In my attempt to shorten my blog entries to make them a little more concise and quicker to read I'm going to try updating with more frequency so not to have information overload when I do update. I would say this though. The reason my entries are on the wordy side is that I don;t just want you to know what I've been doing but what I was thinking at the time I was doing it, that to me is normally the most interesting part :)
This week I have decided to drop the idea of running in the Vancouver Marathon. Towards the end of my training for LA I was just burning out a bit and had started to not enjoy my runs. I have already got a couple more marathons lined up for later in the year and so before I start training for them I decided that I should spend the next few months having some fun and doing shorter races which will help me increase my speed while decreasing my weekly mileage for a while.
I have the Vancouver Sun Run 10k coming up in the second weekend of May and would like to start working on my target of breaking the 40 minute 10k. I have achieved my first target of the year by breaking 20 minutes for 5k at Birch Bay so now I just have to do that twice, easy. My personal best (PB) for the distance at the minute stands at about 41:07 so I have a bit of work to do.
To this end this week I have just gone out and ran at the PRR club nights without having to think about training the next day and I have had great fun with it. Tuesday was my fastest Macdonald & 3rd Ave run I've done and tonight my fastest False Creek run. Now the times are okay nothing crazy but for a change I wasn't thinking as much as just enjoying it which was great, even when the high winds were pummeling us coming over the bridge.
So between now and May 9th I will be doing a lot more speed work, trying to drop some weight and for the first time training for a 10k. This should be new and fun.
Today marks the 1 week stage of my month of vegetarianism. It has been an interesting challenge so far but one I have enjoyed. I have definitely not gone hungry and in most cases I'm concerned that I may have been eating more. I have found it difficult finding things to eat for lunch, where before I would just have a chicken sandwich or a small portion of what I had cooked the night before it has not generally worked like that for veggie meals. Before anyone suggest a cheese sandwich or tuna I would remind them I'm not eating fish and cheese is a topping not a filling. I have been informed that humus will rock my world so I will try that but I remain dubious. I was taken to a great Chinese restaurant called Wild Rice, I had a great meal and even tried tofu for the first time, it is in no way a meat replacement but saying that I have had meat that tasted a whole lot worse. The challenge continues...
For those in Vancouver, on my way home tonight I did stop in to the Bay and look around the Olympic store, massive discounts on everything. I have snagged myself a bargain bamboo running shirt for $15 and lots of stuff still available at 50% discount.
Good luck to my friends running in Rotterdam and Paris Marathon this weekend and look forward to hearing about your adventures.
I'll leave you with a sign I saw on the Sky Train this week. Am I the only one who sniggered childishly when I read this?
This week I have decided to drop the idea of running in the Vancouver Marathon. Towards the end of my training for LA I was just burning out a bit and had started to not enjoy my runs. I have already got a couple more marathons lined up for later in the year and so before I start training for them I decided that I should spend the next few months having some fun and doing shorter races which will help me increase my speed while decreasing my weekly mileage for a while.
I have the Vancouver Sun Run 10k coming up in the second weekend of May and would like to start working on my target of breaking the 40 minute 10k. I have achieved my first target of the year by breaking 20 minutes for 5k at Birch Bay so now I just have to do that twice, easy. My personal best (PB) for the distance at the minute stands at about 41:07 so I have a bit of work to do.
To this end this week I have just gone out and ran at the PRR club nights without having to think about training the next day and I have had great fun with it. Tuesday was my fastest Macdonald & 3rd Ave run I've done and tonight my fastest False Creek run. Now the times are okay nothing crazy but for a change I wasn't thinking as much as just enjoying it which was great, even when the high winds were pummeling us coming over the bridge.
So between now and May 9th I will be doing a lot more speed work, trying to drop some weight and for the first time training for a 10k. This should be new and fun.
Today marks the 1 week stage of my month of vegetarianism. It has been an interesting challenge so far but one I have enjoyed. I have definitely not gone hungry and in most cases I'm concerned that I may have been eating more. I have found it difficult finding things to eat for lunch, where before I would just have a chicken sandwich or a small portion of what I had cooked the night before it has not generally worked like that for veggie meals. Before anyone suggest a cheese sandwich or tuna I would remind them I'm not eating fish and cheese is a topping not a filling. I have been informed that humus will rock my world so I will try that but I remain dubious. I was taken to a great Chinese restaurant called Wild Rice, I had a great meal and even tried tofu for the first time, it is in no way a meat replacement but saying that I have had meat that tasted a whole lot worse. The challenge continues...
For those in Vancouver, on my way home tonight I did stop in to the Bay and look around the Olympic store, massive discounts on everything. I have snagged myself a bargain bamboo running shirt for $15 and lots of stuff still available at 50% discount.
Good luck to my friends running in Rotterdam and Paris Marathon this weekend and look forward to hearing about your adventures.
I'll leave you with a sign I saw on the Sky Train this week. Am I the only one who sniggered childishly when I read this?
Probably! :o)
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