I run barefoot and it works for me. But what works isn’t the fact that I am barefoot but the fact that is changed the way I run. I no longer over stride, I have a better running posture, and better running economy. I can run further, faster, longer with less overall strain on my [...]
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June 2009 - Ride For Rob 
July 2010 - Muskoka Long Course 
September 2010 - Muskoka 70.3 Ironman 
July 2011 - Ironman Lake Placid |
There is a whole slew of S%$! <insert persona here> videos floating around lately and some of them are awesome. Here are a few of my favourites! Watch them all, it is 10 minutes well wasted :)
[...] Ironman – CHECK! With my new training year starting a little early my 2011 season comes to an end. It has been a great year with some more goals knocked off the bucket list. The year started like normal with the Chilly 1/2 marathon and a PR for me albeit still a slow run at [...] HTFU, or Harden The Fuck Up, is a common triathlon/endurance sport term that can be defined as get tough! At some point during your training or a race you will want to stop and that is when you have to tell yourself to HTFU. I found five examples of people HTFU and I thought I’d [...] I saw this video floating around the other day. No matter your sport this message is for you! My 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Finish – Hear those famous words for yourself! 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Swim Start – Looking at this video I can’t believe it. Honestly it looks a lot worse than it was but damn that was madness! 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Incredible Finisher – This guy was cramped and [...] 7 Weeks 6 days! Time is flying by. But not before 5 big weeks of training get out of the way first. This would have been the biggest but the Sunday ride was cut a little short. I took part in a charity ride and we held a higher pace than expected so I finished [...] The motto for Ironman Lake Placid this year is HTFU. Today I had to take that to a whole ‘nother level. Let’s recap…. Kicked in the head on the swim – black eye, could have quit. Flew into the forest at 30MPH – shoulders scraped and bloodied, knees scrapped and bloodied, various scrapes and [...] Alright, finally ready to head out for the first race of the 2011 year. I forgot how much shit you have to pack for a triathlon! Wetsuit, bike, wheels, shoes, runners, shorts, shirt, spare workout clothes, regular clothes, nutrition the list keeps going and going and going. Thankfully I remembered this little resource from last [...] After reading Christopher McDougall’s book “Born To Run” it was pretty cool to find out he did a TED talk on the matter. I highly recommend the book but its compressed as best as it can be to 15 minutes in this video….. Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How [...] |
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