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Run your best 10km yet!
You've been training hard, or maybe not, but regardless, your big race is coming up fast. Avoid common mistakes and take advantage of these tips to perform at your best in your first 10km run!
The day before:
Attend the pre-race expo and pick up your race bib, be sure to activate your bib or chip on your way out - ask at the race kit pick-up if this is necessary or not. You won't get an official time if you don't activate your bib! There will be lots of free samples of food, sport nutrition products and all kinds of gear to check out. This is especially common at marathon and half-marathon expos. Be sure that you avoid...
Healthy Holidays
You've been working hard on your health goals all year, why stop now? The holiday season is in full-swing, bringing Christmas parties, food, booze, late nights and stressful days. Your goals DO NOT have to be pushed aside during all the fun of this festive time of year. Here are 4 tips to help you to stay on track while still having fun this holiday season.
Sleep, Recovery and YOUR Performance
Training is tiring. If you’re like most athletes I know, you’re burning the candle at both ends. Between summer socializing and dialing in your endurance training, the demands on you are high – but are you giving yourself a chance to recover?
Race Essentials – Olympic Distance
This week I’m training light in anticipation of an upcoming training race. Two to three days out, I start preparing all my gear, ensuring everything is in top shape for race day.
Here’s my list of essential triathlon gear for race morning:
Diving into training – 2400m Swim Workout
This winter, due to a pesky hip injury, I took quite a bit of time off my regular training. I hadn’t been in a pool for nearly 6 months when I dove in yesterday. I managed to get my own lane for most of my workout, so some quality interval training happened.
Glory (bowls), Cauliflower Crispies and Preseason Training
For me, preseason training is geared around preparing my mental and physical state for what’s to come in the next 4-5months. I focus on short, frequent bouts of training and small but nutritious meals to keep me going. Before my longer bouts of training ramp up mid-April, I spend 4-6 weeks reminding myself what it’s like to train 6 days a week.
Mastering Mindfulness in Athletic Training
Three years ago, I returned to Banff, AB, from Melaque, Mexico after completing my Yoga Teacher Training with SOYA.
I was keen to share everything I had learned, but was also about to start my training for Ironman Canada. I was in conflict with how pushing myself through training could possibly be related to a practice of mindfulness.
Move It: Treadmill Training
Faster! That’s the first word my body screams when I think about treadmill training. Since it’s minus 30 in Toronto right now, 2 of my 3 runs this week have been on the treadmill (and the last one is TBD).
I imagine there’s a few more of you spinning your wheels right now, so here’s my favourite interval workout to keep you entertained:
Golden Stars and Glowing Goals for 2014
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals” – Henry David Thoreau.
Goal setting has always been important to me and this year, inspired by Thoreau, I took some time to reflect on the bigger picture of what I’ve become over the past 10 years.