Well happy Monday everyone! I wanted to launch April by taking a look back at my training performance for March, but before I do that, a quick weekend recap. The highlight for me by far was taking the female record for the Pancake Mile. Perhaps not anything to be proud of that I can eat… 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…
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…
The Boston Marathon
Well guys, it has been a while… With Boston, I decided to take a bit of a blogging break and soak it all in but I am back and man, do I have adventures to share! This will probably be a long post as it is over a week’s worth of posting. I left first… Read More…
Polar V800 in the Pool
So here’s the thing. I am not all that great at reading directions. Those who know me well are making sarcastic sounds indicating that this is the understatement of the year and I don’t blame them. It’s true! I learn by DOING. In fact, I once had a friend tell me: “Jess, you are not… Read More…
Christmas List for Runners
What a big week, guys. Things just seem to be unusually heart wrenching around Christmas time. This week, the local blogging community was deeply inspired by the incredibly brave response from Robyn Baldwin upon her diagnosis of MS. You can read her post on it here. Another huge thing that happened this week was my… Read More…
Polar Heart Rate Training
I have made a fundamental shift in my training plan in the last while. Last season, I went a lot by how I felt, but one thing I have found is that I cannot necessarily trust myself when it comes to that. Exhibit A? What I thought was just annoying case of shin splints that ended… Read More…
Race Report: RAID THE HAMMER
We made it! Happy Friday, lovelies! It has been a bit of a roller coaster this week and I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend with a night out with some friends tonight and brunch, a KONA party and a Starbucks visit filling up the rest of the weekend. First things first though –… Read More…
