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Turn on the taps: water will boost your run performance
My Sun Run clinic leader Rainy Kent says she can tell when someone is dehydrated. We were outside running on the track Wednesday and it was dark so she wasn’t looking specifically at me, but I felt a...
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Marking a milestone: halfway through Sun Run training
The sun was shining for us Sunday when we hit the trails for our “halfway 5k” run at Burnaby Lake. I didn’t run because I was still nursing a sore calf from the hills we climbed in our last clinic, but...
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Don’t overdue it with Sun Run training, the rest is worth it
I’m back! I admit I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. A few weeks ago I pulled a calf muscle and it put me out of running contention for more than a week. And when I returned to training last week, I...
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Gearing up for the Sun Run; don’t burn out before the big day
There was a moment last week when I felt like superwoman. And when I say moment, I mean 30 seconds. We were doing our hill training and had just started our 30-second sprints. I flew up the hill....
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Less is more in Sun Run training; minimalist shoes lead the way
Let’s talk shoes. When I first started running, I was having issues. My bunions were a problem. So was my knee. I was just waiting for the injuries to start cropping up. I tried two pairs of new shoes...
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Hitting the ground running: Sun Run around the corner
The Sun Run is just around the corner. After 12 weeks of training, I should be ready for this. But I’m not making any promises. Chances are I could still trip over a speedbump. Or pull a muscle. Or go...
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A Sun Run miracle, minimalist shoes do wonders for the soles
I did it. And it didn’t hurt, or maim or kill me. For the first time in the Sun Run, I wasn’t watching the sidelines for the kilometre markers. And when I hit the hill to get on the Burrard Street...
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Kelly Sinoski: Inspired to run by health, books and a desire to survive
Everybody has different motivations to lace up their runners and hit the streets for a short, long or marathon run. Some just want to get back on the health track: knock off some extra pounds, get in...
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Kelly Sinoski: Get in the right gear for running
Never underestimate your under-armour. That was the advice we got the other day from the effervescent Vanda Borean, owner of Rackets and Runners and purveyor of fine running knowledge who put on show...
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Kelly Sinoski: Recovery week a blessing for tired, injured runner
I don’t like being sidelined. A friend of mine once suggested I’m like a puppy in a playground. If there’s something going on I’m usually excitedly running around in circles trying to get in on the...
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Kelly Sinoski: Light up your Sun Run training
The big theme at our Sun Run training this year is lights. Indeed, our training leader has lights on her fingers and lights on her toes, and well, to mangle a nursery rhyme, lights on her person...
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Kelly Sinoski: Sun Run couch runner
We hit our halfway mark this week in our Sun Run training. But while my training buddies were racing around Burnaby Lake in the Halfway 5k, I was tucked in a blanket on the couch, trying to fend off...
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