Category Archives: race recap

Authenticity

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

  What a great weekend! Josh and I went away to Blue Mountain (Collingwood) for a few days while I raced the North Face Summit 700 Challenge. Blue Mountain is so beautiful and only a few hours away so why … Continue reading →

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Debuts all around!

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

Looks like some of you were right! It was in fact the 10,000m on the track where I made my debut in last weekend! I’m not quite sure exactly where the idea came from, but as I created my racing … Continue reading →

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Mississauga 10k Recap

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

Life stress. It’s an important factor in racing performance that is often overlooked. Since December I have been working on my application for physiotherapy school which included having to retake a course because mine didn’t “count.” After a few stressful … Continue reading →

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Spring Run-Off Race Recap

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

I’m going to keep this week short and just recap last week’s race! Last week I ran the Spring Run-off 8k at High Park in Toronto. Being a Canadian Running Series event, I was especially looking forward to this one. … Continue reading →

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Spring Race Recap

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

I hope everyone is recovering well from ATB 30k this weekend! I don’t know what hurts more my calves or my ego but I will get over both of those ;). I haven’t done any race recaps yet this year … Continue reading →

Posted in Achilles 5k, Around the Bay, Chilly Half, Engagement, race recap, Refridgee-Eighter, Robbie Burns 8k, running | 4 Comments

STWM Recap

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

It has been a few days since the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon and I’m ready to reflect and celebrate my fall season. This fall season was short and concise in order to put everything I had into the marathon.

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Flagstaff 2017: The Quest for Fitness

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

“Forget about the reasons why you can’t in life and start to try, cause it’s your time, time to fly.”       After a quick internet search of throwback 90’s music hits, I found myself uploading some Hilary Duff … Continue reading →

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Must Be Something in the Paris Water

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

This season has been 99% ups and only 1% down. I’ve been training and racing at a new level which we runners like to call a “breakthrough” season. Spring Season Recap- The Numbers: Refrigeeeighter 8miler – Raced in 4-5inches of … Continue reading →

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Spring season

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

“Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals.” Did I ever feel that this season. My biggest struggle has been finding out how to get myself back “on” mentally. But, I’m getting … Continue reading →

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2015 Fall Racing Season

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Tanis Smith - Road Racer

I waited to do a big blog post about the fall season. I was doing a blogpost after every race but things got so hectic during the fall season that I decided less is more. So it’s the end of … Continue reading →

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