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 […]

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 […]

Wow! What a perfect day for a race.  Unlike my previous experiences with Storm The Trent, the sun was out, it was warm, and weather was not going to be a factor.  All indications were that it was going to be a fantastic day.  
That all changed only minutes after we heard the word “Go”.  They don’t call […]

Name of Race: Wilderness Traverse
Website: http://www.wildernesstraverse.com/
Date of Race: June 5-6, 2010
Location of Race: Haliburton Highlands, Ontario
Type of Event: Adventure Racing
Distance/Length of Event: 24-30 hours

Bob Miller’s highly anticipated inaugural Wilderness Traverse was widely regarded as the most competitive adventure race this side of the Rockies in Canada in a long time and we were excited to be up against some stellar competition […]

Event: Frontier Adventure Challenge Deerhurst
Location: Huntsville, Ontario
Date: May 1st, 2010
Website: www.fastadventures.com
 This 5-8 hour sprint race based out of Deerhurst resort has been my “season opener” for the past four years.  It’s become one of my favorite adventure races of the season and a staple on my AR calendar. I love the contrast between going out […]

For those of you who have not heard of this race the following is a brief:
Distance: 250k (5.9 marathons)
Stages: 6 stages over 7 days 21.1k to 82 k
Support: Self supported except for water, about 10 litres/day and a tent
Terrain: Sahara Desert – sand dunes, rocks, steep hills, more stand dunes, more rocks
Weather: Temperatures range […]

Event: Don’t Get Lost Giant’s Rib Raid
Location: Milton, Ontario
Date: April 10th, 2010.
URL: www.dontgetlost.ca
This past weekend, fellow team RF’er Kelly Dorey (and superstar navigator) and I kicked off our adventure racing season at the Don’t Get Lost Giant’s Rib Raid.  This race has become a staple on my calendar as it gives me a chance to see […]

A presentation on our Patagonian Expedition Race experiences will be held at the Milton Running Free Saturday April 10th at 4:30pm.  If interested in attending please RSVP to milton@runningfree.com.

Name of Race: Patagonian Expedition Race
Website: http://www.patagonianexpeditionrace.com/
Date of Race: February 9-17, 2010
Location of Race: Southern Patagonia, Chile
Type of Event: Adventure Racing
Distance/Length of Event: 7-9 Days
For […]

Logs Rocks and Steel
Logs Rocks and Steel took place on this year’s Labour Day weekend.  I was pretty pumped as this was going to be one of my only Adventure Race type race this year as being a new father has limited my ability to travel, and the Quest for a Cure’ […]

Sunday November8th 2009,Dundas On. 
Salomon Raid the Hammer 25k Adventure/Trail Race
www.dontgetlost.ca
Okay,the website name says it all!Don’t get lost indeed.Having participated in this event last year,I knew the prospect of getting lost was a distinct possibility but here I was again in Dundas,On to navigate,with ample help from my 2 team-mates,the 25 kilometres from an unknown starting […]

Race: Squamish Test of Running Metal, YEAH! AKA….Stormy 50 Miler & 100 Miler
Date:August 8, 2009
Place: Squamish, BC
Sport:Ultra Trail Running
Website: http://homepage.mac.com/designr2/stormy/
I’m finally getting around to putting my post-race airplane scratch into an e-report…kids family and a busy summer have kept me away from the computer!
After many hours of back & forth with Dee I finally decided […]

Untamed New England
July 9th - 12th, 2009
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
This was the second year that I headed down to New Hampshire for Untamed New England with my Breathe Multisport Magazine teammates, fellow RF’er Marcus Olson, Joel Perella, and our fearless navigator, Joe Gabor.  This year, Untamed New England was the only North American qualifier for […]

RACE:  ESAR-8 hour Sprint Adventure Race.
DATE:  13 June 2009
LOCATION:  Blackdown Park, Base Borden. 
    I have raced the last three ESAR races.  I love their course design and the organization level that seems to get better with every year.  The venue was excellent supplying great affordable accommodations (aka the shacks) which included a cadet mess hall […]

Finally we are getting few off road tri/duathlons “nearby”! Indeed, they are still located in the US (Damn, when on the canadian east coast???) but on the north part of NY state so not too far driving. This year, the XTerra Lake Placid end of August (http://www.triandduit.com/xterralakeplacid/Home.html) has been added to the XTerra Skyhigh in July (Grafton […]

Saturday May9th,2009
Trudeau Park,Tweed,On.
www.stormthetrent.com
After my first team adventure  race last year at Raid the Hammer I was keen to try another.Little did I know what I was getting into when I agreed to join the 4 person Team Lantern Rouge in the Trek division(4-6hrs) at Storm the Trent in Tweed.
A little canoeing,some mountain biking and trail […]

What: Storm the Trent Trek Elite Adventure Race
When: May 9th, 2009.
Where: Trudeau’s Park Resort, Tweed, Ontario
Website: www.stormthetrent.com
I’ve never been able to do Sean Roper’s annual Storm the Trent race in May because of a long term conflict with another commitment I usually have on this weekend.  When this commitment was moved ahead a week this year, […]

What: 8 hour sprint adventure race
Where: Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, Ontario
When: May 2nd, 2009.
 For the past few years, Frontier Adventure Sports & Training has put on their first race of the season out of Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville. This event has become a favorite early season race of mine, for several reasons: 1) As much as I […]

 
Name of Race: Transmarocaine Raid Multisports
Website: http://www.transmarocaine.org
Date of Race: March 9-14, 2009
Location of Race: Morocco
Type of Event: 6-Day (Stage) Adventure Race
Distance/Length of Event: 6 Days, Unsupported, Teams of 2
Team Members: Harper Forbes and Denise Rispolie, representing Breathe Magazine Canada
Several months ago, I decided to send in an application to Breathe Magazine for their contest to win a free […]

Salomon Snowshoe Raid
Saturday February 21st 2009
Horseshoe Resort, Barrie On
www.dontgetlost.ca
This is a race that needs to be on everybody’s calendar.  The 3rd annual Salomon Snowshoe Raid was a fantastic event to kick off the 2009 race season with 84 teams (that’s over 160 athletes) making their way up to Horseshoe Resort, the home of the Raid. […]

The Dirty Duathlon Adventure Race
Sir Sandford Fleming College
Saturday November 8th 2008
www.runnerslife.ca
This was the second year that I entered the Runners Life Dirty Duathlon race with it being the last official race on my schedule for 2008. There are actually 2 races and last year I just raced the “long” course so this year I decided […]