (2:13:29 PB), Kip Kangogo (2:15:35 PB...

I'm heading up to Squamish to run the MEC event up there this morning. I'm registered for the 5K event, but will be looking to switch to the 10k if I can. So I was able to switch to the 10K with ease. That race was an absolute blast. But I do admit to maybe complaining slightly at the start. OK a l...

I'm heading up to Squamish to run the MEC event up there this morning. I'm registered for the 5K event, but will be looking to switch to the 10k if I can. Here is a little description of what I got myself into per MEC. :lol: Trail The trail is technical, with very steep ascents and descents. There a...

Jennifer posed a question to me via text earlier today, that I feel is a fair question and I wish to address it here. I hope she is ok with that. ;) I didn't realize until I read your report that our paces throughout the race were so similar. Curious why your goal paced were to get slower as the rac...