http://www.holdway.com Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:24:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Man that was tough. I wanted to finish under 3 hours and was right on pace until about 34 kilometres. I went out a little too hard at first - I did the first 10k just under 40 minutes. I went through the half-way point in 1.25.42 ... http://www.holdway.com/2007/10/15/the-marathon-2/ The Prince Island Marathon is four weeks from today and I'm all signed up and ready to go. I ran 34km today in about 2.50. One more really long run next weekend and I'll start to slowly cut down the kilometres so that I am fresh on race ... http://www.holdway.com/2007/09/16/four-weeks-to-go/ I ran the Cobequid Trail 10k this morning in Truro. I ran it mainly as a tune-up run to see where I am training wise. Because of my injury this spring, I missed most of the races so there is no way I can qualify for any of ... http://www.holdway.com/2007/08/26/cobequid-trail-10k/ Or if you like, before my last haircut. Go to http://simpsonizeme.com/ to see what you look like when you're yellow. http://www.holdway.com/2007/08/13/me-as-a-simpson/ On Monday, I did my first race of the year - the Dartmouth Natal Day 6 Miler. That is just a shade under 10km for those of you who can't convert metric to imperial. I did it in 37.03 which was good for 15th place. Not bad ... http://www.holdway.com/2007/08/10/first-race-of-the-year/ From Stage 18 of this year's tour - 27 July 2007. The rider who went down first, Sandy Casar, in the white, came back to win the stage http://www.holdway.com/2007/08/04/more-dogs-and-bikes/ Here's an interesting article on doping in sport from Jemele Hill on espn.com: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/070731 http://www.holdway.com/2007/07/31/doping-in-sport/ Maybe Marcus Burghardt should be doping too! From Stage 9 of this year's Tour - 17 July 2007. http://www.holdway.com/2007/07/28/watch-out/ http://www.holdway.com/2007/07/23/me/ For the past month and a half, I have been dealing with Iliotibial Band Syndrome. I tried to get back into full training too fast after my three week Ecuador break. I followed all the short-term tips such as stretching and time off but it's still there. ... http://www.holdway.com/2007/05/05/no-mas-marathon/