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Totally embraced the suck! Injury and life stuff have kept me from running as much as I'd like in past few months, so that 10k was uncomfortable -- but 57:37 is OK by me today. For #HamOnt runners training for races, check out the MEC Series: 10, 15, 21 & 30K races at $15-20. Great routes, chip timing, no medals or shirts, but lots of hydration & bananas 🍌 . #embracethesuck #running (at Confederation Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo4KPQPHFVd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lf227wbxogma

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Wild winds and big waves down at Hamilton Beach Trail made for a gorgeous evening run/battle c

#HamOnt running views. #loveyourcity #runHamOnt (at Escarpment Rail Trail)

#loveyourcity #runhamont #hamont

Very sweaty 7K #strollerrun with this little flasher.

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Successful raspberry harvest at the garden = mama has some leverage for a #strollerrun

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Race Recap: Ottawa Race Weekend (10k)

This was my third time running this distance at the Ottawa Race Weekend, and my best time yet (58:03), but shy of my goal which was sub 55:00.

However, since watching Boston this year I’ve been fixated on tackling another marathon. I’ve been running plenty of half marathons since my first and only marathon (Chicago 2013), and I am ready for another kick at the can.

You guys–I think Ottawa 2019 is it! Scenic route, no air travel required, family to cheer for me, and I can use Around the Bay 30K as a training run. I’m doing it.

Ok, I wrote it down. So it’s real. Good talk :)

Hey running buddies -- looking for reccomendations for snow cleats. Yaktrax or the like. I nearly died a few times last week. Any suggestions?

#MedalMonday (on Tuesday) How about that race, eh? ☔☁🍃 I took a break after bashing my toes up good at #RnRMTL. I barely ran for 3 weeks, and inched back up to a 12km long run the week before #road2hope. After a really good summer of training, I had hoped to break 2 hrs, but I knew going in on Sunday that it wasn't likely. I SLOGGED through this race, my legs burned and the hills seemed waaay bigger than last year. I talked to myself -- a lot. I didnt break 2:00-- but I did PR! -- Coming in around 2:10, beating my previous best of 2:13. Also saw my first race pooper 💩. So there's that. Thanks to all who sponsored me and supported @theaidsnetwork

#rnrmtl #road2hope #medalmonday

Run buddies! On Saturdays we wear neon coral

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Belated Race Recap #2: Rock n Roll Chicago Half Marathon 2015 Sooo I was super excited to run in Chicago again, after running my first (and only) marathon in the 2013 Chicago Marathon. My husband and I flew in for two nights and stayed at a great boutique hotel called the Kinzie. If you run this race, or the full in October, I recommend grabbing a rental bike and riding down the lakeshore to the Expo at McCormick Place. The bikes are $7 a day and this is a way better option than a $15 cab. This may have been my favourite race so far. The city is very experienced and a great host for races. (The hotel sent us up a bunch of bananas!). The route is a great city route through famous streets and architecture, starting and finishing in Milennium Park. The post race concert was awesome and it seemed like everyone stayed until the end. The only con: the weather. At 6am, we were already approaching 30C and it was huuuu-mid. People were hot. And thirsty. The volunteers worked like maniacs to keep up with the demand for hydration, and they also handed wet sponges and ice along the course, and Popsicles and ice cold towels at the finish line. These people were organized – and I was impressed. As for my time, it was probably my all time slowest– 2:45. Not a big concern – we decided 3km in that we wouldn’t be doing any PRS that day.

#chicago #half marathon #Rnr Chicago #rock n roll chicago

Belated Race Recap #1: South Coast Half Marathon, Port Dover, ON My brother and I ran this race's inaugural route on June 27, 2015, in my mom's retiree/beach community, Port Dover. I had run 15k in a not-great time three weeks prior, and was feeling similarly under-trained for this race. We picked up our bibs at the "expo", which was the local arena's community room. My brother keenly pointed out that despite my having registered only a week ago, my bib number was #116. "How many people are running tomorrow?", we asked my mom, who proudly answered "a hundred and twenty!". I don't know why, but this sent me into complete panic. It suddenly seemed not only possible, but certain, that I would come in dead last. Or get lost on the lonely course, with no other runners dragging their undertrained butts at my slow pace. Race day was rainy and unseasonably cold. I think I can safely speak for every man and woman, and say nipple chafing was discovered by all who previously were unacquainted. This course was murder. There are 3 or 4 huge hills (one is at least 2km long). The last one was a steep, steep bitch. It destroyed my will to live and left me talking to myself and swearing at it like a crazy person. The ecstatic expression on my face at the finish line is one of someone who has never been happier to stop running. All of these things aside, I ran a pretty decent time of 2:16 -- not bad, considering! I'm not sure I'd run this race again. It's been two months and I'm still feeling emotionally scarred. The medal is pretty sweet, however, and the local paper reported my brother's trip home:"runners from as far away as Alberta will be competing in the race". I may try to coerce the entire sibling pack (all four of us pictured with mummy) to run next year, in which case I will remember to pack the Vaseline ;)

#half marathon #port dover half #running

Excited for #nikewomens15k on Sunday!

Busy little Sunday.

I actually got outside and ran for the first time since the entire Eastern seaboard froze over. I bought a Polar m400 about a month ago, but had this far used it only for treadmill runs. But today, with its balmy -3C weather, permitted my first actual test drive. Overall, I like the output (see summary screens from iPhone app). Functionally, it could have been better if I had taken the time to customize my display screen before my run. I’ll post a full review of the m400 later.

After my treacherous, icy, snowy run, I promptly transformed into June Cleaver and made a roast beef dinner, plus chocolate raspberry cupcakes. Balance my friends, balance.

#winter running #polar m400

The beginnings of salmon and corn chowder made with coconut milk. Saturday nights get wild around here.

It's on! Who wants to come for a trot?

5k. -11C. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't awful. I haven't seen that much mucous and tears since I watched The Notebook with @jbaker44

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