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August 28, 2010

Edmonton Marathon 2010

Category: Races – Tags: , – Robert 4:43 pm

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 [...]

May 25, 2010

Red Deer Half-Marathon 2010

Category: Races – Tags: , , – Robert 3:50 pm

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 [...]

May 4, 2010

Vancouver Half-marathon 2010

Category: Races – Tags: , , , , – Robert 4:04 pm

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 [...]

January 22, 2010

Haile wins Dubai Marathon in 2:06:09

Category: General,Races – Tags: , , – Robert 7:38 pm

Haile Gebrselassie wins in Dubai in 2:06:09 The Dubai Marathon was offering $1 million if Haile could break his own world record of 2:03:59. However, the pace wasn’t fast enough this time – he reached the halfway point in 1:02:51. Although Gebrselassie did not break the record, and he won again. 2:06:09 is pretty good [...]

December 17, 2009

Achilles Tendon situation

Category: General – Tags: , , – Robert 2:54 pm

After Las Vegas Marathon, I’ve rested completely and have not tried to run at all. I need to figure out a way to get over this thing. I’ve noticed discomfort in the tendon by just walking around, especially stairs, so I don’t think there is any point to try to go for a run just [...]