This was my second year doing the around the bay race and race morning I was looking forward to a good training run.  I had taken a few weeks off training the month previous due to a bad case of strep throat and the flu.  Once getting back into training I decided to be conservative […]

Race: Around The Bay
Date: Sunday March 25, 2007.
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Description: 30 km
Sport: Running Race
Website: www.aroundthebay.com
On the drive to Hamilton, I enjoyed a tall travel mug of Peet’s Major Dickason’s coffee (about 3 cups). It’s the best. Of course, the only problem with drinking so much coffee is that I needed to make a major pit […]

This year’s Around the Bay was a completely different experience for.   A personal best in all ways but speed.   
 Due to a new job which requires large amounts of international travel my training has taken a big hit.   In December, after taking 3rd place masters at the West Palm Beach Marathon, my goal was to get […]

Achilles Kingston St. Patrick’s Day 5km
Kingston,ON
Sunday March 18, 2007
If Irish eyes were smiling, they belonged to the lads back at the pub drinking green ale by the fire.  They did not however, belong to any of the 87 runners braving the weather to participate in the 5th Annual Kingston Achilles St. Patrick’s Day 5km on […]

What an AMAZING day and race this turned out to be.
I picked up Vicki and Mike so that we could all drive down to Hamilton together. For some reason I missed the turnoff to Mikes house and then ended up driving all over Newmarket trying to find him again. A bit anxious I guess.
I’d stayed […]

Race: Achilles St. Patrick’s Day 5km
Date: Sunday March 18, 2007
Location: Kingston
Sport: Running
 
Sunday March 18th saw Kingston and the Tir Nan Og Irish Pub play host to the 5th annual (a day after) Achilles St. Patty’s Day run.  Despite windy, snowy and icy conditions, 87 runners took on the challenge. 
 
It is a yearly tradition for Chris […]

Yes, yes… For most runners being strapped to a bike is blasphemy. I know. I used to be one. And guess what… I still consider myself one despite spending a lot of time on the bike!!!
I’ve been running competitively since high school and got into duathlons and triathlons at a fairly […]

Well, for Xmas I got the Spinervals Hardcore 100. (I asked for it) Been slowly building up to the full 51/2 hrs it takes to finish it. Wholeheartedly ignoring “Coach Troy’s” threat of letting the air out of my tires if I didn’t do the full time.
The idea of spending 51/2 hrs on the trainer […]

Race: Spring Fling 12km Nordic Ski Race
Date: March 4, 2007
Location: Kawartha Nordic Ski Club
Well, this isn’t a running race report…..but skiing is great winter cross training for runners and multisport athletes….I’m not the only one out there who straps on the skis when the snow flies….am I?!?
It has been a slow start to the […]

I had to buy a new pair of gloves this year after ripping my Marmot Evolutions to shreds in a bike crash last spring.  I decided to get a glove that was a little thicker (and hopefully warmer) but still had a nice fitted feel.  I also wanted a glove that had a soft material […]

For someone that spends a fair amount of time outdoors and in the cold there is one part of my body that has never really adapted well to the elements, my hands. This makes gloves a very important running accessory throughout the winter and for most of the spring and fall, as well. This season I […]

Race: Tim Horton’s Chilly Half Marathon
Location: Burlington, ON
Date: March 4, 2007
Sport / Format: Running / Half Marathon (21.1kms)
Well,
I had previously always stated that this race was my favourite due to its locale, and the fact that it is part of my regular training route, but this year had me thinking otherwise. […]

Name of Race: Don’t Get Lost Snowshoe Raid
Website: http://www.dontgetlost.ca/raid/snow.htm
Date of Race: February 24th 2007
Location of Race:  Horseshoe Valley
Type of Event: Adventure Running/Snowshoeing
Distance/Length of Event: 3 Hours
 
Sunshine, blue skies and -3C weather greeted all racers to the first ever Snowshoe Raid put on by Don’t Get Lost up at Horseshoe Valley. Over 55 athletes, including 3 […]

Race: Re-Fridgee-Eighter
Date: Sunday February 18, 2007
Location: Waterloo, ON
Description: 8 Mile Run
Website: www.runwaterloo.com/r8.html
There is something about snow on the pavement that makes me reluctant to count kilometers, so that is why, for the past two years, I have been going into the Re-frigee-eighter wondering when I had last run 8 miles. Hopefully after this year I […]

2007 Season Kick-Off
The themes of my 2007 season are “do something new” and “push my limits” or, probably closer to the truth, “let’s see just how crazy I truly am”. I have raced the Peterborough Half Marathon almost every year since I began running five years ago. So the “do something new” theme wasn’t going […]