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So its Thursday May 13th and its raining...so what else is there to do aside from staying in? how about 5K...sounds good.

First I would like to thank my previous employer who shall not be named (KS) for supplying me with a multitude of training gear for any weather. New balance is the only thing that touches my body hahaha (thats for Figs) its an inside joke, anyways... seriously everything I run in is New Balance...the shoes, socks, shirts, jacket etc. Not that I know any other brands other then Nike I'm going to have to say that the New Balance stuff gets the job done well.

I'm sure you've noticed that I don't really care about organizing my thoughts so I'm just going to write whatever....

first....you wanna know what I listen to when I run?

well Im not in the mood to write it out right now, but I have some Jay-Z, Notorious BIG, P-diddy, Drake, Lil Wayne...then switch it up with some rise against, rage against the machine, beasty boys, and a bunch more that I can't think of...eventually I'll put up a play list for ya

I was killing time at work today and was reading a whole bunch of articles on running, and what not and I came across a bunch of cool ones

There was one by Simon Whitfield...(2 time Canadian Olympic medalist) it was about your pace while you run...in fact even more specifically was training your pace if that makes sense to you...so that you basically have a pace memorized for your run. If you wanna get into running definitely a great read.

here's the link

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/should-i-be-pacing-myself-or-going-all-out-when-im-training/article1567399/

another thing I came across today was a pretty cool gadget made by adidas its called the MiCoach...it's pretty much a watch, heart rate monitor, run pacer, and miniature coach. I though it was a pretty awesome little thing...it actually speaks to you through head phones, and is compatible with any mp3 player....it tell you about your pace, whether to speed up or slow down, or keep up the good work, based on a test run, and your progression. definitely a cool tool check it out

here's the link

http://www.adidas.com/ca/micoach/#Start/sdf/mdf

what else.....how about my training schedule?

http://www.runningroom.com/hm/inside.php?id=3133

My race is October 17th...now you might think that's lot's of time...but I'm not the kind of person who is just doing this for the sake of doing it...since this is a "Race" I'm in it to win it now I already know I'm probably not going to win, but my goal is to at least beat 50% of the people in it...Now last year there were 200 people in my age category which is 24 and under...the winner did it in 1:10:59 and the 100th person did it in 1:54 so that's my benchmark I need to beat, and I can only go up from there.

Back to today...I ran 5k (5.28 exactly) in 24:36 which puts me on pace give or take for a 2 hour 20k my 5k goal is under 22 minutes easily now today might not be the best considering the rain, and the temperature, and me snot rocketing every few blocks but you get the point.

Another thing is, ever now and then I see someone I know when I'm running and thanks for the honk, or the TSIAKOS!!!! out the window...its much appreciated...I'm gonna post my route so you can come swing by and yell obscenities if you see me, its motivating

this is my normal 5k

http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/ca/on/scarborough/666127008930147689

Next I wanna tell you about me a bit more if you care...or just scroll on a bit more....

lets call today day 1 for benchmarking sake here are my stats

Hight 5'10
Weight 192 lbs (and jacked) hahaha

I was at the gym and was talking to this huge black dude who works there as a trainer about my running and first thing he says is you can't run 20k like that...you're too big...I said duhhh...I asked have any advice? he said get small.... I thought no way.....re-tard haha end of story....just thought it was funny


ummm that's all I got for now...thanks for reading

oh anddddd this has a bunch of cool stuff you should check out if you're in to running and what not or thinking of getting into it

http://www.runningroom.com/hm/inside.php?lang=1&id=2732

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