Race Description: Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, 10 & 5km, 1km Kids Fun Run
Race Date: May 6, 2007
Race Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Race Name: Sudbury Rocks for Diabetes
Race Website: www.sudburyrocksmarathon.com
Sport: Road Running
This report has been a LONG time in the making, but better late than never, right!? I am currently suffering from a bad case of poison ivy […]

- Date: June 3rd.
- Description: Sprint Duathlon 2k run - 30k bike - 7.5k run
- Location: Kelso Conservation Area
- Race Name: Milton Triathlon
- Sport: Duathlon
- Race web site: http://www.trisportcanada.com 
Last year I didn’t compete in any road Du’s opting instead to stick to the off road Du’s.  Unfortunately there is only one off road race in […]

I have never tried any type of energy bars, drinks, or gels. I thought training for my big race would be the perfect time to try them and see which works best for me. I heard a number of Team RunningFree athletes rave about them so I bought every flavour of GU Gel I could […]

Race Report
By Roger Hospedales, Team Running Free
 
Race:  Lakeside Duathlon (Sprint & Regular)
Date:  Saturday June 9 & Sunday June 10, 2007.

Location:  Lakeside, Ontario (in between Woodstock and London)
Description:  Sprint Du: 3 km run, 18 km bike, 3 km run // Regular Du: 5k/30k/5k
Sport:  Duathlon
Website:  www.multisportcanada.com
Warning:  You may consider this is long. However, it is a double race […]

- Date: June 10, 2007
- Description: Canada’s Dirtiest 10k
- Location: Claireville Conservation Area
- Race Name: The Mud Run
- Sport: Running
- Race web site: www.mudrun.ca
While other team members were at Wildflower, 5 Peaks, or Lakeside, ARC’s Mud Run attracted a different type of athlete: one that loves to get dirty! Billed as Canada’s Dirtiest 10k, the […]

Set among the beautiful pine trees under a bright sun, Team Running Free’s own Rob Shortis and Liz Maola tied the knot and began their real adventure! To officiate the wedding, was the King himself! Yup, Elvis Priestly was in the house! On hand to witness this event were Running Free members Mo Rajan (best […]

Wildflower Triathlon, May 4-6, 2007, San Antonio Lake, California
Prior to give you my report about the fantastic Wildflower triathlon event i participated in, i’d like to introduce myself to you as a new Running Free team member.This is my 4th year in triathlon, mainly racing in the Olympic distance events. I am proud and very […]

I picked up the Nathan Speed 4 Hydration belt from running free last week. I’ve never been a hydration belt type of guy. They always bounce too much for my liking. So it was with a bit of trepidation that I started out with this one.

My first impression where good. […]

Name of Race – Lakeside Sprint Triathlon
Website for the Race – http://www.multisportcanada.com/ms/events/showEvent.cfm?showEventID=39
Date of Race – Saturday, June 9th, 2007
Location of Race – Lakeside, Ontario
Type of Race – Sprint Triathlon
Distance or duration of Race – Swim – 500m; Bike – 18K, Run 4K
Description of Race – a beautiful venue to host a triathlon; swim was warm […]

Date: Saturday May 28, 2007
Description: 5km Trail Running Race
Location: Albion Hills Conservation Area
Race Name: Albion Hills 5 Peaks Trail Race
Sport: Trail Running
Race Website: www.5peaks.com

My First Race
Goal setting/ Preparation
This was a very difficult race for me, because it was my first out of school race. I wasn’t quite sure how I’d do or how to set […]

Race Name - Storm the Trent Hike 
Date - May 13, 2007
Description - 3-5 hour Adventure Race (Paddle, Trail Run, Mountain Bike)
Location - Golden Beach Resort, Rice Lake
Race web site - http://www.stormevents.ca
Jill and I had planned on doing the Storm the Trent Trek Elite 2 day stage race again this year, but were unable to find a […]

Date: June 9, 2007 
Description: 12-13 distances:200m swim,12.5km bike, 2.5km run
Location: Small Town of Lakeside 
Race Name: Lakeside Triathlon Kids 12-13 Years Old 
Sport: Triathlon
Race Website: http://www.multisportcanada.com/ms/events/showracedetail.cfm?raceID=167
          I know this is a week after the race but I’ve been very busy so don’t blame me. On June 9th 2007 me and some of my cousins and of course my brother […]

- Date - 6/3/07
- Description - Duathlon (2k/30k/7.5k)
- Location - Milton, Ontario
- Race Name - Milton Duathlon
- Sport - Duathlon
- Race web site - http://www.trisportcanada.com
The latest stop on the Subaru TriSport circuit brought a large number of triathletes and duathletes together for a multisport meet at the Kelso Lake Conservation Area just outside Milton, Ontario. […]

The Brooks semi-fitted Tempo Short II is quite possibly one of my favourite pieces of running apparel I have recently picked up at Running Free. I have now purchased both the Black pair and the Red pair (Running Free transfer added to Red looks fantastic!) from this collection and love the fit and look of […]

I have purchased a large portion of the Brooks running apparel collection during the past two seasons so with my last visit to Running Free I was looking for something I had not previously sampled from the Brooks’ wall. As it was still a little frigid during my nightly runs I decided to go with […]

Race Name - Storm the Trent Trek 
Date - May 12, 2007
Description - 5-7 hour Adventure Race (Paddle, Trail Run, Mountain Bike)
Location - Golden Beach Resort, Rice Lake
Race web site - http://www.stormevents.ca
Jill and I had planned on doing the Storm the Trent Trek Elite 2 day stage race again this year, but were unable to find […]

Wow! This is the first pair of racing shoe’s that I have ever owned, and I love them! I didn’t think that the difference would be that noticeable but it is!
Speed: These things are light and fast. (They are also very pretty! Everybody thinks your fast when you were bright […]

Over the past few years I have experimented with many different types and brands of Gels. I initially tried GU about two years ago and remember being not to fond of the flavour. I ended up using CarbBoom gels for quite a while until recently. I started looking for a new gel […]

Date: May 27, 2007
Description:Kids of Steel Provincials and Ontario Cup Series race.
Location: Caledon Central Public School
Race Name: Caledon Kinetico Kids of Steel  Sport:Triathlon                                                                    Race Website:  http://www.c3online.ca/2007Events/KOS/contactus.html 
       It was a cloudy day and I was at the location of the 2007 Caledon Kids of Steel race and I was pumped. This year I was old enough to compete in the […]

So it was a muggy and hot day in Milton.  I was sweating before the race even started! 
Milton has a great challenging course.  The hill on the bike is a challenge, and the run also features a number of hills. 
My day started out allright.  A bit of nerves, but otherwise O.K.  I wasn’t […]