progression run

Vintage comic-style illustration of Plus50Fit avatar with medium-brown skin, salt-and-pepper beard, Goodr sunglasses, running cap, and Shokz headphones, slowing to a walk after a progression run at 45 minutes, wearing a yellow shirt, navy shorts, turquoise shoes, and Garmin watch on left wrist, with sunset and rolling hills in the background.

Progression Run – Build Phase 3 | Week 2 | Run 2 – August 27

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My Road to TOWaterfront 42K This session was structured as a progression run, moving step by step through Zones 2–4. The aim: practice control at the bottom end, then gradually layer effort until the wheels threaten to come off. Another late start! I woke up feeling like an anvil lay on top of me in […]

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Marathon Training 2025, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42K
Progression Run August 19 2025 Plus50Fit - full-body avatar runner with black skin tone, cap, Goodr sunglasses, Shokz headphones, and Garmin on left wrist, striding toward camera with angled progression graphic in background.

🏃‍♂️ Daily Run Log — Progression Run (August 19, 2025)

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Build Phase3 | Week 1 | Run 1 Today’s Progression Run (August 19, 2025) marked the start of Build Phase 3 | Week 1. The weather was cooperative – 16 °C, 70% humidity, light ENE breeze – ideal for testing steady progression pacing and practicing fueling on the move. For this Progression run I followed

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Marathon Build, Marathon Training 2025, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42K
A digital illustration of the Plus50Fit avatar running along Toronto’s lakeside path in front of the CN Tower and city skyline, with a golden background and the shadow of another runner in the distance.

Weekly Recap Build Phase 2 | Week 2 – August 4 to August 10, 2025

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Another week logged on the road to my first marathon, the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2025, and this one felt like a lesson in patience, persistence, and adaptability. With temperatures stubbornly high and the dew point hanging over every session, I leaned on cadence work, nutrition tweaks, and some mental grit to carry me through. Workouts

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Marathon Training 2025, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42K, Weekly Recap
Comic-style digital illustration of a fit, Black male runner progressing across seven bold training blocks, representing a structured Zone 2 to Zone 4 progression run. The scene mirrors a TrainingPeaks-style workout graph, visually capturing the ascending intensity stages of the run.

Zone 2 to Zone 4 Progression Run – August 6, 2025

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Build Phase 2 / Week 2 / Run 2 – My Road to TOWaterfront 42K 1 hr 15 mins before the run, I began sipping a Maurten Mix 160. About 15 mins before my warm-up, I accidentally took a Gel 160 instead of a Gel 100 – oops! I rolled with it. Two SaltStick Fastchews,

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Zone 2 to Zone 4 Progression Run – August 6, 2025 Read Post »

Progression Run, TCS Toronto Waterfront 42K, TOWaterfront42K
Comic-style illustration of a heat-adapted runner locked in the Zone, embodying mid-summer grit and aerobic flow.

Weekly Recap: Heat Warnings, Heart Rates, and Hard Truths (July 7–13, 2025)

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Resilience in the Heat This week tested everything: pacing discipline, hydration smarts, mantras, and heat adaptation. From a rocket-fueled progression run to a long Zone 2 slog under heat warning skies, it was a clinic in listening to the body – and a quiet triumph in staying upright, focused, and unshaken when conditions tried to

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