From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Staying The Course: A Runner’s Toughest Race

by vince January 27, 2010 Book Reviews

“It’s unbelievable that wherever I go, people still want to talk about that race.  It beat me up more than any other race in my life.” – Dick Beardsley Until recently I knew very little about Dick Beardsley.  I vaguely remembered that he was involved in one of the greatest races ever, but that was [...]

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The Back of the Pack in Haliburton Forest

by Bill January 26, 2010 Community Submitted News

[Editor's Note: The following was submitted by community member Clay Williams.] There are a few very quick runners who lead the field, and compete for the podium positions and series titles. As a relatively new Ultra Runner, my responsibility is to fill out the field, and simply try to complete the races with respectable times. [...]

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Racing the Antelope – What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life

by vince January 22, 2010 Book Reviews

“Human ingenuity may make various inventions, but it will never devise any invention more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does, because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous” -Leonardo Da Vinci A professor of Biology at the University of Vermont, Bernd Heinrich is the author of [...]

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Marathon Quest 250

by vince January 20, 2010 Faces

Yo, Karnazes!  Check this out! This story appeared in The Hamilton Spectator on New Year’s Eve.  Martin Parnell plans on running the equivalent of 250 marathons in 2010 to raise funds for Right to Play, “a humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills and foster peace for children [...]

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H.U.R.T 100: Monumental Canadians

by Bill January 18, 2010 Monumental Efforts

This past weekend’s H.U.R.T.100 Mile Trail Race proved to be very, very successful for Canadian runners. Unless I’m reading the race results incorrectly there were 13 Canadians who started the race. Of those, 7 were 100 Mile finishers and 6 were 100K finishers. According to the official race rules “due to the difficult nature of [...]

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Hoops and a run in Honolulu

by vince January 13, 2010 Monumental Efforts

‘A’OHE PU’U KI’EKI’E KE HO’À’O ‘IA E PI’I (No cliff is so tall it cannot be climbed) – Hawaiian proverb In my professional life, I’m a teacher and guidance counselor at Académie catholique Mère-Teresa in Hamilton.  We are a school of approximately 300 students, but our boys’ basketball team manages to compete with the province’s [...]

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Vince’s 2009 Year in Review & 2010 Wish List

by vince January 7, 2010 My 2 Cents

At this time of year we are inundated with countless “Best of” articles, TV programs and top-ten lists.  So what the heck?  Here is my 2009 Year in Review and 2010 Wish List! I am a goal-oriented person, so looking back on 2009 will allow me to better plan my upcoming racing schedule.  I’m the [...]

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Monica’s 3000+ Mile Odyssey

by vince January 1, 2010 Faces

Ultra runner extraordinaire, Monica Scholz is raising the bar.  In 2001 Monica set a World Record by completing twenty-three 100-mile races in one calendar year.  Oddly some critics and naysayers suggested that this accomplishment wasn’t that remarkable as they felt Monica wasn’t regarded as an elite runner.  Although Monica did not win any of the [...]

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