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Boston Pi (Virtual)
Most everyone I know in the running community knows that in addition to Canadian thanksgiving, this weekend is also the Virtual Boston Marathon. At least five people I know signed up for the race, which thanks to the pandemic was a once in a lifetime opportunity to run through your own streets, track it on
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Terry Fox-ish
Every year on this weekend for a generation Canadians go for a run. Forty years ago a young man named Terry Fox, long since deservedly held up as a national hero, attempted to run east to west across the country. He was in remission from cancer, and had lost a leg to it, but set
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Big Canada
Sunday Runday and I waited until today to finally make a big blogging deal about the latest running adventure in which I’ve signed up to participate. I’ve been sitting on it for a couple weeks and have been excited to post about it. In fact, shortly after I wrote about running inspiration and alluded to
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Hot Days, Trail Run Nights
Sunday Runday and technically I finished my weekly long, slow distance very early this morning, even before I went to bed last night. The arrival of what the weather forecasters have called “a mass of hot air” over the western half of North America has provided us with a second great excuse to mix up
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Social Distances
Sunday Runday, and that familiar epic-tired-queezy feeling is settling in for the afternoon, and I don’t remember if it’s a good thing or the part of the long runs that I didn’t like. I hadn’t run more than a dozen kilometers in the better part of a year, certainly not over the winter, and during