Scott McMillan : Endurance Junky

Started riding the mountain bike again, been doing 3 rides per week off road plus bike commuting feeling somewhat fit pedaling wise. No that I seem to have little time to “train” I use my time when I have it to train with a key on having fun. So that means a run is a […]

Bloggable. Back on the junk. Went for a killer XC ride on Saturday with Steve to help him prepare him for the upcoming epic XC race the Test of Metal. I did this race 4 years ago and swore to never do it again not because I didn’t like the course which I do […]

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 […]

Cool little article in the Escapes section of the NY Times. It’s really cool because I was mentioned
Tough Tests With Softer Footing
By STEPHEN REGENOLD
Published: March 9, 2007
This spring, dozens of trail-running races around the country are expected to draw crowds of enthusiastic contestants and spectators.
Also note the author Stephen Regenold is the Gear […]

From reading the recent trail running article in the Georgia Straight I came across the new Canadian Mountain Running website. I have to say it’s about time, the previous site had very little info on the team/association. From the site info it seems that the Canmore Challenge will be the NACAC Championship race […]

Well last Sunday was the Grouse Mountain Run one of the toughest races one can participate in. It is a brutal climb over 850 meters vertical gain over 2.9km. To place well in this race you have to be at the top of your game, have a big engine tuned to perfection, have legs like […]

Horrible week of training. My toe was very sore after last weeks brutal run.
Mon: Bike 1:00
Tue: Run 1:14 easy run in Stanley with Joel.
Wed: Easy run 55:00
Thu: Off
Fri: Off
Sat: Bike 3:14, did a ride up Cypress with Cody. It’s been a while since I have done a long road ride, felt Ok though. I was […]

Week started off badly my toe was very sore felt broken. Ended the week with a solid training run.
Mon: Off injured toe
Tue: Off injured toe
Wed: Off injured toe
Thu: Bike 35:00 / Run 57:00 very easy run toe hurt.
Fri: Bike 30:00 / Run 50:00 wore a old pair of 833’s seemed to help.
Sat: Easy Run […]

This was a “recovery week” sort of with a race thrown in for training.
Mon: Off
Tue: Bike 1:10 / Run 50:00
Wed: Bike 1:10 / Run 45:00
Thu: Bike 1:10
Fri: Off
Sat: Seek the Peak race 16k over 4000ft of ascending 1:33:23. Good race my time was only off last years time by 20 seconds and I had […]

This week is the start of my Kneeknacker training. I am still recovering from a cold so it is was a very low mileage week. This time I am taking a different approach to the race. I will do three weekly Long Runs on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. I will also try to race a […]