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Knee-hab
Ten days ago I was climbing up a mountain trail near the Crowsnest Pass, a low peak along the continental divide on a sunny Sunday afternoon, looking at views like this: I could feel the start of some bit of twinging in my right knee, but like anything else for a guy in his mid-40s,
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Race Report: Blackfoot
Sunday Runday, and I’m moving gingerly around the house this morning in recovery mode after a long, tough race yesterday. After a two and a half year wait, and two covid-postponments, the Blackfoot Ultra finally crossed the start line on Saturday. A good proportion of the racers never showed up, obviously fallen out of training
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Marshalling Report: Five Peaks
Sunday Runday and rather than lacing up to run this morning, I instead bundled up warm and packed my lawn-chair down to the local dog park where I’d signed up to volunteer to help out with the sixteen kilometre-long 5 Peaks Trail Race. The 5 Peaks series is a race that I’ve tackled myself multiple
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Three Cheers for Traction
Having run for well over a decade in the ever changing seasons of the Canadian prairies I have fought many battles with the hardened warrior otherwise known as winter trail conditions. Ankle-deep fresh snow. Ice-slickened asphalt. Road slop like oatmeal or worse, dirty slush. It is only November yet already the paths have become an
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It’s All About the Trail Shoes
Sunday Runday and with less than two weeks until my first in-person race in over a year and a half I found myself facing a morning run dilemma. New shoes. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining about new shoes. Quite the opposite. While on vacation in the mountains a few weeks ago I finally