This is a very interesting TEDTalk from the organizer of the marathon in Lebanon. She talks about her own experience, and bringing a marathon event to Beirut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1K6hnm09xs

It's a beautiful day out there and I enjoyed a nice 5km run at lunch time. As ungrateful as this may sound, I'm thankful for the cooler weather at lunch time; it's so much more comfortable to run in 15C weather than 25C.

I went for a walk with a friend I haven't seen in a while. It was a nice hour-long traipse through the river valley, including two sets of stairs.

It was indeed a thrilling Thursday for me, because I did my usual lunchtime run without my right knee hurting! It was cool and sunny, and you could smell a hint (just a hint) of fall in the air. Boo fall!

Thanks for this race-report! I hadn't heard of this race, but I'm hoping that this could be a really nice challenge next year.

Thanks so much! It was so much fun that I'm already planning next year.

Taking a break today for the sake of my knee after this weekend.

Cross-posted from my running blog. I wrote this late last night and revisited this morning. I think I caught most of the rambling, but it's still a long report. I am elated to say that I have survived my first ultra-marathon! Ragnar and I went down to Crowsnest Pass and participated in the Sinister...

Picture the scene: a young admin assistant clicks on the link to an older thread, thinking that she's had that problem too, and might find some commiseration. But the link is a bit old, so maybe she'll start with the last post (not remembering that it's usually at the end of these lists that the rea...

My long runs never seem quite as hot as they did in Ontario, but I keep cool by wearing light colours, picking my time of day (lesson learned after nearly getting heat-stroke at noon on a long-run), planning my route around stopping for water refills in climate-controlled fast foot joints (I love Su...

I tried a recipe like this for the first time on Remembrance Day 2012, banana included even though I dislike banana. Then I went to a Remembrance Day ceremony and spent half of it running to and from the bathroom (fortunately, it was the West Edmonton Mall ceremony!). I blamed it on the banana. Turn...

I think the biggest aid for my continuous healthy eating habits is the way I shop for food. I do the outside-in method of shopping, where I hit the veggie/fruit section first (helpfully placed at the entrance of the store) so I fill my cart up with that, then proceed to meats, then dairy, and finall...

Despite my legs being sore from two days in a row of physical activity (I've been lazy!), I went out for a run at lunch today because it's just so nice out there. After about a kilometer, the ache faded and I enjoyed a very pleasant time in the warm sun. Runs like this are worth all the sore muscles...

Went out for a beautiful run at work - 15C, a light breeze, the sun was shining, and I didn't have to stop once for a walk break! I am really glad I got out there today.

Which reminds me to e-mail the city and mention a cracked board on the Walterdale bridge sidewalk...

Our regular lunchtime run was a bit slower because I kept having to take walk breaks because it's so warm out there, and I haven't acclimated yet!

Not that I'm complaining, mind - I'll take this over last Monday's weather any day.

Did a 5k in the river valley, trying to shake off some stress. The weather started off really cold but down next to the river, it was quite pleasant.

a third explosion is confirmed, but they're not saying if it's related. :/ At JFK in New York, no less. JFK library in Boston - not the airport. I corrected myself earlier...but I should go back and edit my post since everybody keeps catching my mistake. :roll: I'm fighting off a migraine and lacki...

I don't know if this is helpful to anyone in Boston, but my friend posted: Canadians in #Boston needing emergency assistance can reach the Consulate General at (617) 247-5100. #Canada #bostonmarathon

Reuters has said there was another explosion at JFK Library. (secondhand)

The FAA have closed airspace over the explosion site, perhaps that's part of the confusion. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22160978 at 2120)

Someone on my FB list mentioned it might have been a gas explosion... but while I'd like to believe it was a horrible accident, I am suspicious because of the placement, timings between explosions, and day.

Do we have any more runners there?

A lunchtime ~5km under clear blue skies, but a cold wind that dropped -2C to -9C! I feel like my legs are in hibernation and I'm trying to haul them out.

My coworker and I equally dragged each other out to go for an admittedly short and almost-sweet run at lunch today. Neither of us really wanted to go but in the absence of wanting to be the one to kill the going out of a run, we ended up going. The worst of the run was the blowing-snow-inna-face. St...

I have been remiss in my running, but finally jumped back into my running shoes (rather than partake in a slightly-overwhelming work social event) today for a nice 5k in the sunshine.

While Mike Sobel is proud to advertise that tomorrow is Spring, I'm gonna go with the Onion's view on things.

I would not be running outside in Ontario's weather right now, that's for sure! Now that I'm back in Alberta, I find I don't mind running up to about -18C, depending on wind-chill. This is a far cry from my wimpy self last year where I couldn't bring myself to run outside in -5C. Still, I can't wait...