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An Intro to Running with Dogs
Another Sunday Runday, and for the last couple weeks one of my small run crew cohort has joined us on the trails with her faithful canine running partner. A two-year old collie, her human leader (one of my long-time running friends) has spent a lot of effort training the dog on harness and leash to
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Overnight on Public Lands
The province where I live currently has over eleven thousand square kilometres of public lands that are available for a variety of recreational activities, including cross-country skiing, backpacking, and overnight camping. Sadly, much of that land is at least three or four hours of driving away… so nothing is close enough for a quick weekend
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Urban Creek Run Club
Sunday Runday, and the weather improved by about thirty degrees Celsius over last weekend. I’m not afraid of the cold, but since I couldn’t run with friends I’m not running alone in brutally freezing temps. This weekend we resumed our small band of cohort runners for the second real run club of the year, and
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Spreadsheets & Footfalls
Sunday Runday, and I’ve been hiding in my basement from the brutal cold, focussing on cross-training which is never a replacement for actually getting out on the trails. Not in quality of workout nor in the enjoyment of the effort. I’ve also been reflecting on the last year of pandemic lockdown and realizing that I’ve
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How should you dress to run in winter?
The saying goes, there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad wardrobe choices. Yet, as I prepare to post these words on this Sunday Runday it is -34 degrees Celsius on the other side of my front door and this morning I’m leaning on the fallacy of that statement: that’s actually pretty bad weather.
Category: running & adventure
My sport involves feet and trails and moving one quickly across the other.