9 things you never knew about me

1.  My absolute favourite workout is 1km repeats.  They are fast enough that you need to work on turning over a little quicker, but long enough that it feels like more of a progressive effort, and before you know it you're almost done the kilometer.
2.  My least favourite workout involves sets of 600's.  It doesn't seem to matter how many or how fast, there is just something about 600's that my body doesn't like.  Over the past couple of years, it has always been the 600m workouts that completely destroy my legs, even if I'm in fantastic shape.  If nothing else, I guess it tells me that I still have a lot of work to do, and serves as a reminder that I may not be as fit as I think.
3.  My favourite place to run is in Sunnybrook Park.  It is a huge grass park with tons of soft trails as well as connecting trails that can take you virtually anywhere in Toronto.
4.  I am not too big on the cross training that everyone seems to be in love with these days.  I prefer to let my running provide me with the real fitness, and occasionally I will use cross training to strengthen the core muscles.
5.  I can't stop eating cereal.  It is the backbone of my diet, and I will typically have a bowl in the morning, a bowl before bed, and sometimes even another bowl throughout the day.  By the way, my favourite is Cheerios.
6.  I can't stand wearing pants/tights on a run.  Usually, when the temperature is 0 degrees C/32 F or above, I will run in shorts.  The feeling of constriction of stride that I get from pants makes it much more difficult to get a nice stride going.
7.  I have a few weird rituals.  In the winter, I always wear the same toque each day, even though I usually need to do some serious searching for it if my room gets too messy.  Also, when doing strides before a race, I always hold my spikes in my hand (don't ask me why, I really don't know where this one came from) as opposed to leaving them in my bag or putting them on my feet.
8.  My favourite running shoes are the Asics Cumulus series.  They don't have excessive bulk, but they are sturdy enough to use as an everyday trainer.  Additionally, they can easily be used in longer track workouts and hard tempo runs.
9.  I was planning on using the title "10 things you didn't know about me", but I got a little lazy.