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The Ottawa Marathon just became real

New blog post: The Ottawa Marathon just became real #TORW2015 #marathon #fitfluential

Last night before bed I was scrolling through my Twitter feed and came across a tweet from @OttawaMarathon. I decided to check out what they have been tweeting about so went to their profile to see more tweets. I came across one letting runners know that they could search for their bib number through Sportstats. I was curious to see what my number was so I tried to look it up. I wasn’t able to…

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The last long run in my training

New blog post: The last long run in my training #asicscanada #sweatpink #running #TORW2015

So, today was my last big run day in my training and I had 38k on the schedule. I now start to taper for the next three weeks and the next time I run a big distance is May 24 at the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon. I will admit after today’s run I feel a bit scared along with the excitement I have had from the beginning.

I needed a change of place for today’s run so I mapped a route from home to Sidney

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Week 13 - What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger!

New Blog Post: Week 13 - What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger! #running

I haven’t been doing weekly recaps of my training since I started but I am this week because things changed in my running but I am ok with it.

Since I have started my marathon training for Ottawa I have noticed changes for the better in my running. I can feel I am getting stronger each week because in the first four to five weeks I found the 5k “shake out” run on Thursday mornings to be very hard…

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