March 31st, 2010 at 7:26 am | 1 Comment
Makes us stronger! We had a tough Saturday last week. It was very cold and very windy on the waterfront, and I was so not feeling it starting out. Still no shoes, and I am feeling the effects of that, as well as the aforementioned cold and wind. The assignment was 25 minutes straight with breaks only » Read More
March 25th, 2010 at 7:57 am | 3 Comments
Just about two months to go until the Bluenose Marathon! We’ve got two months of training under our belt, through the worst (hopefully) weather we’ll see, and I’m feeling good. Good about my progress, good about my fitness improvements, and good about life in general. Today is I figure somewhere around the halfway point in » Read More
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:54 am | 3 Comments
We were so proud of ourselves on Saturday morning! To think that we huffed and puffed our way through 30 seconds of running and then 60 seconds of running only 8 measly weeks ago… We (being the 5 k trio, hopefully soon to be a quartet when Tami rejoins us) ran 12.5 minutes without break » Read More
March 15th, 2010 at 7:21 am | 1 Comment
Or running, as the case may be. Facing into the bracing wind of another week, with sunshine and longer days to guide us. The weekend run was great, with the 5 k’ers kicking off with a 10 min straight run, and then a series of 3 five minute runs with breaks in between. Rod joined » Read More
March 12th, 2010 at 6:44 am | No Comments
A fabulous week, and optimism is in the air! We tackled the extended run periods to 5 min with 2 min walk breaks this week, and it was tough but good! The great weather helps so much; feeling loose and warm. And I’ve met a few folks this week who are also new runners and » Read More
March 9th, 2010 at 6:05 am | 2 Comments
This past Saturday our little 5k clique moved up to running for 3 minutes and then walking for 90 seconds. A giant step for non-runner-kind! We’ll bump up again this weekend, and will try to mitigate the agony by doing the 180/90 again tonight. The yoga (shout out to the ladies of 108 Yoga who are » Read More
March 1st, 2010 at 4:50 pm | 8 Comments
Running in the Bluenose…who’d have thought? I don’t run. Asked, “Hey Lisa, do you run?” my answer required some context…is something on fire? Is there a ridiculous sale somewhere? It’s a little bit my boss’s doing. I work at NovaScotian Crystal, for one of the co-founders of the Bluenose. He put this notion in my head » Read More