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 […]

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 […]

Storm the 10 Adventure Race
Saturday Sept. 20th 2008
Kelso Conservation Area
www.stormthetrent.com
The Lead-In 
Have any of you ever raced against Kalon Sparks? Well, if you have, you know why I was pretty psyched to team up with him to race the Storm the 10 relay this year. After we battled each other lap after lap last year when […]

Okay, it is almost one month after this race, and I have written about half of my report.  I wanted to make sure I post something now so the team is aware of this hidden gem.  This race was hosted in Roanoke, Virginia, and yes on Dec. 13, 2008.  Crazy time of year if you […]

 Salomon Raid The Hammer 25k Adventure Run
Sunday November9th 2008
Ancaster/Dundas On.
www.dontgetlost.ca
Alright,I’ve run my fair share of trail races.I’ve even done a little bushwacking.But I’ve never combined them over some of the hilliest,rockiest terrain I’ve had the pleasure of exploring.
My first foray into the adventure running game was eye-opening to put it mildly and I now have […]

Event: Untamed Virginia 30-hour adventure race
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date: September 13-14
After having had a great experience at Untamed New England in June, Marcus, Joel, Pete and I decided to rejoin forces for Untamed Virginia, a 30-hour race being held near Richmond, Virginia. We wanted to take some of the lessons that we’d learned from that race […]

Race: The North Face Canadian Death Race - 125km in 24hrs
Date: August Long Weekend Annually - Sat/Sun
Location: Grande Cache, Alberta
Sport: Adventure Running!
Website: http://www.canadiandeathrace.com
“For nearly a decade, elite racers have come to Grande Cache to cheat Death in one of the world’s toughest adventure races. The 125 km course begins and ends on a 4200 foot […]

Event: Angry Seagull 24 hour adventure race
Location: Kincardine to Paisley, Ontario
Date: August 9-10, 2008.
2008 marked the 2nd running of the Angry Seagull 24 hour adventure race.  I was bummed that I didn’t have a chance to participate in last year’s event, and thought that this would be perfect training for Untamed Virginia, a race I […]