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Maraton w Toronto wymaga solidnych przygotowań. Należy pracowicie spędzić czas w ośrodkach sportowych w Niagara Falls, Alliston i Cheltenham. Ważnym elementem treningu jest zabawa biegowa wśród spadających liści.

Niagara Falls I

Niagara Falls II

Jesień w okolicach Alliston, Ontario

Badlands w pobliżu Cheltenham, Ontario

Nieliczni cieszą się przed startem, pozostali są niewyspani.

Najważniejszy jest pan z rurą. Im większa rura, tym ważniejszy pan.

Ten biegacz w żółtej koszulce to znany nam amator z Serbii. Przepraszam, już nie amator.

Biegowe mięso armatnie podąża za elitą.

Na 20. kilometrze można zrobić zakupy w St. Lawerence Market…

… albo podziwiać Gooderham Building

Bardzo podziwiam tych, którzy biegną na 40. kilometrze.

Czy już pisałem, że bardzo podziwiam tych, którzy biegną na 40. kilometrze.

Duża radość na mecie, powody wyjaśnione w komentarzach.

Everybody seemed to have enjoyed our first practice along the banks of the Credit River last Thursday. The four of us had met after work at the top of Culham Trail, run about 4 km south and returned to the starting point. We followed the wavy route that included two pedestrian bridges, two road crossings, noticeable variations in the elevation and one steep climb on the way back. The surface was mostly gravel with the steeper slopes paved.

The weather was perfect. We’d met other groups engaged in running or walking, but the place was not as crowded as it would had been on a weekend. Tony and Mike enthusiastically run ahead without really knowing where they were going, but fortunately they got lost only for a moment. Sharon and I took it easy, enjoying it nevertheless. We are already planning how to get other folks at TD to join us, so we can form groups of a similar level of fitness to enjoy our running sessions even more. The empty trails are waiting.

More about the Culham Trail from the cyclist’s point of view: Credit River – Culham Trail.

Pictures to the right: Pedestrian bridge over the Credit River near Pinecliff Park at the end of Pine Cliff Drive.

This is what I propose for our first joint workout. The route marked in red is about 2.5 km long. It starts at a parking lot less than 5 min. away from the office, where we can change, and runs up to River Grove Community Centre, where we can rest or drink water if thirsty. If everybody feells strong, we can continue along the Credit River or go back to the starting point.

The running should take no longer than an hour, including 5 min. warmup, 5-10 stretching, about 40 min. run and 5 min. cooldown. I know the place well, the ground is soft and easy on the knees. It was wet recently, but it will most likely dry up. An uphill stretch before the Community Centre will give us a solid workout just before the rest midway.

Let me know if you like this plan or propose something similar, you may leave your comments under this post. However we choose, we should try to avoid streets and traffic during the rush hours.

I used SportTrack, excellent open source exercise logbook software, to draw the map.

Briefs, boxers or commando question will be addressed soon.

Coming up: Briefs, boxers or commando – about the running gear…