Canadian ultra marathon runner Derrick Spafford offers running coaching, race management, and Canadian sales of Dion Snowshoes and UltrAspire Hydration
I didn’t actually plan on running the perimeter of Frontenac Provincial Park last week, but it just kind of worked out that way. Sara was away at a conference, so I decided to hit the park for a long run. My plan going in was to check out Slide Lake, then make a decision once I got back to the … [Read more...]
I get asked often about where people can run trails in the Kingston area. There are so many great options in the area that people may or may not be aware of. It just takes a little bit of searching, but is really quite easy to find some awesome places to trail run. I have posted a list of … [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...]
Frontenac Park is a very special place. Slide Lake features some of the most rugged, remote and technical trails in the park. The footing can be a real challenge, so we sometimes don't find ourselves running there as often as the north end of the park. When we do run Slide Lake though we are always … [Read more...]
Earlier this month I enjoyed what was probably the best snowshoe run I've ever had. The article I wrote on this run is now posted on the La Sportiva Running Team blog. … [Read more...]
Living in Eastern Ontario, we don't have easy access to mountains. Rolling terrain yes, but to hit some really good climbing, we need to drive south to the Adirondacks. We really are fortunate to be only a 3.5 hour drive to the mountains and it makes for an easy weekend trip to get some good … [Read more...]
A couple of days ago we had the biggest snowfall of the year so far with a pretty substantial snowstorm. All of my routes are now kind of plugged up with snow again and I'm back to doing all runs on snowshoes...which is fine by me. I've been pretty busy lately and haven't had much time to post my … [Read more...]
Usually Friday's are a light recovery day for me, however with the beautiful big snowflakes falling and ideal snowshoe running conditions, I just couldn't stay inside. Even though I'd done a fairly hard snowshoe tempo run last night, this was one of the most enjoyable snowshoe runs I've had all … [Read more...]
Sometimes it's easy to overlook the beauty of daily running routes that start from right out your own door. I've mentioned a number of times about my love of the trails at Frontenac Provincial Park, however the truth of the matter is that due to it taking us close to a half hour to drive there, … [Read more...]
Having morning coffee with the dogs yesterday, I was looking out over our backyard with a bit of sadness. We had just had a major rainfall and the grass track and trail that we have on our property is flooded over for the season and probably will be until spring now. Our … [Read more...]
