Saturday, October 26, 2013

The Rest Month (Don't Try This at Home)

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Prairie Mtn sunset with friends - the Leki poles in my pack, of course! ;) After the Lost Soul Miler in early September, my plan was to...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Lost Soul 100 Miler: Trading Fat for Age

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Different choices from the start...hydration systems, use of poles.... A civilised race start - 8 am Friday. Forty-four Milers and 91 C...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Three Times in One Day

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In 2007 I did my first ultra - 50k in the coulees of southern Alberta. Dry, hot, rattlesnake country. Short, but very steep hills, totallin...
Monday, September 2, 2013

What's in the Carry On Bag?

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Travelling internationally for nearly two months now, I have several items that comprise my "essentials." I've mentioned them...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

It's Just Running (or hiking, as the case may be): The Irontrail Story

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The night before Irontrail , my partner and crew man extraordinaire said something to the effect of "No matter what happens tomorrow, ...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

This is Different

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Race morning. I'm blogging. Where's my usual stress? In fact, yesterday I developed a rather strange feeling that I just don'...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Surprise Success in More Ways Than One: The Swissalpine 2013

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A few things happened recently in my life that helped shape this race into what it was. First, I had gone through burn out from being too...