Races

The Yukon River Trail Marathon

by vince August 12, 2010 Places

“There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold.” The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service Seeing as my wife was travelling to India to visit her daughter, I decided to find a [...]

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Rattlesnake Trail 50K – Another Finish, Another State

by vince July 10, 2010 Places

 “Aw-right, y’all.  Let’s make the official start line the back of my here pickup truck.” – Denis R. Hamrick Jr. – Race Director I wasn’t initially planning on writing a report of this event, but the RD’s pre-race instructions were simply too classic and needed to be shared with others as a reminder of what [...]

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Summer is heating up!

by vince July 8, 2010 Faces

“I bet many of you feel sorry for me.  Well, don’t.  Having an artificial leg has its advantages.  I’ve broken my right knee many times and it doesn’t hurt a bit.” – Terry Fox Over the past couple of weeks we were focused on Charlotte Vasarhelyi’s successful attempt at breaking the Bruce Trail end-to-end solo [...]

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Scott Jurek – Ultra Rock Star

by vince May 12, 2010 Faces

“What do you mean you’re not gonna race?  It’s a race!” – Scott Jurek M.E. UPDATE:  Scott Jurek was successful in his attempt to set a new U.S. 24-hour record in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France early this morning.  Scott ran an incredible 266.677 Km (165.28 Miles) and finished second at the IAU World Championships.  Congratulations Scott! In the [...]

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Ladies Rule Jerseyville 100

by vince April 28, 2010 Faces

“You’re back?  You are an addict!” – ultra runner Kinga Miklos What on Earth was I thinking?  During our R2R2R adventure two weeks ago, I swore that I would not attempt the Jerseyville 100-miler.  As some time passed, I started thinking perhaps I could finish at least 50-miles.  Then, a couple of days before the [...]

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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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The Canadian Death Race – 2009

by Bill February 9, 2010 Community Submitted News

[Editor's Note:  The following post was submitted by community member Ange ] Since now is the time to register for the 2010 Canadian Death Race in Alberta, I thought I would share my story from last years race… happy reading! The Canadian Death Race – 2009 – Angie’s report So the one question that is [...]

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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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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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