Race Report: 2018 Boston Marathon

On April 16th, 2018, I became a Boston Marathoner. It's been just over a week since I hopped on a yellow school bus at Boston Common in the pouring rain with thousands of other runners to begin the roughly 60-minute journey to the start line of the most iconic road race in history, but my …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 15

Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! It's somewhat hard to believe a week from today I'll be toeing the line in Hopkinton to participate in a 42.2 kilometer race known as the Boston Marathon. Less than 5 years ago I couldn't imagine running a marathon and next week I'm hoping to do great things on this …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 14

Good Morning and Happy Monday! Coming off a huge peak week and an annoying cold, I wasn't sure what to expect this week. Let's see how the week unfolded. [ Training week 14 / 2 weeks until the Boston Marathon ] Monday – W14D01 - Steady Run (14 kilometers/1:04:14/4:35 pace) | (Strava Results). Still a …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 13

Good Morning and Happy Monday! Week 13 will go down as one of the toughest weeks of training so far (not just Boston; all races!) and I wouldn't have changed a thing! OK, maybe next time I decide to tack on a few additional kilometers each run I'll try to avoid getting sick at the …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 12

Good Morning and Happy Monday! The late stages of a marathon training cycle will often give you the best sense of your fitness heading into a race. Two weeks ago that answer came in the form of a race where I improved my half marathon PR by nearly 2 minutes! This week, the answer came …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 11

Good Morning and Happy Monday! After an awesome race in Burlington, the past week of training was fairly light to allow me to recover. I'm happy to have had this week to recover because the next three weeks of training will be the toughest of this cycle; it may be the toughest of any training …

Race Report: 2018 Chilly Half Marathon

I think I've run 11 half marathons now and if you ask me my favorite, it would be the Brooklyn Half because it's a hometown race, is the largest half marathon in North America, and I get to see my family; however, if you ask me what my favorite half marathon to race, the answer …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 10

Good Morning and Happy Monday! It's race week! On Sunday I'm racing the Chilly Half and I've had a lot of success the past two years! Will the success continue the third year? It's also my birthday on Wednesday so quite a busy week this was! I can't believe 10 weeks have passed in this …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 9

Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! After a week of running in Mexico, it was time to return to the col weather of Toronto. I didn't have an issue acclimatizing to the cold weather; in fact, it really wasn't that cold this past week! [ Training week 9 / 7 weeks until the Boston Marathon ] …

Boston Marathon Training: Week 8

Good Afternoon and Happy Monday! We returned from our vacation early this morning (arrived home at 4:15am to be exact!) and fortunately, it's Family Day in Ontario today which means no work or school so we can spend the day relaxing and doing laundry. Fun! Running while on vacation is always tough; especially when you're …