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Canuck Runner: Short track speed skating
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Friday, October 24, 2008. Short track speed skating. I haven't been doing much running lately because I've been busy volunteering at the Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track. Speed skating event here in Vancouver. It's the first of a series of pre-Olympics events being staffed by VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games). In one sense, it's a set of trial runs for VANOC in the Olympic venues. I've watched speed skating on TV before but like many sports, you get ...
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Canuck Runner: October 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008. Is it supposed to be feel like this? I'm back to running regularly but so far I've been keeping the distances pretty low. In part, this is because I haven't been feeling totally comfortable while running and it's been tougher than it should be to run for such a short time. I haven't been able to get into the zone that I'm used to after warming up. I'm going to keep plugging away at it but I hope the pure joy of running returns soon. Friday, October 24, 2008. I'm on the Technolog...
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Canuck Runner: August 2008
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Friday, August 29, 2008. Week 13 - 18 miles? Well, maybe a little bit of sweat. I ran 18 miles today. That's the second longest run I'll do in preparation for my marathon. I felt pretty strong and I ran a negative split. That means I ran the second half faster than than the first. Thursday, August 28, 2008. Dig deep like Whitfield. On mid-run bathroom breaks. The agony on the faces of some of the women was certainly sobering but, then again, I don't intend to push myself to finish the marathon in two and...