Well here I am, like most Canadians, dealing with the post Olympic syndrome. Now that we're over the hype, I think we'll all agree that these Olympics have left us with a renewed motivation to be more active, especially after seeing all that diversity of winter sport.
For me tonight is an 8k run and tomorrow is a kayak paddle down St. George way. Now that's diversity, eh?
Last time I described cadence and how important it is to running efficiency. As I mused on this in the aftermath, I thought of all the times it has been mentioned to me by others. Darrell Travis gave a talk on this many years ago and I never forgot. Darrell's definetly got cadence as shown by his marathon results and most recently in Florida with another 3:20 marathon. Another source for this was from a discipline I follow called Chi Running. Check it out if you like at www.chirunning.com
Another guy who's showing real cadence is Eric Gillis. Eric, from Ontario, spoke at last year's Saint John Half Marathon about his exploits as an elite 10k runner. This year he toke his exploits a notch higher by running the Houston Marathon in 2:13:50. Now that's an Olympic performance. Keep an eye on this guy in the future. I'm sure he's going to be another athlete to make Canadians proud.
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