Author Archives: Pamela Ross

About Pamela Ross

Pam is a new runner, running her first 5k race at last year’s RBC Race for the Kids. Follow her blog as she trains for the 15k race this year.

And the crowd went wild!

  I don’t know about you, but I was just astounded by the crowds and the terrific vibe at the race on Saturday. I hope […]

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And we’re almost off…

The race is tomorrow and I’ve finalized my race plan with Seanna. Here it is: Lots of water day before Usual dinner night before, no booze […]

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Peeing one’s running pants…

Yes, I’m going to talk about it. Last night my training run was for speed.  After warm-up, Seanna made me run at a very fast […]

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So, about that 17K run…

For some reason my coach Seanna told me I had to run 17K as part of my training.  I thought she was nuts.  Isn’t my […]

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A milestone reached!

It turns out that I can run 15K.  I did it yesterday.  It took almost two hours, but I did it.  Here’s what it looked […]

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I’m back in business

On July 9th, an injury befell me.  My right hamstring was so sore, I could barely sit on it the next day.  The pain radiated […]

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A confession……..

In my last post, I talked about how I was about to ramp up my training with Seanna‘s help. In the days after that post, […]

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Time to get serious!

Ok, so I can now run 13.26km to be precise.  (My goal this past Saturday was 14km, but my body just refused to do it.)  […]

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What’s stopping our girls from running?

In a previous post, I talked about my preference to run alone.  I noted an exception: running with my daughters. With Layne home from university, I […]

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I’m running farther…but only because I’m stronger

This weekend I ran 13km.  It took me 1:40:49.  I set a personal record for 1km, 5km, longest run, and farthest run. A lot of […]

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