Endurance Junky

Good week of training. Increased my volume of aerobic training from the last week by over 4 hours. I also finished the week by doing some “Trad Climbing” in Squamish with Chris and let me tell you I am in f*cking pain. Endurance athletes have weak upper bodies and it showed today. Chris told me [...]

The Final Sprint has an amazing interview with Ryan Hall the new American half-marathon record-holder. Check it out. This podcast is definitely worth subscribing to they are rumored to have a lot of great interviews coming up.

The last week was filled with crap weather which meant a couple of missed workouts. I also conclude I am fat. I still have not lost the pounds I put on during the holiday break. The scale says 161 I feel soft. January 15 Bike commute. Time: 1:08 My first bike commute in over a [...]

Flocast has a couple cool interviews with some amazing Canadian talents. Simon Bairu is one of the top NCAA XC runners and the top Canadian XC runner 5 years running. His future is bright. Watch the interview here. Canadian middle distance legend Kevin Sullivan is also interviewed here. Mentions in the interview he ran a [...]

Week two of training was pretty low key. It snowed in Vancouver so I missed one workout because of ice. January 10th Easy Run to Cambie Time: 0:42:16 Ave HR: 161 bpm Max HR: 191 January 11th Snowshoe Grouse Mountain Time: 0:47:26 Ave HR: 162 bpm Max HR: 192 This was with the Grouse Mountain [...]

Funny spoof on the Nike+iPod system. I feel like this sometimes with my nano, GPS and cellphone. How did they run in the 90′s?

Well I am officially training again. I have a snowshoe race on the 20th so I have to gain a little bit of fitness and shed some lbs before then. Here is a summary of last weeks training. *I got a Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS/Heart Rate Monitor for Xmas my workout digest can be viewed [...]

Geb just hangs behind Aussie elite Craig Mottram until the final stretch where he drops the hammer. Amazing leg turnover!

Well it’s a New Year so that means time for some resolutions. Here are mine for 2007: 1) The classic lose weight. I gained a fair amount of weight during my lay off from running due to injury. I am now sitting at 165 which is 15 pounds over my ideal running/racing weight. Some people [...]