I have to say that this is a WONDERFUL race in Paris, Ontario. And I’m glad that for the first time I actually registered in time to get a spot. It’s so well organized and the souvenir bag is awesome! The race organizers really know how to put all the finishing touches on everything. My […]

For the past 14 years or so, there’s been a great race here in Ontario called “Paris to Ancaster”. A tongue-in-cheek reference to the Paris-Roubaix, it starts in the small town of Paris, Ontario (about 70 minutes west of Toronto) and moves east to Ancaster. It’s always the weekend after Paris-Robaix, and like […]

Name of Race: Odyssey Endorphin Fix
Website: http://www.oarevents.com/event.asp?id=92&catID=1
Date of Race: April 20-22, 2007
Location of Race:  Canaan Valley, West Virginia, USA
Type of Event: Adventure Racing
Distance/Length of Event: 2 Days

Tina and Harper went down to Canaan Valley, West Virginia for Odyssey’s Endorphin Fix for a 2-day adventure race to start off the 2007 season. Initially we were supposed to go […]

- Date - 4/21/07
- Description - 8K Road Race
- Location - Waterloo, Ontario
- Race Name - 5th Annual ENDURrace 8K
- Sport - Running
- Race web site - http://runwaterloo.com/endurrace.html
Spring is here in all its glory and this made it a great time to finally pull out the shorts for running. As most male runners can attest, […]

Well we just returned from a week of riding from our base camp in Table Rock State Park which is located in Pickens, SC.  I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great place to get in some early season riding.  Table Rock is located pretty much on the North Carolina/South Carolina border right in the heart […]

It was another beautiful day for racing. Temperatures hovering around freezing point, strong winds and snow in the forecast!!!
The course was fairly technical. Lots of turns and one solid climb to the finish line. Multiply by 18 laps in treachery weather and you have potential for mayhem.
Neutral zone be damned!! The pace was furious right […]

Despite only running Boston once (last year), I figured that I knew everything about the race and the course, and was destined to hit my target time of 2:55:00 or better. How quickly things would change for me, as I was cast into the stereotypical runner who goes to Boston and lets the course manage […]

The Myth of the ‘Off Season’
If you spend time hanging around many endurance athletes you will find that each one of them have a different idea of what makes up an ‘off season’. Some might advocate extensive periods of no training, or minimal training of up to a month in duration. Others take the exact […]

16th Annual Uxbridge Icebreaker:
April 1, 2007
Uxbridge, ON
In a world filled with sarcasms and double meanings, it’s refreshing to know that there are still races named for the content of the event.  There will be ice.  Your bike will probably break.  And if you think it’s a coincidence that it’s held on April fools day- Joke’s […]

- Date - 4/14/07
- Description - 5K Road Race
- Location - Waterloo, Ontario
- Race Name - 5th Annual ENDURrace 5K
- Sport - Running
- Race web site - http://runwaterloo.com/endurrace.html 
With the family out of town for the weekend I was looking for something to do with my spare time and came across this race on the web […]

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Our 2007 Team Running Free Season Kickoff Party was a huge success. Many thanks to Josh Tong Photography for many of these photos
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Description of Race: 8km Run
Race Date: Sunday April 7th 2007
Race Location: High Park, Toronto On
Race Name: Harry’s Spring Run-Off
Race Website: http://www.canadarunningseries.com/
Sport: Running
I don’t know why I run!! Everytime I enter an Adventure Race, the weather is perfect: Sunny, warm, light breeze, dry e.t.c. and every time I sign up for a run the weather is […]

Race: Queen’s Spring Fling Triathlon & Duathlon
Date: Sunday April 1, 2007
Location: Amherstview, ON
Sport: Duathlon
Queen’s Triathlon Club played host to the 2007 University Multisport Championships held on Sunday April 1st, 2007 in Amherstview, ON. While the triathlon was open to university students only, a community duathlon was held at the same location with 50% of profits […]

I now know why bears hibernate in the winter!!! I spent most of Friday afternoon dozing off (even though I was over at my sister’s for dinner. Sorry sis :p) . Considering the race was pretty short and I did not feel I went very hard, most of my energy expenditure was due to the […]

Nothing tests your resolve and commitment to improve than waking up at 6:30am on race day and checking the weather forecast: -5C and flurries.
And so it was on Friday morning as I made my way to Hamilton for the Good Friday cycling race.
Standing for a good 20 minutes in the freezing wind, waiting to pick […]

Fellow Team Running Free (RF) athletes Brian, Lindsay, and David got me to the race so early that I had time to grab my “second” breakfast at Tim’s.  My first breakfast at home that morning just wasn’t going to sustain me until the end of the race and I didn’t want to be tempted by the […]

The Nathan Speed 4 hydration belt has been a definite step forward in my training gear arsenal (lol). I have been using it for 4 weeks now for all my runs, both short and long. The fit of the belt is great with very little bounce and no spinning at all. I found that I […]

I went to buy new running shoes on the weekend. I have spent the winter running pretty high mileage and could feel my previous Kayanos dying a slow death.
I had this idea walking into Running Free that maybe I would try a new pair of runners this go. I tried on a few pairs […]