Mud Fest it was! I had hoped to improve my 6th place in the Masters race from Guelph last year. Nope, 7th this time, and my time was 29:04. Looking back at the race yesterday, I feel like I’m in better shape than last year, and I would have run much quicker if it hadn’t […]
Augustana’s Andy Pohl takes Gold! Gerhard Lotz and I are very, very, very happy. The first CCAA Gold ever for an Augustana runner. We are all smiles… It was an exciting day on Saturday, as 224 runners raced in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association cross-country championships in cold and overcast conditions at McArthur Island in […]
This race served as Athletics Canada’s 2011 Canadian 10km Road Race Championship, as well as Timex Road Race Series Finale. Ahh, what a day I had. This is going to sound stupid, but oh well. What happened was, I got a 13 km warmup before my race. My hotel was only about 5 km from […]
We won the Sinister 7 again! Our team name was Cool Running. Last year, we won because the 2 top teams got lost. This year, we had a much faster team, but this year, we had serious competition from a fast team from the USA. They were very tough. The race was dramatic today. Our […]
I survived yet another K-100 relay in Kananaskis, and it was a lot of fun. I ran leg 5 again, some 50 seconds slower than my time last year, but in my defense, I claim it was way windier, and also colder. I got 5th place on my leg (again). It was only about +5 […]
The Northlands Park 1 Mile race 2011 was fun as it always is. This year, the weather was a bit nastier than last year. It was cold and some light rain came down as well. [ad#ad300] I ran in the 40-49 category, and I followed behind Shawn Muldrew, who is an ace at middle distance […]
Yesterday’s race in Red Deer was wonderful – perfect weather & temperature, and a lot of runners came out for this great event. We didn’t even notice many mosquitos (they have been a living nightmare in Camrose for a couple of weeks now). The Marathon and Half-Marathon both had winners from Camrose. I managed to […]
This has been a poor year for running so far for me. I have been so busy with renovations, teaching, etc, plus the weather was really bad here in Alberta this winter. Super cold and lots of snow! I am getting back into it now, albeit slowly. I find that after several weeks of no […]
Today I ran the 8 km cross country race for Masters in Guelph, Ontario. Great fun! I’m the 2nd guy in this picture. Doesn’t it look like we are enjoying these conditions? I think I did pretty good in my first attempt at Nationals. I placed 6th overall with the time 27:07. That is a […]
Today was a super nice day, with around 25 degrees and sunny. It’s wonderful to be able to run in weather like this in October! Our teams did well today, and Augustana took home the combined team award! Things are looking great for both our womens and mens teams. I ran today too, and placed […]