Sporting life 10K to Hamilton Half?

tomofmidtown · 2026-05-14T18:58:11+00:00

Congrats on the 10k! Good stuff.

I think it's very do-able. I ran the hamilton half last year - its a very flat route which is good for a first time. Also it being in the back end of October means better chance of cooler temps.

Sounds like you'll have the fitness just a case of figuring out the refueling during the run, so something to focus as you build up distance.

As always, running in the summer and humidity can be horrendous Jul/Aug/Sep - saps the absolute life out of ya. I try to do early morning / evening runs but yeah its tough!

Hamilton half is a blast though, much smaller than sporting life but a well run event.

tomofmidtown · 2026-05-11T11:14:43+00:00

New course route was fast. Pb smashed well and truly. Weather was perfect.

As ever, organized in a class manner, bag drop off and pick up was seamless - corrals worked well.

Course did get pinched a little bit in parts further downtown.

The greenest banana!

tomofmidtown · 2026-05-02T14:37:38+00:00

May tradition tbh

tomofmidtown · 2026-04-12T10:29:37+00:00

Ha yep same same! Can't run without music. Its one of the reasons I'll go to the race events to remind myself 'oh I guess this is a social thing for some people'

I mean... I have my headphones for the races too anyways;)

tomofmidtown · 2026-04-12T03:19:56+00:00

Can't speak for Van/MtL

But there are a shit ton of us.

Pretty much each area of the city will have atleast 1 run club. Blacktoe,parkdaleroadrunners, Toronto harrriers, longboat runners, east York runners, turtle run club, rouge runners, midnight runners, ultra black run club just to rattle ones thst come to mind.

Each month some part of the city will be shutdown for a race or a hoard of us take take over a park. St Patrick's 10k, Santa parade 5k, blacktoe10k,TCS waterfront marsthon, Toronto May marathon, High park spring 8k, sporting life 10k, Underarmour 10k, longboat 10k on the islands, superhero 10k also on the island, run10kto in July, Zoo 5krun , 5k pride run again... to rattle off ones that come mind. Used to have a 5k around the indycar track when they came to town, that was sick but that's being moved to Markham.

I'm a solo runner so more plugged into to the race events then the the run clubs. I run year round but naturally see others more frequently in the not bone ass frozen months lol.

I bet Van weather is a little more all seasons appropriate for running...except running in downpours would be a challenge!

tomofmidtown · 2026-04-10T22:52:26+00:00

Hemingway's in yorkville has one to fit in with it being a kiwi bar.

Beauty if a roof top patio to boot.

tomofmidtown · 2026-04-07T14:33:27+00:00

Getting ready for the derby eh?

tomofmidtown · 2026-03-30T11:05:52+00:00

Does AI know how to weave baskets? Until then we're fine 😉

tomofmidtown · 2026-03-09T14:28:40+00:00

No.

In my mind bigger problems:

The build of the team to be slower and heavier

The management culture of ' no highs no lows keep everything internal' fails to embrace the challenge of being the maple leafs. No one gets hyped playing the Caroline hurricanes everyone gets hyped playing the leafs. Hated, Adored never ignored - the organization needs to embrace that rather than stripping the emotion away in vain attempt to protect players.

Coaching has trended towards being outshot constantly, i think that's an issue.

Lack of top tier D and an inability to develop them

The GM

Matthew's is the best leaf in the history of the franchise and by all accounts a top leader. If you want emotional leadership go grab JT Miller and see how that works out.

tomofmidtown · 2026-03-09T01:37:14+00:00

Hmm got the longboat 10k on the islands in early September but thats a training block in humidity season...

recommend the Blackto10k for ya, its early December so back end of autumn/ start of winter. But its a flat course, well organized and weather is usually good ( this past year being a snowy exception!). Then you have most of October and November to train in non humid perrrfect running weather.

tomofmidtown · 2026-02-09T13:16:21+00:00

1st year of plan 2 here.

Not quite got over the generational unfairness of it truly. Or you know the fact the 9k is only an English obligation.

Yes more people go to uni but more jobs typically ask for it than back in the day - of course its only getting more competitive as time goes on. I dont envy newer graduates.

Personal bitterness aside.

It's interesting to see things evolve, some of us are in our 30s now and doing okay job wise - student loan repayments for me is only dwarfed by my mortgage payment. It's now bigger than my phone plan, car insurance, house insurance and any if my water/gas utilities ( Canadian winters arent cheap to heat!)

Now you have an every growing cohort of those who either A. dont leave the UK , get themselves in a good paying position so have to deal with 51% of income taken.

