We all know the importance of being properly fitted on the bike. Lots of articles talk about that, but unfortunately many more talk about the bike “performance” itself. Particularly in triathlon, in which sport the marketing talks wash out our brains with the aerodynamic aspect of the bike , using scientific data from wind tunnel session supposed to ”prove” us that we are […]

  Directions: Exit the 401 at Stewart Rd- exit # 469. Head south and turn right at the first set of lights- Central Ave. Head down Central till you hit the end and park.
Amenities: The nearest bike shop is Cranks Bicycle Shoppe 122 King St West in case you need tubes or anything else. Be […]

Approximately 10 months ago Jane Wood (owner of RF Milton) jokingly suggested I do an Ironman. My immediate reaction was no way, how could I possibly take whole chunks of time out of my weekends to train for something like that?  BUT the idea of doing a Half was intriguing and the training volume would […]

Hello everyone,
Once again I have missed a week of posting and now I find that this will be my last post before the race next weekend.  Scary.  Still, I am really looking forward to it.  Right now the Weather Network is predicting nice weather, so hopefully they will be right for once.   Still, considering that […]

Hello everyone,
I suppose that I should start off this week with a confession: I wussed out this week and hardly did any running due to the poor weather.  I did do my long run on Monday, which was 60Km, so that has to count for something right?  I’m back in school next week, so that […]

Hello everyone,
Last week I touched on role models and some of the dangers of ultra-running.  This week I want to put the focus back on the positive, especially since I believe that there is a lot to be gained from ultra-running.
To go back to the subject of role models, last week I mentioned three in […]

Hello Everyone,
As the title suggests, I have missed a week of posting.  This was due to a hectic exam schedule at school.  The good news is that the exams are over and now I have two weeks off before the madness begins again!  This is where, in the film version of my life, they would […]

Hello everyone,
I said last week that this post would be about nutrition, but I have altered the plan slightly because I have realized that I don’t know enough about nutrition to write a whole post about it.  I have read many articles about what runners should eat, and in what proportions, but I have chosen […]

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One of the challenges with running a 100 Miler is the lack of standard training plans available to help prepare for one.  While there is some variation between marathon training plans, I have found that most of them are pretty similar.  Not so with 100 Miler training plans, most of which are developed by […]

Hey there to all fellow RF team members!
  Now that another year has begun i thought I would take the time to give a bit more of a formal intro for myself and let you know what myself and my guide are up to this year.
  Many of you may know me as “that blind […]

Thankfully the Chilly half wasn’t chilly at all this year.  At a balmy 10 degrees it left at least one variable out of the mix.
At 6 months pregnant almost to the day, running has been an adventure this year.  Some days I feel great. Other days walking on an incline feels like a challenge.  So […]

We started a new tradition this year. 
 
Bundled in every running layer possible, we set out for the Ajax Snowflake 10km this weekend.  The crew was as varied as they come. From Ironman finishers to one girl who had never run more than 5km before.  But the goal was simple.   Go get some fresh air […]

Greetings all!
I am a brand new member of Team Running Free and this is my first post.  My plan is to do semi-regular posts over the next 2+ months about the trials and tribulations of training for a 100 Mile Ultra-Marathon while still leading a normal. busy life.  I’m writing this for anyone who is […]

In this second posting on this topic, I will attempt to bring together some of the latest research that I have found regarding a very controversial topic of respiratory system weakness. In other words, there is something about your respiratory system that is limiting performance. How does this happen?
I propose, here, a different type of “zoning”. Most […]

Individualized Training Zones. You may have opened up several books, purporting to be the be-all and end-all of establishing training intensity zones to effectively bring out the best racing performance of your life. Several “zoning” methods exist, including methods based on:

Percentage of maximum heart rates (such as, taking a percentage of 220-maximum heart rate)
Percentage of a […]

A year ago, if you told me that I would be captaining a tandem bike in Clearwater with a blind guy on the back I would have laughed.  How could one get themselves in such a position?  Pretty easily it turns out.
Through a variety of circumstances, and the magic of social networking, I met an […]

 For most of us the season is over. We put the bikes away till the snow melts and we can ride outdoors again. But alot of endurance athlete’s miss the advantages of this time of year.
Those advantages are that bike shops are slower with business. And because of this it is the perfect time to […]

Recently, I had done a FaCT Lactate Balance Point test with the jack-of-all-trades, Rick Choy. I was initially concerned at first, because I had a very specific protocol that I required. I had been in discussions with the creator of the FaCT LBP test: Juerg Feldmann. He had examined some previous tests done by a […]

With a Due Date landing smack dab in the middle of race season (July 2nd)  My goals for this coming year are somewhat modified.
 
Plans for a sub 3 hour 30km at Around the Bay will have to wait until 2011.  As will my plans to run the Whitby Marathon in May.  By the time the […]

 
With the help of some meds from the doctor my third month of pregnancy is far better than the second!
 
The rate of  exhaustion is still WAY up there – but with morning sickness at bay I have settled into a nice routine if running three to four times a week.  Coupled with walking the dogs […]