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The official tumblr blog of http://runivores.wordpress.com/ We are two young runners who discovered a passion for the sport, sharing the same dream of (someday) completing 9 marathons. Coincidentally we are two huge foodies (yes, the type who takes numerous photos of their food) who believe that a journey is not complete until a delicious meal has been devoured. This year, we started discussing the possibilities of a running blog to celebrate food and to celebrate the run through sharing some of our favourite things with other Runivores out there. We’ve been infected with the running bug, and we’re bringing it to you.

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GoodLife Fitness Toronto Relay Marathon 2015: Race RECAP

We have found our people (!!!) – a group of 6 other individuals who also enjoy running as much as we do.  Thus we have come together to form the Relay Marathon Team known as the HOT POTATOES!  Here is how the story began. The P-O-T-A-T-O-E-S! You’ll see their faces soon enough! A while back, we posted our Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM) race recap and hashtagged the post to our…

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Little Rock Marathon 2015: Race RECAP

Little Rock Marathon 2015: Race RECAP

Arrrrrrr me matey! Tis finally time for the Little Rock Marathon race recap! It’s been 3 months since we returned from Little Rock, Arrrrrrkansas, and we recently received our big-as-your-face medals in the mail – EXCITING – so we thought, better start working on this recap asap. (pardon the rhyme) In the wee morning hours of February 27, we set off on our adventure. Stephie’s dad drove us to the…

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Runivores Turns 2!

Happy 2nd Birthday Runivores!

Has it been 2 years already?!  Wow time sure flies, but Runivores is another year older! It’s hard to imagine that much time has passed since we started running together, then racing together.  And there’s TONS more to celebrate over this past year.  Most importantly, we achieved the one goal we set out to do at the time of Runivores’ first birthday last year – (in exact words from our post) RUN…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2014: Race RECAP

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2014: Race RECAP

On October 19, 2014, we turned impossible into possible, and made our big dream a reality. This was the day we completed our first marathon.

On Saturday we went to the Direct Energy Centre to pick up our race kits and to experience our first Race Expo. There were school bus shuttles running from a downtown pickup location to transport people to and from the expo, and neon orange volunteers were…

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Island Girl Half Marathon 2014 Recap

Island Girl Half Marathon 2014 Recap

Waking up at the crack of dawn to run 21.1km in the rain? Well worth it.

It has been a little more than a year since we ran our first half marathon last May. We had been looking forward to running this race since signing up in July, and not being able to sleep the night before confirmed our excitement. Despite hearing from the weather experts that it would be raining with a chance of…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 11 and 12

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 11 and 12

Week 11

STEPHIE’S TRAINING

Day 1 – Tuesday August 5, 2014: Tempo Run 6.2K (~32:00) – Ran half of this with my dad and the other half on my own.  I’m so impressed with his progress, this was the first time he ran a 3K course!  Hopefully he can run a 5K race soon :)

Day 2 – Wednesday August 6, 2014: Hills 9.54K (56:19 ) – Running Room Day!  Hills Day (x 5)!  First time running together with Em…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 9 and 10

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 9 and 10

Week 9

STEPHIE’S TRAINING

Day 1 – Tuesday July 22, 2014: Tempo Run 5K (26:38) – A routine run along a familiar route with an average 5:20 pace.  This was an enjoyable pace – although I was pushing my body to go faster than race pace, I wasn’t gasping for air at the end nor did I have the urge to stop running.

Day 2 – Wednesday July 23, 2014: Read about my 5K race here! – http://runivores.wordpres…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 7 and 8

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 7 and 8

Week 7

STEPHIE’S TRAINING

Day 1 – Tuesday July 8, 2014: Tempo Run 5K (25:00) – I think 5K might be one of my favourite distances to run because (a) you can get an intense workout in under 30 mins (b) it’s relatively short if you’re training for a longer distance race (c) you can incorporate intervals of sprinting to get some speed workout in.  Goal is to eventually complete this in under 24…

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I Didn't Know I was Doing A Race Today - Run 4 the Kids 5K Recap

I Didn’t Know I was Doing A Race Today – Run 4 the Kids 5K Recap

Wednesday nights this summer usually means Run Club at the Running Room.  But on this particular night, crowds of runners with race bibs proudly pinned to their clothes filled the store.  If I had paid more attention to the weekly announcements made before every run in the past few weeks, I would’ve realized by now that tonight was the “Run 4 the Kids – 3K & 5K Run or Walk” in support of the…

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GUEST BLOG POST: Angus Glen 5 Miler

GUEST BLOG POST: Angus Glen 5 Miler

Jack is back!  With another speedy finish, he sent in a hilarious recount of his most recent race.  It’s a light and enjoyable read for those who like to keep text to a minimum.  *Warning: this post may contain over-usage of memes, a hint of sarcasm, but loads of laughter guaranteed*

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-By: Jack-

The Angus Glen 5 Miler was an awesome race that was hosted at a luxurious golf club coincidentally…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 5 and 6

Week 5

STEPHIE’S TRAINING

Day 1 – Tuesday June 24, 2014: Weights Training (40:00) – I tried out the GoodLife Fitness Trial Week and went through 2 sets of their Fit-Fix (8 sets of different weights targeting a new group of muscles, reps of 12).  The associates there are super friendly and showed me how to complete a circuit all the way till the end.

Day 2 – Wednesday June 25, 2014: Moderate 6K…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 3 and 4

Week 3

Day 1 – Tuesday June 10, 2014: Moderate run 6.9K (45:00)

Day 2 – Wednesday June 11, 2014: Moderate run 9.2K (01:00:00) in monsoon weather…okay we exaggerate, but it was pouring rain. ALSO it was the day we bought our first ever GPS running watches!  We have matchy green and black Garmin Forerunner 10 :)

Day 3 – Saturday June 14, 2014: Moderate run 5K (28:42)

Day 4 – Sunday June 15, 2014:…

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Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Training Week 1 and 2

Week 2 of Marathon training is over and we’re pleased to say that it’s going really well!  We pretty much stayed on track with our schedule (which is a first in a long time) with no injuries thus far!  One thing’s for sure, we’ve never been more hungry – and we definitely find ourselves nibbling on snacks more often.  This is what we did last week:

In intervals of 10 minutes running, 1 minute…

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The Marathon dream, becoming a reality

Aspiring Marathoners

We did it.

Made one of the biggest decisions of our lives.

We signed up for our first marathon.

We’ve been thinking about this for more than a year now; it’s always been a dream of ours to finish a marathon (or marathons to be more exact). Since we’re both graduating this year, we wanted to run our first marathon before the end of 2014 – it has been a difficult decision process as organizing…

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GUEST BLOG POST - Goodlife Fitness Toronto Half Marathon 2014

Goodlife Fitness Toronto Half Marathon 2014

We are very excited to have our first full length blog post submission from one of our very good running friend!  Thank you for sharing with us and our readers your experience!  Check out Jack’s recount of his half marathon last week, and a big CONGRATULATIONS to him for finishing with a PB worthy of Boston Marathon qualification.  We can’t wait to see what other races he’ll be running in the…

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Runivores Turns 1!

Can you believe it?  It’s been 1 year since this blog was started!  Happy Birthday Runivores!!! It seemed just yesterday that we were brainstorming name and logo ideas in a coffee shop while sipping on summer drinks. What started as a simple idea to cross off items on a running bucket list has turned into something that is so much more. A year ago today, we completed our first half marathon, and…

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