Canadian ultra marathon runner Derrick Spafford offers running coaching, race management, and Canadian sales of Dion Snowshoes and UltrAspire Hydration
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...]
Who would have thought that a couple of frames of bowling would have me limping around for the better part of a week? Certainly not this kid! In all fairness, I had irritated my hips a bit when I was setting the course for the Dion Switzerville Red Barn Snowshoe Race last month. The icy … [Read more...]
Another solid week of training and I'm really pleased with how my body has handled it. My goal last week was to increase the daily volume that much more, and hopefully feel good running long on the weekend.Everything seemed to go very well all week with 5 days of running twice a day. I had one … [Read more...]
Woke up this morning with tired, sore legs....but in a very good way!I can usually tell during the first few steps upon getting up how my little nigglies are and if my knee and achilles are happy or not. Today, both were not barking in the least. In fact, they are probably in the best place that … [Read more...]
The Super Bowl of ultra running occurs this weekend with the Western States 100.I had put my name into the mix last fall, but unfortunately did not get selected. In hindsight, it's probably just as well with the recent injury flareup. With not feeling structurally sound at this point, trying to run … [Read more...]
My Training LogI am a sucker for my training log. Probably no surprise to most who know me as I've kept a detailed training log since I first started running year round in 1982, and have documented every run that I've done. I love going back through it and reviewing it from time to time. The … [Read more...]
