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 (except [...]

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 in [...]

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 [...]

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 this year [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]