Early saturday morning, on a bright cold crisp overly windy blue sky day, i did my last practice run before enjoying the race. a, for some strange reason, difficult run in melbourne. yes, the wind is heavy and strong, and yes it sucks, but again, i'm used to challenges and i'll suck it up. always do and always will. feeling some ache from the red-e

Sunday morning october 16th melbourne victoria australia. time: 4:45am waking up is very easy on this very windy dark cold spring day in melbourne. my sleep was great and it's quite difficult for me to realize it's marathon morning. it's one of those morning where staying in bed would feel so great. i'm in my room located near to race start line. i

Hey fellow strangers, it's been a while, staying away from my blog, not good. this is a great tool to remain focus. 12-16 weeks of training is very long. you have to keep up the moral. let's recap a bit, here how it goes, i've been training very hard in the past three months. well, at least it felt very hard. numerous blisters, multiple skin chaffi

With january 15th almost part of history, this means i now have 6 complete weeks of training preparation before the start of the world marathon major ''tokyo marathon'' february 26th. standing at the starting line, my goal is no more than 2h42. this yield to a pace per kilometer of 3min50s. my personal best was set in 2013 at berlin marathon, 2h48m

Humm, as i'm comfortably sitting enjoying some drinks. i'll soon reflect on this race. i love reviewing what happen pre - post and during the race. for that one, i was not ready for this type of wind. it felt too often like running without moving. negative emotions and quitting thoughts were rolling thru my minds. i could't stop thinking of stoppin

The day, the famous day where you finally get to run. so many things can go wrong on that day. i've experienced many, too many i think. in 2010, 2 days before kelowna marathon, i was struck with a gastroenteritis, no way i could run. before nyc 2014, i broke my calcaneus bone and was in a cast for 6 weeks, worse, had not recovered enough to start t

February 26th 2017 location: tokyo, japan event: tokyo marathon ahhhh pressure, it can be your biggest allied, but also your worst nightmare. there's 2 ways to react under pressure, one is to thrive, the other to struggle. pressure has this subtle way to interact with the body and the mind. it plays with your emotions, which in return, interferes w

Japan's rising sun saturday morning february 25th tokyo, japan the day before the race with a personal best of 2h48m38s, i have set a goal of 2h42 for tokyo marathon. i have dedicated my past 3 months to work and training. sacrificing for 90 days. alcohol free since december 30th. rigorous training in high heat and humidity. exhausted by an avalanc

Just can't believe i'm writing this blog from melbourne australia. 24 hours ago, i was in office in singapore, still working, prior to a late evening flight relaying melbourne from singapore. from canada, it seems closer than it really is, actually, flying distance is just about 7 hours. there's also 3 hours timezone difference. flying a red eye fl

As you know by now, i'm getting ready for the melbourne marathon. sunday's long run are starting to be longer and longer, and therefore more demanding. quite challenging if the high heat and humidity stays the same as i've seen in the past few weeks. luckily, this weekend i've evaded the city skyline of singapore to get closer to beaches, nature an