Below you will find a variety of running posts: everything from race reports, to packing lists for marathons and Ragnars, to training advice, and a few posts which I hope will just bring a chuckle or smile. Whatever your distance, whatever your race, whatever your pace, keep it up!
For Fun and distraction
- Quiz – Are you a jogger, a runner or insane?
- Disaster stories: The unfortunate incident of the improvides gel pouch
Practical advice
- Training for your first marathon – practical tips to get you to the start line
- What to pack for your marathon
- What to pack for a Ragnar/Peak To Brew relay race
- So that marathon sucked – now what? Getting over a bad race
- Running Cross country for a road runner (X-Country Canadian nationals)
Running Gear Reviews
- Using your Garmin for music (without a phone) Garmin Forerunner 645 Music
- How to avoid slipping on icy winter runs (traction options)
- Microspikes for winter running
Marathon reports (alphabetical order)
- Big Sur , Big Sur, CA, USA (2017) spring race
- Boston Boston, MA, USA (2015) spring race
- Practical Guide to Boston Marathon weekend
- Boston to Big Sur (2017) spring race
- Boston vs New York which is more awesome (2017)
- Boston vs New York which is tougher (2017)
- Boston, MA (2019) spring race
- Boston vs Chicago Marathon (2018/2019)
- Treadmill settings for Boston training
- Chicago (Bank of America Chicago Marathon) Chicago, IL USA (2018) fall race
- Chicago vs New York Marathon (2017/2018)
- Grandmas marathon, (my race), Duluth, MN, USA (2016) spring race
- New York marathon New York, NY, USA (2017) fall race
- Philadelphia marathon Philadelphia, PA, USA (2016) fall race
- BMO Vancouver Marathon Vancouver, BC, Canada (2018) spring race
Ottawa area races
- 5 reasons to run Canada Army Run Half Marathon (2018)
- Mad Trapper Snowshoe night race yes you race in snowshoes (2018) January, Gatineau, Quebec
- Beat Beethoven race (2019) May 1 km, 4 km , 8 km Kingston, Ontario
- Diefenbooker race (2019) May 5km and 10 km run, 5 km, 18 km, and 33 km cycle, Carp, Ontario
- Emilie’s Run 5 km women’s race (2019) April, Ottawa, Ontario
- Mud Hero Ottawa Mud Run/Obstacle Course race (2018) June, Ottawa, Ontario
- Perth Kilt Run Fun run in a kilt? why not? (2018) June, Perth, Ontario – as of 2019 the race is in August
- Surf N Turf relay race run, canoe, bike, swim (2018) June, Trenton, Ontario
Out of town races
- Bay to Breakers, San Francisco, CA, USA (2019) spring race
- Imperial palace half marathon, Tokyo, Japan (2017) fall race
- Joe McGuire Race, Woodstock, NB, Canada (2019) summer race
Travel and Running
