From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Monumental Sheppard

by vince March 28, 2010 Faces

“Let’s have a look inside the Tickle Trunk” – Mr. Dressup With another Around the Bay Road Race in the books, Geoff Sheppard has once again pleased thousands of cheering onlookers with another amusing costume.  Every year Shep completes the 30Km course clad in a memorable disguise. In recent years Shep has dressed as an [...]

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Hasselhoffian Effort

by vince March 23, 2010 My 2 Cents

“Sand, I can’t get rid of the sand!”  – Kramer in Seinfeld’s The Marine Biologist episode Our annual March Break vacation consists of a week of rest, relaxation and re-energizing near the quaint town of Cabarete in beautiful Dominican Republic.  My wife and I rent a one bedroom condominium apartment at a quiet resort and [...]

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To Bib or Not To Bib?

by vince March 14, 2010 My 2 Cents

“Pinned you again.” – Nala in The Lion King There’s no more space on my basement wall!  Although these numbered, multi-coloured chest coverings help decorate my otherwise drab and dark laundry room, what real purpose do race bibs serve, specifically in ultra running?  As I perused the photos in the latest edition of the Ultra Running magazine this thought struck [...]

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California Running

by vince March 8, 2010 Places

“So if you’re dreaming about California,  It don’t matter at all where you played before, California’s a brand new game” – All the Gold in California by Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers There as so many interesting locales for a running vacation around the World.  Several books on this subject have been published, including Kimi Puntillo’s [...]

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100 Miles to Destiny – a Novel on Running

by vince March 1, 2010 Book Reviews

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” Dr. Napolean Hill Over the past seventeen days the 2010 Winter Olympics provided the World with dozens upon dozens of Monumental Effort stories.  Seeing as we were already inundated with coverage of the games, we felt that reporting on these stories on our blog [...]

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