Shawsers in Training

Hi everyone: Just thought I would post about my most recent purchase, the SLS3 compression socks. I have been having very tight calfs in training for the Hamilton Marathon in Nov. So I decided to try something to resolve the issue, next to of course regular massages and extra stretching. I will give you an update in a few weeks as to how the calf recovery is going. As I stated earlier, I am currently in training for the Hamilton marathon in Nov. I am now training 4 days a week running a mixing some biking and weight training as well. I am also now looking at getting a new pair of training shoes as my old Mizuno Wave Riders are now worn out and actually hurting my feet. I am looking at the Mizuno Wave Precision 11 shoe, which I will be trying out tonight at Running Free in Newmarket. blessings, Jason

Well it is finally here, my main race of the year, the Peterborough Half Ironman on Sunday, July 4th. I didn't train as much as a did last year but I trained just as hard in a shorter time. I am feeling good and ready to race, can't wait for the race weekend. Weather is to be nice and should be a great race day out there. Blessings,

Even with a tough hilly course, hot temperatures and humidity that was unexpected I still had my second best marathon time: 3hours and 7secs for a 3rd place over all finish in the Whitby Marathon. Even with wearing my new Saucony Fastwitch 4 shoes which I bought only the day before the race and did a 2 mile run in, the shoes were great, considering I have never worn them before. All in all it was a great day for me, and I actually felt great after the race, which has never happened before. But praise the Lord for sustaining me through the race and being with me and guiding me all the way. Now onto to a quick recovery as I am doing the Persechini Easter Seals 10km run/walkathon (http://www.persechinirun.org) on Sunday, May 30th. Then training for the Peterborough Half-Ironman on Sunday, July 4th. Blessings, Jason

Well I did it, I am officially insane.....I completed my Insanity workout series last week. It is a great series if you really want to push your limits and see what you are made of. I always like to find new challenging workouts and races to do. I am now focusing 100% on my triathlon training in my workouts. I love getting back on the bike and doing my rides. I actually had my first ride outside last week with my wife, which was actually her first ride on her first road bike. I was very proud of her and how well she did especially riding in the traffic in Newmarket, not always easy for beginners. But she did it and didn't even fall of her bike once, but there was one close call when we first started. anyways more updates to follow now

Well I finally officially started my triathlon training now. Started with a run and a bike so far, just starting out nice and easy for a steady build. As I am still doing my Insanity workouts daily and am half way done that workout series. I haven't been in the pool yet, but plan to very soon as well. Just getting back into the running and biking mainly now and it feels good. Can't wait to try out my new Mizuno Wave Riders outside this week as well. Blessings,

I went for my first run in a few weeks. I did almost 9 miles in just over an hour, not bad for not even starting my running training yet. But I felt good most of way, until the last mile where some things were starting to tighten up. I also pre-ordered my Team Running Free gear today, which is cool, I am very excited to be a part of this team this year. I also went to Running Free in Newmarket to check out some of their new products and also had a good talk with John Posca who filled me in on some details about the plans for the Newmarket location, which was cool. Anyways, happy valentines day to everyone Blessings!

This is my first entry to start off my new blog for 2010. This blog will mainly be about my athletic training and races I do throughout the year. I have decided to start off the new year with a goal of lowering my body fat, which is now a contest between my wife Susan and I and our neighbours. We started the challenge on Wednesday, January 6th and it goes for 3 months until Wednesday, March 31. My body fat started at 15%, and we are not just over one month into the contest. I know I am loosing inches on my stomach and putting on some muscle mass and have been sticking to a fairly strict low carb high protein diet, so I know I am loosing body fat. I started out with the P90X workout series in Jan. but at the start of Feb. started the new Insanity workout series from the makers of P90X...Beachbody. I have to say the Insanity work outs are insane as they push your anaerobic threshold mainly with cardio and interval training using your own body weight. I am starting week 3 of this