I had hoped to go under 2:40 in this race, but the gods were not on my side this time. My friend Brendan Lunty had the perfect day, and won in 2:33. Amazing well done! This guy is just a marathon machine. Mike Booth was second in 2:36. I was in third spot for a [...]
Wait a minute, bonking shouldn’t happen before the marathon, should it? Shouldn’t happen at all of course, if you prepare properly. Well, I learned something this last weekend. Before you run a 2.5 hour run in hilly terrain, you have to fuel up. Like I didn’t know that… but here’s what happened. I went on [...]
On Friday, our family went up to Grande Cache yet another time, and this time, we were signed up as volunteer runners. Furthermore, our friend Stuart was soloing the 125 km of extreme racing – his first ultra race ever, and we were eager to see how he would. It turned out to be a [...]