Canadian ultra marathon runner Derrick Spafford offers running coaching, race management, and Canadian sales of Dion Snowshoes and UltrAspire Hydration
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...]
Anyone who knows me realizes that I have always been a die hard Bruins fan ever since the days of Bobby Orr. I quit playing hockey once I started running, but have always been passionate about the Bruins. I barely remember the last cup victory for the Bruins in 1972 and have hoped for another one … [Read more...]
Spring is a fun time of the year to be a runner, as you sometimes get the rare opportunity to see young animals while out on the trails. I wrote about my gosling episode earlier, but had another great trail experience today. It seems as though the best trail experiences come along when you least … [Read more...]
The thing that I love the most about trail running is spending time in nature on a daily basis. You just never know what you are going to see and experience. Over the years, I’ve had encounter’s with plenty of wildlife including bears, deer, wolves, coyotes, foxes, skunks, owls, eagles, … [Read more...]
We're finally getting a little snow in Eastern Ontario. With the steady, daily accumulations our trails are now covered in a beautiful white blanket. It seems very strange that most of the areas around us have been hit pretty hard with major storms already, but we have gotten off lucky, or … [Read more...]
We are still anxiously awaiting the first substantial snowfall of the year. This photo, sent to me by Buttons, made me giggle as it seems like I'm not the only one hopeful of a good snowfall. Sure we have had some snow stick on the ground and even enough that we could have almost gone for a … [Read more...]
My pipes are still a bit tired from the 25miles at Virgil on Saturday. I've spent quite a bit of time reflecting over the campfire the past few days and am still fine with the outcome.Yesterdays token 20 minute run helped to loosen up my legs a bit more and another easy day or two should have me … [Read more...]
I have to admit that I don't really tend to follow world news much. We don't have a TV, I don't listen to the radio often and don't go to news websites.I was therefore pretty shocked to hear about the terrible BP Oil Spill recently.It was very comforting however to know that BP is doing such an … [Read more...]
Amazing how you can go from an umpteen hour week of running one week, and then drop to under 7hours the next. Blech!As I mentioned last week, I re-injured my wonky knee a bit last weekend while organizing the Kingston 5 Peaks Trail Race. Running with a heavy backpack while setting up/tearing down … [Read more...]
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