May 2025 - Plus50Fit

Lactate Threshold Test for Runners Over 50: My Experience at Body Insight Canada

p50f / May 19, 2025

Ever wonder if those heart rate zone calculators are really telling the whole story — especially as we get older? I did. So, as a runner in my 60s, I decided to stop guessing and booked a lactate threshold test at Body Insight Canada. This wasn’t some specialized test for older runners — just a […]

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Fueling with Dates: Nature’s energy Gel for Runners?

p50f / May 16, 2025

I’ll be honest—I don’t remember exactly how it started. One week, my wife and I spotted dates on sale during our regular grocery hunt, tossed a package into the cart, and didn’t think much of it. At the time, my training plan—courtesy of MoTTIV—had begun giving me specific fueling instructions based on body weight and

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Masters Running, Natural Fueling, Running Nutrition, Training Tips

“I didn’t expect this—but I hoped for it.”

p50f / May 14, 2025

My 2025 Sporting Life 10K Race Recap Coming off the heels of the Georgina Spring Fling Half Marathon on May 4th, I didn’t know what to expect from the Sporting Life 10K. What I did know was this: So I did what any wise and wily runner would do:I showed up. I let gravity be

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10K Race Recap, Race Recap, Recap, Recover, Relax & Ready

From Doubt to Done: My Return to Racing at the Georgina Half

p50f / May 5, 2025

Crossing the line stronger than I started. Race Day: Sunday, May 4, 2025 After five years, one global lockdown, and a few stubborn injuries, I finally made my official return to racing — not just jogging a bibbed event, but actually racing — at the 2025 Georgina Spring Fling Half Marathon. To say I didn’t

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2025 Georgina Spring Fling Half Marathon Race Recap, Half Marathons, Race Recap, Training Reflections