Hi all - 2Legs here,
Racing season has officially begun!! My first race was actually last Sunday (Limestone), but this weekend is chock full of goodness!! I'm doing the Law Day 5K today in downtown Ottawa - nice and easy, just a workout. Tomorrow (Saturday) is the Cumberland Duathlon with the lovely and talented 1 Leg - I'll do the first run and the bike (2.5k and 20k respectively) and she'll do the final 2.5k run. Still haven't decided what bike I'm going to use - my old reliable Trek 1000 or my borrowed Quintana Roo Tequilo. Got some work to do tonight to sort that out!! Finally, on Sunday, I'm doing some kind of run at the Place d'Orleans race - 1/2 marathon or 10k (depending on how I feel). Watch here for our results!!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Limestone Race Weekend 5K
22:37 - not bad, but not great...
Decided to do this race as of last Tuesday. Figured that it would be a good test and it would also give me the opportunity to visit my Mom for her 49+ birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!)
Went in wanting to do somewhere in the 20-21 minute range - 20:32 would have been ideal, as it would have beat the recent time of one of my Lions Track Club Teammates (Hi Cathy!)
Nice day in Kingston - cool to start, but good overall. Had a good warmup - had just enough time to pick the Mayflies out of my teeth prior to starting the race. The Town Crier made a bit of a speech and off we went - 5K & 1/2 Marathon runners started at the same time, from in front of Kingston City Hall. I had a strong 1st km, bringing in a 3:57 - right on pace. Then the wheels fell off...
At the 2 km point, I started feeling really winded and the energy kinda left my legs. I was in some trouble, so I had to make a command decision - I stopped running and walked for about 20 sec. People were passing me, but I didn't care - I needed to do a "hard reset" and get back to work. I started running again and felt better. I caught a few people who had passed me, but kept an evil eye on my pace - it was measuring between 4:15 and 4:17. Afraid to go any harder, I kept at this for the next 2 km,
I picked things up a bit for the final km and came in fairly strong. I learned a few lessons here (negative splits!!!) and will put these into play at my next race - NEXT WEEKEND!!
Thanks to 1 Leg and my Mom & Dad for cheering me on!!
Decided to do this race as of last Tuesday. Figured that it would be a good test and it would also give me the opportunity to visit my Mom for her 49+ birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!)
Went in wanting to do somewhere in the 20-21 minute range - 20:32 would have been ideal, as it would have beat the recent time of one of my Lions Track Club Teammates (Hi Cathy!)
Nice day in Kingston - cool to start, but good overall. Had a good warmup - had just enough time to pick the Mayflies out of my teeth prior to starting the race. The Town Crier made a bit of a speech and off we went - 5K & 1/2 Marathon runners started at the same time, from in front of Kingston City Hall. I had a strong 1st km, bringing in a 3:57 - right on pace. Then the wheels fell off...
At the 2 km point, I started feeling really winded and the energy kinda left my legs. I was in some trouble, so I had to make a command decision - I stopped running and walked for about 20 sec. People were passing me, but I didn't care - I needed to do a "hard reset" and get back to work. I started running again and felt better. I caught a few people who had passed me, but kept an evil eye on my pace - it was measuring between 4:15 and 4:17. Afraid to go any harder, I kept at this for the next 2 km,
I picked things up a bit for the final km and came in fairly strong. I learned a few lessons here (negative splits!!!) and will put these into play at my next race - NEXT WEEKEND!!
Thanks to 1 Leg and my Mom & Dad for cheering me on!!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Running the Hills
Everyone please take note! I conquered Blair Road hill....me... the chickadee with one leg. It was tough but I now know that I can do it. The tough part was actually coming down the hill. I have no break ability on my prosthetic. So in effect, I'm hopping down the hill on the steep parts. As it slowly flattens out, I can start running again. It was a little 'out of control' on the first time down the hill. I really had no control of the speed, so I decided to just to be one with the wind. Thank goodness I didn't fall - it would have hurt - alot !!
YEAAAAHHHHHH...I did it !! Another mountain conquered.
YEAAAAHHHHHH...I did it !! Another mountain conquered.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Lots of Stuff Going On!!
It's been a while since we've put anything up here and there is A LOT GOING ON!!!
First off, we got an email from Triathlon Canada this evening - Kim has officially been named to the National Paratriathlon Team for the 2010 World Triathlon Championships being held in Budapest this September. Yay!!! We've been waiting for this word for a while now and it came at absolutely a perfect time!!
Second, Kim has recently gotten some absolutely awesome support from her coaches and a few sponsors have stepped up to the plate to support her efforts. We'll blog a bit more about that soon, as we want to give these great people the attention they deserve.
Our training has been going very well. Kim is running better than ever (as am I) and we are both swimming fairly strong. More to follow on the biking - we have to hit the roads harder!!!
Stay tuned!!
First off, we got an email from Triathlon Canada this evening - Kim has officially been named to the National Paratriathlon Team for the 2010 World Triathlon Championships being held in Budapest this September. Yay!!! We've been waiting for this word for a while now and it came at absolutely a perfect time!!
Second, Kim has recently gotten some absolutely awesome support from her coaches and a few sponsors have stepped up to the plate to support her efforts. We'll blog a bit more about that soon, as we want to give these great people the attention they deserve.
Our training has been going very well. Kim is running better than ever (as am I) and we are both swimming fairly strong. More to follow on the biking - we have to hit the roads harder!!!
Stay tuned!!
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