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Haliburton Forest 100 miler is one of my favourite races. Great trails, amazing atmosphere and wonderful people. I had gone into the race looking to have a strong run. I’d felt good about my training this year and had an encouraging race leading into it last month at Dirty Girls 12hr. With … [Read more...]
Hard to believe that I haven’t run a race since Yukon Arctic Ultra in February. That finally changed this past weekend at the Dirty Girls 12 hour race. Sara and I hadn’t actually planned on it being this long before racing as we had signed up for the Bear Mountain 50 miler in May, but the … [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...]
iRunFar.com has posted our full race report from the GORETEX TransRockies Run on their website. We wanted to provide as much information as possible on the event and the incredible experience we had. It’s a fairly long read, but gives you an idea of what the event was all about, in addition to … [Read more...]
Haliburton Forest has a very special place in my heart. I ran my first 50km, 50miler and 100miler there. Helen Malmberg and her team of wonderful volunteers put together a great race and make this one of my favourite events. Each year I find myself excited to get back into the forest for a tour … [Read more...]
Well, it’s been almost a week since we completed the 2011 Gore-Tex Transrockies Run. I still find myself thinking about Colorado views a lot. Sure, the race was tough with the endless climbing while at high altitudes, but we were rewarded heavily with some of the most beautiful scenery … [Read more...]
Seaton Trail 52km was held on Saturday and marked the end of a long and frustrating year (actually...year and a half). Most of 2010 was spent injured and trying to figure out what the problem was. Thanks to physio Stacee Smith things went well in the last few months of 2010 and early 2011. Still, … [Read more...]
Ok, so Virgil Crest is still taking place as I write this, so WTF am I doing blogging? Well, in case you didn’t see the online updates or my twitter, I dropped…and dropped fairly early I might add at 25miles, or as Eric pointed out 40kms which does sound a little better.I’m a bit disappointed, … [Read more...]
It’s getting near the end of the week and I haven’t even had a chance to post last week’s update yet. Guess I’ve fallen a little behind on the blogging front. I do have an excuse though as it’s been a very busy week and I’m trying to play a little catch up.I decided late last week that … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Oliver, who just completed his first 50miler at Rocky Raccoon in Texas.I just got off the phone with him and he was pretty excited about his race. It didn’t unfold quite the way he had envisioned it, but ended up with an incredible result.Oliver started the race very … [Read more...]
