When I received the Polar A360 around Christmas time, I wasn’t sure whether I would wear it daily because I have a number of fashion watches that I rotate through. It immediately replaced all of them. The function I was thrilled about was the heart rate reading it takes from your wrist. I normally take… Read More…
Things I Am Struggling With Lately
Running is amazing. Lately I have been crushing workouts and feeling stronger and faster than ever before. I have been listening to my coach and it has been paying off. But that doesn’t mean that everything goes perfectly all the time. This past weekend, I ran a 5 KM race (and I will share the… Read More…
Benefits of Running at Different Speeds
Happy Cereal Day, everyone! I had the best bowl after a trainer group ride with the Genuine Health Ironman 70.3 team. Want the recipe? 1 cup of Power Os 1 cup of Mighty Flakes 1 cup of Rumble 2 tbsp of peanut butter Mix together and eat. I am sorry but there is nothing more… Read More…
Polar Performance Report: February 2016
FEBRUARY TRAINING SPORTS TRACKED: Cycling, Running, Swimming, Strength, RUN STATS: 224.2 KM Run Elevation: 989 M Run Hours: 20 Rest Days: 4 Longest Run: 20.4 KM Shortest Run: 8.5 KM Most enjoyable training run: T-shirt track session at Lansdowne track at the beginning of February New/interesting places I ran: Peterborough, ON | Treadmill in a NYC hotel Workouts: 8 X 1 KM repeats with… Read More…
Reader Questions: Ultras, Running at Elevation and Training for a Half
Happy Wednesday, loves. This week has gone by at a break neck speed due to it being a holiday on Monday this week in Ontario. I always find that I am completely thrown for the rest of the week after having an extra day off. It has been a while since I have tackled reader… Read More…
Polar Performance Report: January 2016
New features EVERYWHERE on this blog! I am rolling out a few new ones as the month progresses, but one thing I wanted to start doing is a Performance Report at the end of the month. I’m a little late to the game because January totally and completely got away on me but without further ado…… Read More…
Weekend Training and Running Resources
Oh hello friends. Thanks for the positive feedback on my non-running related post. For the rest of you, it is back to regular run-talk. This weekend was one full of cross training! Friday night, I kicked off with a strength session at Revkor, going through yoga and strengthening movements. Saturday morning, I got my bike… Read More…
In Defence of Tight IT Bands
This week, I was proudly recapping my successful recovery from my accident to my physio. “And I took an entire month off after the accident and rested and now I am good to go! I feel AMAZING now.” “Excuse me?” He whirled on me with an acupuncture needle in his hand. “What.” “Were we talking… Read More…
Getting Ready to Roll
I met with my coach last week and we went over my goals for 2016. Thankfully, he didn’t laugh me out of the coffee shop and I am seriously SO EXCITED for what next year has in store. He is busily setting a plan in motion and me? I am enjoying my final week completely… Read More…
Difference between a road bike and triathlon bike
This weekend, I tried out a new to me class at a local studio lead by a pro triathlete. We did a brick workout consisting of a 90 minute workout on the bike (most participants brought their bikes and put them on trainers provided by the studio) followed by a short run off the bike…. Read More…
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