Introduction

Hello fans! Thank you for visiting my blog. As you may have read in my profile, my plan is to use this blog to write about my rediscovered passion for running.

First, I think I will give a little history of my running:

2003 Sun Run (10K) - 48:17
2003 Pacific Spirit Run (10K trail run) - 47:05
2003 Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon - 1:46:08
2004 Sun Run - 50:41
2004 Scotiabank Half Marathon - 1:56:42
2005 Scotiabank Half Marathon - 2:21:10

Oh it looks like it's been more than 2 years since I've been actively involved in races. My 2005 result for the half marathon was so horrible but that's because I didn't train at all for it. I just entered to race to keep the streak alive. I was in so much PAIN at the end and for the next week. I think I was popping close to 10 Motrins a day for a few days! I won't make that mistake again.

My main goal for this year is to complete the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon in under 1:45. The date is June 24, 2007. I have a few tune-up races planned between now and my big day.

I'm currently training for my training program which begins on March 4. I'm currently in week 3 of my pre-training phase. I'm currently logging 15-20 kilometers per week with my long run only being 5 km. The pre-training phase includes 4 runs per week: 1 long run, 1 tempo run, and 2 easy runs. When I get to the real training, I will be running 5 days per week and peaking at over 50 km per week! I can't imagine that. I never really trained properly in the past for my runs. I was just in general good shape and I ran 5k about 3 times per week.

The runs that I have planned for the next few months are as follows:

March 11, 2007 - Harry's Spring Run Off (8 km)
March 25, 2007 - Run Inn Sane (10 km trail run) - tentative
April 15, 2007 - Vancouver Sun Run (10 km)
June 24, 2007 - Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon

Then I'll recover for about 2 weeks and get right back at it and prepare for another half in October. I'm thinking either Victoria, Bellingham, Kelowna, or San Diego if I feel that I deserve a vacation. Right now I'm leaning towards Bellingham due to the proximity and also it will be the inaugural event. But part of me would prefer to run San Jose because it's a full-half instead of half of a full. It's just a mental thing - I feel like I've only run half of the race if I do half of a full marathon. I guess I'll have to get over it since the half-marathon isn't a popular enough distance to merit enough of their own events yet. My goal for next year is to run the full marathon, but I still have a lot of work to do before that. On the way to my October half, I'm sure I'll do a few 10 k events around Vancouver in the summer. One that comes to mind is in July I believe. It's called Summerfast and it's very memorable to me because I remember I signed up for it one year and I showed up a day late! I was wondering why nobody was there.

I think that's enough for now. Wish me luck on my journey!

2008 - Full marathon - Vancouver and New York, Honolulu, or Chicago