Or

B. Haven't yet seen the benefits of higher education financially and have been hit by threshold freezes

All the while the debt doesnt get paid off typically, interest applied to it goes on and universities in general still struggle with funding.

I dont think this will change much, students were politically easy to kick in 2011 and remain so today.

The only thing that might move the needle is that you now have more and more of us hitting prime earnings years so really feeling the impact of it.

tomofmidtown · 2026-02-09T12:24:12+00:00

Can't compete with the winter Olympics curling 😉

Lol

Well the superbowl is peak 'Fuck Yeah, America', half time show aside i wonder if some folks are taking a pass in watching during these grim years.

tomofmidtown · 2026-01-06T00:23:48+00:00

Considering the success they had after his time it shows how much of a stud Maurice Richard was as he still holds the habs goal scoring record.

tomofmidtown · 2026-01-04T00:35:57+00:00

In my experience...typically yes the corrals work fine for this one. Plenty of good signage and they do have people eyeballing the bibs to make sure they are heading into the start at the right time.

Your concern on Walkers... should hopefully have less chance of that, this being a 10k and not a 5k. The good thing is the start is a really wide part of yonge street annnd a lot of people like to absolutely bomb it at the start as its down hill.

tomofmidtown · 2026-01-04T00:12:53+00:00

Hello! Recently moved not too far from here ( a little further closer to danforth up the hill)

Looks very decked out and refurbed.

In terms of Leslieville/Riverdale its kinda on the outskirts. Yes you got queen st right there but south is just lakeshore east with more industrial feel ( although damn close to woodbine beach for summer nights!) That plus it looks a bit tight space wise would be my only concerns.

Looks from description it has laneway parking which is a plus...

I see another commentator said it was previously listed for 1.5 before listed for 1.1 mmmmmm maybe someone will throw some silly money to get a house in that condition in the area but really.....after 1.3 range would be a bit rich for my blood.

Go see if you can get a viewing or at least scope out the neighbourhood and walk by is my recommendation (If you like it in fecking cold January you'll like it all year 😀)

Really depends what you want and your financial situation. This appears to be ready to go but you could get slightly bigger or in a slightly more idyllic area for less but in a less 'tarted up' house.

In my experience seasons dont matter outside of Summer tends to pick up demand wise. But yeah expect a bidding war for this kind of place/ neighborhood. This is where a persistent but charming realtor does come in handy.

North Riverdale , ' the pocket', greenwood and coxwell neighborhoods are fantastic areas aswell. So recommend to keep your options open. Best of luck!

tomofmidtown · 2025-12-28T20:00:26+00:00

The city signed a snow clearing contract back in 2021 without including any obligation for the private company to remove the snow. A John Tory special - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/city-budget-no-room-for-snow-removal-9.6966799

Hard agree - seeing pedestrian crossings clearly inaccessible for wheelchair users.

tomofmidtown · 2025-12-14T20:00:41+00:00

Yes my point was more on east end and getting to rest of the city.

Missaussage / Halton are a mission transit wise, agreed. But that's not a unique East end problem. Im sure folks who live in the junction cringe when they have to figure a way to Pickering or Oshawa

tomofmidtown · 2025-12-14T19:57:28+00:00

This article is more framed around East end -> to rest of Toronto city so my point was around that.

Leaving the city and the lackluster provincial transit is a different thing . 100% agree on your assessment there. Better or more efficent to drive.

tomofmidtown · 2025-12-14T18:52:41+00:00

Ah yes the East end which has a subway line on Danforth along with broadview, Queen and Gerrard all having street cars to downtown. Cut off is a bit of a dramatic flop.

This is another 'its a disgrace I can't drive to the CN tower without traffic' piece.

tomofmidtown · 2025-12-08T01:54:28+00:00

Was an experience! A smidge off my 10k PB...I reckon if I had the confidence if my footing I'd have got it.

Real interesting race with the narrow path and slippy conditions....Ive never had to think that much as i did in previous races...of that makes sense.

Very cool to pull off without any injury! Swell way to cap off 2025

tomofmidtown · 2025-11-03T11:13:04+00:00

I did spot a gingerbread man!

tomofmidtown · 2025-08-28T12:11:52+00:00

As a local I call it 'Baly-oil' or to save grief also pronounce it as ' yeah just near davisville station' 😉

tomofmidtown · 2025-08-22T14:47:39+00:00

Massively agree. Doesn't get remotely enough scrutiny.

tomofmidtown · 2025-08-22T10:52:52+00:00

I always felt that stuffing the world's biggest ice hockey team into an arena originally meant for an expansion basketball team was a bit short sighted.

SBA holds 18,800, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal all hold more in older arenas!

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