Scott McMillan : Endurance Junky

Haven’t posted in awhile I have been busy with work, taking a course, working on some side projects etc. My only real “endurance training” has come from riding to work. I have continued to hit the climbing gym a couple times a week and even managed to get out to Squamish with Chris last weekend […]

Went snowshoeing for the first time this year on the North Shore mountains with Tara up on Mt. Seymour. Quite surreal 30 mins away is downtown Vancouver where it is above 0C and the grass is green.
There were some weird ice formations on the trees near the peak, the winds caused the ice […]

Well the holidays are almost over for me (Monday is the official end), I am back in Vancouver after spending time in Mission visiting Tara’s family, Saskatoon visiting my parents and Calgary visiting my sister and brother in-law. Tara and I were spoiled like always. We consumed way too much food drink and now […]

No posts for awhile I haven’t been doing much running wise been busy with work and feeling a little under the weather. I have been hitting the climbing gym weekly for last few months though and have been progressing quite rapidly. I feel great in that respect very strong and “solid”, one thing runners become […]

I am finally back in action! This weekend I raced the Hallow’s Eve Half Marathon which is part of the Ironlung trail series. I wasn’t planning on running this event but Eric emailed me asking if I wanted an entry so I thought why they hell not I need to get a quality run […]

Training works. It’s interesting how 2 months ago a 1:30 hilly trail run was tough now a 3 hr run is hard but not that hard. All my little pains have disappeared. I felt really solid on Saturday’s 3 hr long run. I am still doing the carb restriction on my run which is […]

This weekend was my first double long session in several years and I forgot how hard they are and I didn’t even go that long!
Sat 1:38 Hilly, Sunday 1:51 hilly just over 40k for the two days, the other workouts for the week where 2 x 1:10 minutes runs on the trails. This is a […]

Another good week of training. I managed 4 “quality sessions” this week and dumped the base mile days to help with recovery. The highlight of the week came from the long run on Saturday. I was hoping to get a around a three hour run in so I thought why the hell not run to […]

This is kind of funny I emailed the Outside Gear Guy a question about shoes for a 50 miler and he answered.
Here is the response. I hear the Salomon shoes are Ok but I don’t care that much about keeping my feet dry I will only be out there for 6-7 hours.

OK week of training nothing out of the ordinary just putting more miles in the bank. I decided to bail on the 5peaks on Saturday and planned on doing a gentler long run instead. The long run turned out to be not so gentle though. I ran from the Grouse parking along the Baden Powell […]