Runners to take over Yonge Street

Well, for a bit over an hour.. The Sporting Life 10K guys have managed to get the entire course, northbound and southbound, car free! This is great.. I vaguely recall having to stick to one side of the road last year.

Sporting Life 10K loot

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Originally uploaded by yumkerun.

The T-shirt last year was white, with blue lettering. This year, it's blue, with white lettering. Anyhow, I liked last year's shirt, not for running, but for wearing around the house. Now, there are a few comments to make.

First, yes, remove the 1 from my bib number and i'm battling with 666. Great.. is this an omen of how i'll do on Sunday? Best not to think.

Second, I was scoping out the course on my way up to the Sporting Life and was reminded about one particular uphill stretch.. I'm not complaining, cause it's really downhill from Yonge and Egg...Anyways, two days of rest, lots of carbs to eat. It'll be a fun run, as I have no expectations or real desire to set a PB.

Final run

Well, until Sunday morning at 9 a.m. I did a 5K city jog/run/sprint this morning.. Now it's rest time...

Intervals..

I usually throw in fast mini-runs, or farklets, in the middle of most of my runs. Today, four days before the Sporting Life 10K, I thought i'd schedule in 4X400 intervals at 5K race pace... Hard to do without a track, I decided to do it by feel. I'm glad I did, cause it really reminds you what it is like to run your ass off during a race (which we all do).

Did 10K to Cherry Beach. I have one run left this week, tomorrow morning, before I take two days of rest.

Oh yeah, about 10 days until the Mississauga Half Marathon... yikes..

Long run (yesterday)...

15K to the Humber bridge and back on Sunday.. Lots of people doing a charity walk, which meant a very crowded boardwalk. On the bright side, one runner was running a quick pace, so I used him to pace myself. Sporting Life 10K is less than seven days from now. I may run Tuesday night after coming back from a work trip.. Then my last quick run on Wednesday before I taper for the last three days..