If you’re here looking for a typical style race report, you’re going to be disappointed. The things that I think are important to talk about from this race have nothing to do with the race. In case you’re here looking … Read more

The way I see it, there are four fundamental differences to the TransRockies course compared to any other race I’ve ever tried to wrap my head around: distance, elevation gain, heat and altitude. Let’s talk about my plans to address … Read more

I haven’t posted since directly after BMO, so let me sum up the last three weeks of my running. Everyone recommends a gradual, gentle build-up after a marathon (everyone except for Dean Karnazes in “50/50”, who recommends going for a … Read more

I don’t even know how to write this… It went well. I’m so used to writing these things as self-deprecating memoirs that I have no idea how to write a race report were I felt good and never wanted, nay, … Read more

I have no idea if this is real or not, but it doesn’t actually matter. There’s a tale I’ve heard that because a Cheetah has no natural predators that can run faster than it, chasing one in a jeep is … Read more

On Sunday morning I ran in the Spring Run-Off 8k in Stanley Park. Last week’s long run gave me a good indication of where my endurance was at, this would tell me what speed I could go. Except I wasn’t … Read more

Tuesday’s workout: 5 x 600 with 200 easy jog between. Except, I don’t know what I’m doing on the track. So as I was jogging there I had to convert it into a swimming set to understand what I was … Read more

Since I’ve declared myself fit-for-running after the calf injury that robbed me of most of February’s runs I’ve taken a much more holistic approach to the running parts of training. For starters I’ve mixed things up a lot more, swapping … Read more