Tag: Race planning

• GUEST BLOG #2 – Why do you run?

  Hello again. Today’s guest blog is my friend Karen.  Last year I coached Karen to run a half-marathon at the Toronto Marathon – coincidentally its almost 1 year ago since Karen raced.  I truly loved watching Karen’s confidence in herself grow after each run.  Most weekly schedules I gave her, she would be nervous about the […]

  GMacSpurr Coaching

  April 23, 2018

  Guest Blog Series – Why Do You Run?, MOVEMENT, Tips, Training

  goal setting, half marathon, How I started running, motivation, MOVEMENT, race goals, race pace, Race planning, Runner, runner advice, Running coach, Running goals, Training, why do you run

• CHASING A UNICORN – BOSTON MARATHON

  It was a good job I had today off of work as I was glued to Instagram.  My IG feed was 90% Boston Marathon.  It was incredible! The weather, oh boy the weather was horrific, I can’t even imagine how difficult running today would have been.  But I was so inspired, motivated, and in awe […]

  GMacSpurr Coaching

  April 17, 2018

  All About Me, Coach G, MOVEMENT, Training

  Boston marathon, Chasing a unicorn, GMacSpurr, GMacSpurr Coaching, goal setting, motivation, MOVEMENT, race goals, Race planning, Runner, Running coach, Running goals, Training, Unicorn

• HOW TO DECIDE ON A RACE GOAL

  I was standing at the bus stop on my way to work this morning, and I started thinking about my race goal for the Oak Bay half marathon in May.  I’m half way through my training cycle for this race, which has now got me thinking about whether my race goal is realistic. I say […]

  GMacSpurr Coaching

  March 29, 2018

  All About Me, Coach G, MOVEMENT, Tips, Training

  GMacSpurr, GMacSpurr Coaching, goal setting, half marathon, MOVEMENT, oak bay half, race goals, race pace, Race planning, Runner, Running coach, Running goals, runningmotivation, runningtips, Training, vegan

• HERE’S WHAT’S IN MY RUNNING HYDRATION BELT

  I’m an over-packer. There I said it. I can’t go away for a night without a decent-sized suitcase, I take things ‘just in case’. So my hydration belt is kinda no different. You will see runners who carry nothing with them, not even a bottle of water, running care-free wherever their feet take them. Well […]

  GMacSpurr Coaching

  February 6, 2018

  All About Me, Coach G, MOVEMENT, Running Accessories, Tips, Training

  GMacSpurr, GMacSpurr Coaching, hydration belt, HYDRATION PACK, MOVEMENT, NATHAN, nathanhydrationbelt, Race planning, Runner, running, Running Accessories, Training

• RACE-CATION EXPERIENCE AT THE WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON

  My first race-cation experience was this January at the Walt Disney World Marathon in Florida.  Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved the race (see my previous blog post), but I’m not a fan of race-cations (yet!). Here are my positives and negatives to race-cations (yes I have only done one, but these are my […]

  GMacSpurr Coaching

  January 25, 2018

  All About Me, Coach G, MOVEMENT, Race Recap, Tips

  GMacSpurr, GMacSpurr Coaching, MOVEMENT, Race planning, Race Recap, race-cation, run, RunDisney, Runner, running, running tips, WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON, WDWmarathon

• WHEN A PLAN DOESN’T GO TO PLAN

  I’m a planner.  I have to-do-lists on top of to-do-lists, but really when it comes down to it, I’m a champion procrastinator.  So when it came to planning my 29 week schedule (to PB at a 5K and half-marathon, and have a fun and safe 10K and marathon), I had it planned out in my […]

  GMacSpurr Coaching

  July 13, 2017

  All About Me, Coach G, Fitness, MOVEMENT, Training

  10K, 5K, GMacSpurr, GMacSpurr Coaching, half marathon, marathon, November Project, Race planning, Runner, running, running motivation, Running with Mono