Photo by Ruth and Dave in the Outdoor Vancouver Flickr Pool The trail running season kicked into high-gear in May with 8 races taking place, including the first in the 5 Peaks series, the ever-popular Iron Knee, and the brand new Buckin’ Hell. I was at 5 Peaks Golden Ears and Buckin’ Hell and they […]
Race Reports – 5 Peaks, Golden Ears & Buckin’ Hell
Last weekend, on May 11, the trail running season really kicked off with the first 5 Peaks event of the year; Golden Ears. I was really looking forward to putting on the trail shoes after finishing the Vancouver Marathon.
Trail Running Run-Down: April 2013
I thought I’d introduce a new monthly segment to the blog, focusing on trail running. The plan is to do a recap of the races that occured during the month, post race reports, and look ahead to the next’s month races. All with sprinkling in some other trail running info and videos. Sound good? In […]
Featured Book: Vancouver Trail Running
Vancouver Trail Running is a book that came out in 2011 and is a wealth of information for local trail runners. If you’ve previously been relying on hiking guidebooks to seek out new gnarly trails to run on, this book will be a big improvement for you. This is the first guidebook to document the fantastic […]
Silence – Short Film Featuring Local Runner Adam Campbell
Arc’teryx released a new short film featuring one of their ‘Arc’athletes’ – local trail runner Adam Campbell. Its been flying around Twitter and Facebook the last few days, but wanted to share it here as well. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a few minutes. Footage from our own backyard. The world is filled […]
My 2013 Race Schedule
This post is one in a series about my personal running; training and racing. For other posts like this, click here. I recapped my 2012 running season the other day. Here’s looking ahead to 2013; the races I hope to do and some goals I have. (Some dates aren’t official yet and I’ve guesstimated). Updates […]