Welcome to the first in our Sun Run live-chat series. Today's guest expert will be Lynn Kanuka of SportMedBC.com.
Lynn is SportsMedBC's RunWalk Coach. She's also a bronze-medalist from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, a gold-medalist from the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games, and has held every record from 800m to 10km. She still holds the 1500m record.
She'll be taking questions on the topic of Sun Run for Beginners: If you have any questions for Lynn, please feel free to ask them now and we'll queue them up for our 11am Pacific start.
For more information on Lynn Kanuka's Olympic record, see her
COC bio page here.
Live-chat with Olympic bronze medalist Lynn Kanuka on Sun Run for Beginners at www.vancouversun.com/sunrunchat at 11am Pacific
Keep the questions coming. Are you new to the Sun Run? Get an Olympian to show you the way forward!
If you have a question for Lynn, ask away and we'll queue them up for the chat at 11am.
We're ready to go!
While you guys are firing in the good stuff, a gentle reminder to not leave your Sun Run registration to the last moment - register online at
activenet1ca.active.com today!
How do I know when aches and pains are something I just need to push through and when they are something I should be concerned about?
Do you think trying to lose some weight while training for the Sun Run for the first time is trying to do too much at once?
For those interested in joining a Sun Run training clinic, all the information you need is
right here.
Is it poor form to leave a Sun Run friend behind when they're slowing you down?
What's the best way to improve my Sun Run time from last year? What is a reasonable target to aim for? Five minutes faster? Ten? Or do you calculate it on a percentage basis? Or?