I awoke at 6:20am this morning to climb the Grouse Grind - Nature’s staircase. The 2.9km trail from the base to the top of Grouse Mountain consists of over 2,830 steps, which makes for one tough, sweaty hour of bounding around roots & rocks and staggering up steps to the glorious view at the top. The climb this [...]
With the New Balance Fall Classic Half-marathon tomorrow, I thought I would share some of my insights into race-day preparation, beyond what you could find in the standard Race Event email (i.e. as in the Fall Classic “Important Race Information” email below): To have a great experience, follow these tips: Days before race Check the [...]
A viable form of exercise or purely entertainment? Playing new generation active computer games uses significantly more energy than playing sedentary computer games but not as much energy as playing the sport itself. The energy used when playing active Wii Sports games was not of high enough intensity to contribute towards the recommended daily amount [...]
That’s what I’m calling my new training program – 1 Month, 2 Halfs – as I have two half-marathons a month apart (October 11th - BMO Okanagan Half; November 15th - Vancouver Fall Classic) and I’m interested in how much I can improve in such a short period of time. A great jumping-off point to custom-create a run program [...]