Event: Iroquois Trail Test
Location: Kilbride, Ontario
Date: August 21st, 2010.
The Iroquois Trail Test is a 32km trail race run almost entirely on the Bruce Trail. I’d had my eye on it for a few years but it never managed to fit into my schedule.  This year I’ve put a bit greater focus on my ultrarunning and […]

Event: RockstAR (www.racetherockstar.com)
Location: Bark Lake Leadership Centre, near Irondale, Ontario
Date: July 24th, 2010
Format: 8-hour adventure race
RockstAR is always a highlight of my adventure racing season.  I love the location and being able to stay on site for a reasonable fee; I love that the later race start (11:00 am ) allows for a good night’s […]

 I’ve heard a lot of great comments about this race, so I had been hoping all year that my work schedule would allow me to put it on the calendar.  Fortunately I had the weekend off so I signed up just before online registration closed and started packing up my gear.  I had been checking […]

August 8, 2010
During the winter I was told August 14, 2010 was going to be the day of my cousins wedding down in Florida where she lives.  Not long after I found this out I started to search for a triathlon that I could do on the drive down.  I found a small race held […]

The MidSummer’s Night Run provided a unique challenge for me….running in the evening!!  Being a morning person the thought of having to wait till 5:30PM to start a 30K run was a bit unnerving.  I decided to not forgo my regular training schedule for a Saturday, but scaled it back to include only a 2hr […]

Race:  A Midsummer Night’s 30km
Date:  August 21st, 2010
Location:  Toronto
Website:  www.amidsummernightsrun.ca
I had been looking for a race to do in August anything from a 10km to a half marathon would have sufficed so when  my friend Linnea sent me the link for this, I thought perfect, a 30km is even better!  I took a look at […]

Race Report
By Roger Hospedales, Team Running Free
Race:  Toronto Island GT 12.9 & Sprint Duathlon
Date:  August 14 & 15, 2010.
Website: http://www.msctriathlon.com/ms/
Sunday August 14, 2010
Toronto Island GT 12.9 (400m swim, 10 km bike, 2.5 km run)
I often get asked why I do these races (being an Ironman guy), and […]

This was a quiet year for me, with only the Niagara Tri on my schedule.  Needless to say my training efforts were not up to par, but I went into the race for a bit of fun nonetheless. 
SwimI was quite surprised, yet pleased to see that the part of Lake Ontario that Grimsby beach occupies […]

Race:  Bracebridge Half Iron Duathlon
Date:  Sunday August 8, 20010
Location:  Annie Williams Park – Bracebridge, Ontario
Description:  7.5 km run, 90 km bike, 21.1 km run
Website: www.msctriathlon.com
It was another rainy day at Bracebridge, but nowhere close to the crazy torrential downpours, thunder, and lightning we had last year during […]

The 1st Annual Dirty Dash
Waterloo, July 18th
This was the most fun race I think I have ever done! There’s something about arriving at a race with a 40 foot long, foot and a half deep pit of mud waiting for you that just tells you that this is not going to be […]

5 Peaks Rattlesnake Point
July 10
Enduro Course - 12.7k
It was a beautiful, sunny, July day.  Perfect weather for a trail race.  The best part of this race for me was that it took me all of 8 minutes to get to the park.  8 mins!!  For the first time ever on race day, I got to […]

In just 2 weeks, our good friend Gord Pauls will be attempting a triple ironman in Penticton, BC. Gord is the co-owner of Runners Den in Hamilton, ON and is a friend who has a passion for making a difference. A triple ironman is an enormous personal accomplishment, but Gord isn’t doing it for himself. […]

Race: Terra Cotta; part of the 5 Peaks trail running series
Venue: Terra Cotta Conservation Area, Terra Cotta, Ontario
Date: August 7, 2010
It was the fourth of five trail runs slated for the 2010 5 Peaks season, and given the weather early this fine Saturday morning, we were in for a sunny, yet cool run. Perfect for […]

Last year’s Muskoka sprint race was my triathlon debut, and I pretty much decided right after crossing the finish line that I would be coming back for the long course in 2010.  I am originally from the Huntsville area so I know the course very well, particularly the run as my mom lives near the start at the high […]

Roughly seven years ago, I learned about what the Ironman triathlon was.  
The concept seemed virtually insane.  And although I was only jogging 5 or 6 kilometers a few times each week, I convinced myself that someday, I would do it.
Last week, I crossed the finish line at Ironman Lake Placid.  The Ironman still seems […]

5 Peaks trail running series - Durham Forest - June 12th, 2010
I love trail running. About 2 years ago in looking for a new challenge I made the transition from road running to trail racing and despite the new scars and the lack of ‘port-a-potties’ in the woods, it has become a new favourite event […]

If you have never been to New York, I don’t think words can accurately describe the absolute madness which envelopes the city. It is non-stop hustle and bustle 24/7. Toronto can be a little busy and crazy at times, but New York is like Toronto on high performance steroids…a triple dose of them. If you […]

I have to begin by saying this is my new favourite race. (and not just because this is the only trail race I didn’t earn a new scar from!) This is an extremely well organized event at an absolutely amazing venue. Likely unknown or unheard of to most of us..since when you think Mont Tremblant you likely think […]

Holiday Lake 50K - Appomattox, Virginia - weekend of February 13th, 2010
So I am sure most of you can think of much more romantic things to do on St. Valentine’s weekend than run a 50km trail race. (Or maybe you can’t and that’s why you are part of the team same as me!) Believe me, […]

Day 1 - Kayak 62k (34k down-river, 28k lake)
Day 2 – Trail Run 56k
Day 3 – Mountain Bike 100k 
Day 1
Pre-race was kinda exciting as people milled about scoping each-other’s boats trying to figure out who had the fastest vessel.  With a rule of only allowing plastic […]