Running in Year 2023 (Goal 2023 km)

Sunday, September 29, 2019


25 K long run today along Toronto waterfront.

YTD = 1342.1 K

Registered for next Sunday's Picton full marathon.

Heading west on Martin Goodman Trail -- close to CNE

View of Lake Ontario. To the right are numerous people practicing yoga. 

Ontario Place



View of downtown Toronto
 




Boardwalk - heading west to Humber River Bridge




Turnaround - Humber River Bridge

Saturday, September 21, 2019

26 K run today

Today's long run of 26 K:

(YTD = 1296.9 K)

Most amazing water fountain ever! 

St. Lawrence Market 

Distillery District

Distillery District

View of Lake Ontario

Another view of Lake Ontario

Harbourfront

Martin Goodman Trail

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Terry Fox 3 K Walk

Took Elmo to the Terry Fox 3 K walk this morning. There were about 20 dogs on the walk.

Photo with Jefferson, wolf mascot. 

Opening ceremony

We're off!

I have never seen this - the bulldog is so happy!

1 K done

Photo at 1.5 K mark.

Saturday, September 14, 2019

That Dam Hill Ultra Marathon - 51.19 K


Made the trek to London, ON this morning for the That Dam Hill race. Signed up for the full marathon and was able to change to the 24 hour race so I could reach ultra marathon distance.

The 8 AM start this morning consisted of the half, full, and 24 hour. There is also a 12 hour race that starts at 8 PM. The route is 2.25 km and consists of running the loop enough times to reach the needed distance. The first loop is a partial distance.

In total, I ran the loop 22 times. Distance = 51.19 K. Finish time 7:55:45.

Below photos show highlights of a loop:

Loop is tracked with a time mat.

TV monitor tracks the time of loop, number of loops, and current time

Gatorade and water every 2.25 K



Washroom

This is where we originally started.



Time mat prior to the hill

The hill

A bit downhill


The dam at the left of photo




I thought this is the hill

Turnaround to end of loop - uphill incline here as well


Food station is buffet style - donuts, pizza at 3 hour mark, oranges, bananas, watermelon, candy, chips, cholocatde

Not many spectators
Scenic

Selfie prior to going past the time mat for the last time. 

Finisher's medal