This race, which is in it’s 2nd year, has quickly become one of my favourites.  It’s close to my home, it’s for a good cause (scholarships for the children of military personnel killed in action), and it has a very pleasant course.  When I ran it last year I achieved a new half-marathon pb and had a […]

On Nov 6th I closed out another season of long distance running with the Hamilton Marathon.
This year I completed 10 ultras (including 92.7 miles in a 24hr event) and 7 marathons (including Hamilton). I also managed 40k in another 6hr event (where I was coming down with a bug) and the EndurRun (7 races, 160k, […]

Website:  http://mudnewton.com
Date:  Sept. 3/11
Location:  Woodnewton, 4849 Concession #6, Uxbridge, On
Time:  9:00am
This was originally a Christmas Tree farm & a cross country ski resort back in the 70’s & 80’s.  This farm is 200 acres & they are revitalizing the tree farm.  They also host mountain bike races here.
This was the first year for this race, […]

In July of 2010, my boyfriend and I mutually decided that we wanted to find a hobby we could share. Richard has always been a very athletic and self-determined individual, and me, on the other hand – I’ve always needed that little push to get me going. One day, after hearing about the Running Free […]

Running a 5km race in a full head to toe Santa suit, who would not want to do that???
This was the second year I have ran the Santa Jingle race in Burlington ON. I ran it last year with my husband, mother in-law(65) and friends and had a blast.  This year my 14 year […]

I didn’t want to write this race report. I wasn’t going to write this race report. My husband told me I should. Sometimes I listen to him.
I ran my first marathon, the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 16. It was a colossal mess. The main reason I didn’t want to re-live it in a […]

On September 24th, I participated in a unique event, the Sears Great Canadian Run. This was a fundraiser for the Hospital for Sick Children and national initiatives across Canada supporting the research and treatment of kids cancer. Our intrepid team of 6, Team Momentum, ran 131 km that day from Vaughan to Blue Mountain and […]

I wrote a review on this race last year as it was my first marathon that I ever raced.  I wasn’t going to write another review on the same race but had such a different experience, I thought I should.
Hamilton likes to claim it is the best event if you want to qualify for Boston.  […]

This was my 3rd time pacing a race for this year.  I have really come to like this type of running.  Even though there is pressure to perform by keeping on pace, I find pacing more like a nice long slow run with the benefit of meeting new people.  This pacing experience was much different […]

Hamilton ½ Marathon – By Cathy Putman
www.hamiltonmarathon.ca
 
 
This was it!  This was my goal road race of the season!  The Hamilton Half Marathon.  A New York Marathon qualifier.  I needed a 1:37 half marathon to qualify for the 2012 New York Marathon.  Did I do it?!?
 
It all started back in […]

Event: North Face Endurance Challenge Championships
Date: December 3rd, 2011
Location: San Francisco
When a racing friend of mine suggested getting a group together to go out to San Francisco for the last event of the North Face trail running series, I jumped at the chance.  It would allow me both to cross another state off my lifetime […]

Date:  Sunday November 27th, 2011
Race:  MCC Chilly Willy, Mississauga, ON
Distance:  15km & 8km
Website:  http://mississaugacanoeclub.com/test/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Chilly_Willly_2011_8km_and_15km_registration_form.pdf
The breeze coming through the living room window seemed a lot cooler than the forecasted 10 degrees.  I hemmed and hawed about what to wear.  After 13 years of running, I still struggle with this.  I really didn’t feel like racing.  It […]

The race itself was very well organized.  The volunteers and Race Coordinators were amazingly energetic and pleasant.  They following is my story.
I decided I would go for it.  I decided to skip the marathon and go for the ultramarathon.    In this case it was a 50km trail run.  The road does not appeal to me, […]

By: Michael Pinkney
This is a well organized race that is full of 10,000 people.  The race shirt was nice, and the organizers were fantastic.  The following is my story.
My wife and I just had our second child in February.  Our oldest just turned two and was getting over a case of strep throat, pink eye, […]

Casablanca was the final race on the Calendar for the Subaru Niagara Racing Series, and this proved to be a solemn day because of the sudden and unexpected passing of Jerry Friesen on Nov. 2, 2011.  Jerry’s dedication was what made all of these races so great, and it was hard to believe he wouldn’t […]

I signed up for this race a little late, not knowing what my fall was going to be like.   After some decent training, I thought I was ready to make an attempt at a face paced half marathon.   I’ve only done one other stand up half marathon race in the 8 years since we moved […]

I spent my pre-race Friday and Saturday convincing myself that it would be a good decision to skip this race.  I had been sick and still wasn’t feeling great, and my wife and both kids were also sick.  With all of us under the weather, I wasn’t feeling committed and didn’t feel justified in leaving […]

Race:  Toronto Women’s 8km & 5km 
Distance: 8km
Date:  Saturday October 29th, 2011
Website:  www.towomensruns.com 
I signed up for this race mid summer just after I did the 10km in this series.  I was totally gung ho and figured an 8km two weeks post half marathon would be perfect.  I figured I’d have ample time to recover and I’d […]

Race:  Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon / Half Marathon
Distance:  21.1km
Date:  Sunday October 16th, 2011
Website:  www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com 
Mojo as defined by the Urban Dictionary:
1. Self confidence or self assuredness.  As is basis for belief in oneself in a situation.
2.  Good luck charm or fetish
3.  Ability to bounce back from a debilitating trauma or negative attitude.
After the less than stellar […]

Race:  Korean Peace Run 10km
Date:  Saturday October 1st, 2011
Location:  Sunnybrook Park, Toronto
Website:  https://sites.google.com/site/torontokcca/events/marathon 
 
I hadn’t planned on running a 3rd race in October but when my friend and fellow West Toronto Pacer Joseph Park told me about this race and said that they had good prizes and even better draw prizes (TV’s and a round trip to Korea), […]