This turned out to be a really good race for me. I started out feeling very comfortable, running with the lead group until the Emily Murphy hill started. First 5 km at 16:53, and it felt VERY comfortable. I knew there were some very fast guys in this group, and I expected to get dropped [...]
The 2010 edition of the K-100 relay up in Kananaskis was fantastic. The weather was really good this year. Well, there was a bit of rain on leg 7 for us, but it didn’t last very long. We had, on paper, a slightly slower Camrose Pirates team this year, but everyone on the team ran [...]
On June 11, my wife and our 6 year-old girl went to the second annual Northlands Park One Mile road race, and so did over 300 runners. It was quite the event! The little kids ran a bit shorter, and the rest of us ran 3 laps around a loop to make it a Mile. [...]
The race went quite well. I finished in 1:14:55, which gave me the Masters title and $300 for the effort. I think this was my fastest half marathon in about 10 years, so I am definitely happy with this race. I ran the first 10 km in 35:20 and I didn’t feel like I had [...]
Red Deer Half-Marathon 2010 was a cold and miserable run for me. I still ran quite well; 3rd place in 1:15:34 and only 14 seconds behind second place. The weather was on the cool side though, and there was a strong wind this day. The course was different this year, which meant more turns and [...]
The inaugural race Oles’ Spring Run Off was a success! As for myself, I placed first on the 8 km race, with the time of 27:19. I was sore all week from the Vancouver half-marathon, but once I started the race, I felt better than I thought I would. Brendan Lunty took it out at [...]
First place in Masters division in 1:15:23. This was my first time running this race, and I really enjoyed it. In fact, this was my first trip to Vancouver. It wasn’t as bad with traffic and crowds as I had expected. Race results here. I had a good race – went out fairly hard and [...]
A competitive field and great weather made the 2010 edition of the St. Albert 10 Miler a fun event. This was also the 25th anniversary of this race. The sun was shining and everyone was enjoying this great run. I had a good race, and finished in 55:41, which gave me 1st place in my [...]
I have for the longest time considered GPS running watches as bulky, expensive and completely unnecessary devices. I know what kind of pace I run at, so I can easily calculate how far I run. I don’t need to see on a map where I just ran either, what’s the point of that? Okay, so [...]
Training has been going quite good the last few months, and I’m keeping my weekly distance at about 80 – 90 kilometres. As usual, the lack of real long runs stares in my face when I look back at my running log. I’ve gone over 2 hours just a few times this whole year. If [...]