“Slow” What can I tell you? This was not a great week for running quickly. My PR goal for the year is 3:45, which in of itself is a challenge (12 mins off my current …
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The Road to Vancouver – Part 2
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The Road to Vancouver – Update #1
So, here we go again. 15 weeks or so until I step across the start line at my next marathon, which will once again be back in the beautiful city of Vancouver B.C. One year …
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Looking for a job? Start running.
If you’ve ever been to “Interviewer Skills” training, or been briefed by a recruiter prior to conducting an interview, you will no doubt have been told that “past performance is the best gauge to future …
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Don’t call this a New Year’s Resolution
It’s that time of year when people all over the world think about committing themselves to some kind of goal or challenge for the year ahead. Lose weight, give up smoking, get a new job, …
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File Under ‘wish I’d done that’.
Check out this great video – made by a chap called Ben Redmond – Grand Prix winner of the Getty Images MishMash Music Video competition. Any runner will get this, and love this. Nice work …
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Stopping to smell the roses
Something I’ve had feedback on in the past is that I don’t take the time to pause, reflect and enjoy an achievement or accomplishment. I’ve heard it at work, and I’ve seen it in myself …
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Help me pick my next marathon
Three weeks on from Victoria, and I’m getting scratchy, irritable and frustrated. The main reason for this is a part planned, part enforced break from my regular running schedule. Planned, because I don’t think I’ve …
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Reasons to Run #1 – Turning Bad Moods Good
You get home from work, and it’s been ‘one of those days’. You’re tired, your boss moved the goalposts on you again, the commute home was a bitch, it’s cold and wet and you are …
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Some thoughts looking back at the Victoria Marathon
I’ve had a few days to recuperate and reflect on last weeks’ Victoria Marathon and thought I’d share a few of the lessons I learned along the way. 1. Having a specific goal for the …
