Canadian ultra marathon runner Derrick Spafford offers running coaching, clinics, race management and Canadian sales of Dion snowshoes
Spafford Health and Adventure has received it's first shipment of the state-of-the-art hydration systems by UltrAspire. Please check out the UltrAspire products available at the SHA Online Store. Product is available for immediate delivery. Interest has been very high for these items and we expect … [Read more...]
Trail runners were treated to ideal race conditions for the Kingston 5Peaks Trail Race held on the J&J Mountain Bike Trails today, just north of Kingston. The new courses for 2012 featured a combination of rolling hills, technical terrain, pine needles, mud, tight switchbacks and some sweet … [Read more...]
This ungulate has a sore hoof! Training has been going very well for the past few months. My mileage has been consistently strong. I’ve had some good long runs, and even mixed in some decent harder, quality workouts as well. I was really beginning to look forward to doing the Bear Mountain 50 … [Read more...]
It's very rare that a week goes by that we don't go to Frontenac Provincial Park for at least one run. While Frontenac is a wonderful place to run, it is usually our default and we sometimes overlook many of the other great trails in the area. One such trail that we haven't run in a while is the … [Read more...]
Well, spring is here. At least in Eastern Ontario. Hard to believe that the winter that wasn’t is now behind us. Sure, I expect that we’ll have a few flurries in the forecast over the next month or so, but I can’t imagine getting anything substantial that will stick. Even with the warm … [Read more...]
It’s been three weeks since I finished the Yukon Arctic Ultra 100 miler. I’ve had a lot of time to think about and process things from the race, as well as the experience itself. In general, I am still pleased with how things went and what I was able to do and accomplish on the day. After … [Read more...]
After competing at the Rock and Ice Ultra in Yellowknife in 2008 and 2009, I have had a burning desire to run the Yukon Arctic Ultra. Rock and Ice gave me a taste of what is required to run a northern race, and I was able to use much of this experience with YAU100. Training had gone about as well … [Read more...]
Here is a great review of Dion Snowshoes that was done by the Running Village. They covered a lot of good points about Dions that you may want to consider when planning to purchase your next pair of snowshoes. For more information on Dions, or to order in Canada, please visit … [Read more...]
Stephan Meyer of Get Out There Magazine participated in yesterday's Dion Frontenac Snowshoe Race and filmed the following video report of the race. Start video... Also, check out Stephan's photo gallery for more great photos from the race... … [Read more...]
Conditions could not have been better and the competition was fierce at the Dion Frontenac Snowshoe Race. This is the first race in the Dion Eastern Ontario Snowshoe Running Series. This was also a qualifying race for the World Snowshoe Running Championships being held in Quebec in March. The top 3 … [Read more...]
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