QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

It has been great to get back in the grove doing my own training and focusing only on the Suwa Ko Half Marathon on Oct 28 -- that means only 5 weeks of hard training before a taper week....Did a relaxed 18k on Saturday with my Rosedale group and did a tempo 5 k yesterday followed by 10 on the bike..........Today I had a great morning workout -- 9.5 k in 58:30 -- that was my run/walk day -- I have found a cricket pitch near my house and that gives me a 500meter grass track around the outside to use -- much easier on the knees Stephen -- it makes an incredible difference -- no knee discomfort afterwards at all.........I ran one side, racewalked the other side and did recovery walks on the corners -- I really enjoyed this one................Now that I have had about an hour of recovery time, I am on my way out to do 15k on the bike -- I have set a program for Suwa Ko which aims to do 800km total mileage in the next 5 weeks -- 60-70km per week walking and then the remainder(90-100km) on the bike -- I have found the bike to be just a different type of cardio workout and it seems to be helping........

On the other side of my walking life - clinics --- here is the latest --- The Running Room, although I am meeting with one of the management committee on Thursday, still seems reluctant to do an Advanced Walking Clinic -- so I am branching out on my own -- it will be the "Ultimate A Team" Advanced Clinic -- already have 15 people committed to it, a large Toronto organization is donating space in their building as a meeting room and place to change, use washrooms etc. -- this will be for those who have taken clinics in the past, and want to get faster, stronger and who want to COMPETE!!! That is the key -- and the workouts wont be for the faint of heart......This clinic is open and NO COST -- just for love of the sport -- will begin in November after I return from Japan and will be Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings -- this way it will not conflict with the club walks at the Running Room for anyone who is involved with any of their programs.

If anyone is interested please email me at allanmedd@hotmail.com

Cheers all and have a great day