Update
September 2013
67 Days till the WTM!!! Looking for sponsors while I continue to train, it doesn’t have to be much as little as $25 helps me get closer, or get a group together and each pitch in $10. Would really like to have this sponsoring out of the way so I can focus more on training. If you can help click on the Sponsor link and thanks so much in advance!
Update
August 2013
Well here we are 2 races left before the big one (WTM) I will be running the Blood Sweat and Tears race in Ottawa Aug 31st (https://www.muddsweatandtears.com), and the GNAR race in North Bay in September (https://www.greatnorthernadventurerace.info/)
New Updates on goals - my plan to earn a double trifecta did not come to pass so Triple Trifecta is the goal next year
June 15 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint(5K) (Unfortunately I was only permitted to run 2 races due to commitments previously made) Finished Top 4% in both races that day out of 8000 competitors
June 16 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint(5K)) (Unfortunitly I was only permitted to run 2 races due to commitments previously made)
Finished Top 4% in both races that day out of 5000 competitors
Sunday - https://my.trumin.com/
June 30th (Montreal)- Spartan Super (17K) I was able to only run 1 race that day due to a serious mental block, I earned my first Trifecta
Finished Top 3% in of 6000 competitors
Super results https://my.trumin.com/results/1945122424.html
July 7th (Montreal) - Tough Mudder(17K) - COMPLETED in 1hour 30 minutes
Finished top 1% out of 3000 competitors
July 21st (Ottawa) - Spartan Beast(25K) - COMPLETED in 3 hours on the nose bettering my time from last year by 25 minutes and placing in the top 50
Finished top 3% out of 1800 competitors
Beast Results https://my.trumin.com/results/1284469409.html
June 2013
Due to poor planning and over commitment on my part I was not able to partake in the record breaking 5 Spartan Sprints I had initially planned, this will be next years goal.
New Updates on goals - I plan STILL PLAN on earning a Double Trifecta this summer
June 15 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint(5K) (Unfortunitly I was only permitted to run 2 races due to commitments previously made)
June 16 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint(5K)) (Unfortunitly I was only permitted to run 2 races due to commitments previously made)
NEXT RACE - June 30th (Montreal)- Spartan Super (17K) (I am now going to run in 2 heats) I will earn my first Trifecta this weekend
July 7th (Montreal) - Tough Mudder(17K)
July 21st (Ottawa) - Spartan Beast(25K) - I will earn my second Trifecta on this race
May 2013
Alright time to turn it up, through FitnessBlenders, I have created my own compilation of HIIT workouts which is about 65 min in total which I do 4 times a week, plus my 80+K I am logging.
Here is my workout - Neall's workout
New Updates on goals - I plan on earning a double trifecta this summer
June 15 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint(5K) (Breaking the record and running 5 races in one day, 4 is the record)
June 16 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint(5K)) (running 5 races in one day, AGAIN)
June 30th (Montreal)- Spartan Super (17K) (I am now going to run in 2 heats)
July 7th (Montreal) - Tough Mudder(17K)
July 21st (Ottawa) - Spartan Beast(25K)
New Race - Going back home to race this one September 21, 2013 at Canadore College https://www.greatnorthernadventurerace.info./index.html
WORLDS TOUGHEST MUDDER - November 2013
March 2013
I think I need to get on my Web master (AKA Daughter) about updating my site. Completed my Physio in February and had my consult with my Neurologist last week. All is well he sees no reason to operate and gave me the green light "Go for it" best comment of the visit "Good news you’re not dying" he was the same Dr. successfully performed my disc fusion 8 years ago.
Little did he know that 2 weeks before seeing him I bough myself the Eastern Conference Canadian Season pass for the Spartan Races and well committed to the Trifecta and as many other Spartan races I want to do in Eastern Canada as a warm up for the WTM.
I also registered for the Tough Mudder race in Montreal
Here are my race dates
June 15 (Ottawa) - Spartan Sprint
June 30th (Montreal)- Spartan Super
July 7th (Montreal) - Tough Mudder
July 21st (Ottawa) - Spartan Beast
The Thing here is, if I can squeeze in the other Spartan Sprint on the 16th in Ottawa and find another Super to hit in May I can have a Double Trifecta which would be a great accomplishment.
So the Training has stepped up I am now using the Runtastic suite of apps for my training
Runtastic - For my runs
The Runtastic PUMP IT Series - for Push-ups. Chin-ups, Sit-ups and Squats
Runtastic Timer - for my Tabata timing for my Burpees (No real link but if you search for it at the Apple Store or Android Market you will find it.
For the rest of the winter until the trails open up (April I am hoping) I am aiming at 3 X 21Ks a week with other training in between.
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Jan 2013
It’s been nearly 2 months since the WTM. Here is what happened
1 mile from the 4th lap I in 30th place, running strong feeling great (100% actually) when I completed my first swim across the pond (approx 75 - 100 m) then began my 20ft climb up the Pirate Booty.
Near the top of the climb my arms went numb and I lost strength in my arms and fell into the shin deep water below, not wanting to quit (and the adrenalin kicking in) I attempted 2 more tries falling both times (once on a fellow Mudder, thankfully he was not injured).
On my 4th try (Thanks to fellow Mudders) I managed to get up the Pirate Booty and began to run to the next obstacle (the swim back under water tunnels).
As I was running back I realized my right arm was completely numb, being that I had had a disc fusion of my C6/C7 vertebra 8 years prior I was well aware of what that feeling meant.
I spent many minutes talking to myself, trying to figure out what to do, being that there were mandatory climbing obstacles and that fact that I knew what type of Injury I had, I felt it best to pull out of the competition, this was the hardest decision I had made.
Once I got home I had an MRI done and visited my Chiropractor. Turns out I had 3 displaced ribs, neck hyper extension, and a Herniated disc between my C4/C5 that sticks out 7mm in the front and 3mm out the back of my vertebra.
So I have been in Physio 3 times a week, plus chiropractor and slowly getting back to normal, I still have numbness in my fingers and the strength in my arm is returning.
I am back training and preparing for 2013, and I am gunning for Top 10 at this year’s WTM!
Stay tuned
