Category: 2013

Ajax 1/2 Marathon

September 22, 2013 /

Ajax Half Marathon

I started mid-week leading up to the race to get my fluids and nutrients right. I was cautious not to consume anything to upset my stomach. Wednesday I started eating baked beets every day. The evening before the race I tried Emmune7 for the first time. Took two tablets with dinner even though it said without food.  31/2 hours before the race Saturday I took 2 more tablets and 2 following the race with dinner. Same again for Sunday’s race. I figured I needed all the help I could get as it would be my very first ½ Marathon.

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My plan for the ½ marathon was to finish in two hours as it was my very first race this long especially when I did a 10k the day before. I figured I would try between the 1.5hr and 1.55hr pacer bunnies. I had to make a pit stop at the start of the race due to cold windy temperatures, It cost me about three minutes that I was able to recover at the latter half of the race. I was very happy to finish with a 1.53hr run. I was so happy with my results.

Oasis Zoo Run

September 21, 2013 /

This weekend I did races back to back, Saturday was the Oasis 10K Toronto Zoo Run. Sunday was the Ajax 5Km + ½ Marathon.

I started mid-week leading up to the race to get my fluids and nutrients right. I was cautious not to consume anything to upset my stomach. Wednesday I started eating baked beets every day. The evening before the race I tried Emmune7 for the first time. Took two tablets with dinner even though it said without food.  31/2 hours before the race Saturday I took 2 more tablets and 2 following the race with dinner. Same again for Sunday’s race. I figured I needed all the help I could get as it would be my very first ½ Marathon.

 

My last 10k run was Tuesday night, which would be it until Saturday’s 10K race. Three times that week I got chiropractic adjustments and a sports massage Friday night before the race.

I had breakfast 3-3 ½ hours before the race, Greek low fat yogurt with “Super-food Chi-Buckwheat & Hemp Cereal Cranberry Vanilla” Blended in with blueberries.  Two slices of organic toasted fruit bread topped with my favorite peanut butter and 1 hour before the race I had Vega Pr-Workout Energizer.

My plan was to better than last year’s 10k race but slower than this year’s PB as this would be a more difficult course with lots of hills and turns. I have not been able to put in the training for hills or done any tempo runs due to some serious back injury. Part of the plan was to finish at a pr-defined pace which I met dead on. I was very happy even though I was cold and soaked to the bone due to the constant down pour of rain.

Triathlon Distances

March 22, 2013 / / 0 Comments
A triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed “transitions” between the individual swim, cycle, and run components.
 

To accommodate all diverse skill levels, there are a number of different distances for triathlon races. Sprint distances differ from race to race; nevertheless the other distances are consistent with the lengths shown below. The Half and Full distances are normally referred to as Half Ironman and Ironman distances individually.

Event Swim Bike Run
Sprint 0.5mi
(750m)		 12.4mi
(20km)		 3.1mi
(5km)
Olympic 0.93mi
(1.5km)		 24.8mi
(40km)		 6.2mi
(10km)
ITU Long 1.86mi
(3km)		 49.6mi
(80km)		 12.4mi
(20km)
Half 1.2mi
(1.9km)		 56mi
(90km)		 13.1mi
(21.09km)
Full 2.4mi
(3.8km)		 112mi
(180km)		 26.2mi
(42.195km)

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