Iroquoia 32km Trail Test
Kilbride, Ontario
Discipline: 32km trail race
Date: August 18, 2007
www.ouser.org
Pre Race Panic
After several years wanting to do this race, I finally signed up this year for it- and wow what a race! Course wow wasn’t the word I would describe my pre race preparation. The weekend before I had raced a 11km trail race […]

Name of Race – Scotiabank Waterfront Half Marathon
Website for the Race – www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com
Date of Race – Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Location of Race – Toronto, Ontario
Type of Race – Half Marathon
Distance or duration of Race – 21.1k
Description of Race – The Scotiabank race is known as a quick race due to the nature of the […]

There was a definitely air of excitement at the startline for the final stage of the epic Transrockies Challenge. This would be the last time we would hear ACDC’s Highway to Hell to get us going. This would be the last time we would be corralled into the start line 30min pre-race, shivering in the […]

Most of us whether training or racing will use some form of carbo-gels or electrolyte drinks. All Nathan has done, is just made it easier for us to carry them around. During longer distance races, I found Nathan’s Speed 2 Nutrion Pak was extremely comfortable, convenient and simple to use. One of […]

On Sunday I ran the Scotiabank half and beat my previous PB by about 2 minutes.  It was the hardest half I’ve run but one of the nicest routes.    This was a lesson to me in how NOT to try to run a PB.  While the end result was good the means does NOT justify […]

The weather gods looked like they were going to bestow the perfect day for the average runner. It was about 10C at race time (7am) with a lot of cloud cover and a projected high of 22C for the day. That meant that most people finishing the marathon around 11am would not be scorched by […]

The Sulphur Springs 100 miler takes place in Ancaster ON just north of Hamilton. The race starts in an area beside an outdoor pool building. The race course is 8 laps of a 20km loop through gently rolling and somewhat-hilly single track, double track and fire road trail. There are 6 aid stations (plus the […]