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Coulee Cactus Crawl

All year I have been preparing for the upcoming Sinister 7 Ultramarathon in Crowsnest Pass, Alta. Part of this preparation […]

Kids Run Canada

The past few years I’ve immersed myself in the mountains. I’ve found increasing inspiration from my time spent trail running […]

Becoming Unbreakable

I’ve spent much of this year focusing on two related, yet varied, goals: learning to run faster and learning to […]

Sharing a run with the world, part two

In two weeks I will join a few hundred others in Saskatoon at the starting line of the World Run. […]

Sharing a run with the world

In two weeks I will join a few hundred others in Saskatoon at the starting line of the World Run. […]

Experimenting with long, slow distance, speed and patience

“Of greatest significance to me has been the insight that I attained as a fundamental understanding from all of my […]

Scholar got schooled

The Rarámuri, 500 strong and surging with energy, shot off into the predawn. They left us gringos reeling in their […]

Copper Canyons: going native in Urique

Five years after formulating my first research question, I rose from my arm-chair status and set foot, as a runner, […]

Copper Canyon Celebration: Gatekeeper

Last week, I returned from an early season adventure into the Barrancas del Cobre, or  the Copper Canyons of Mexico’s […]

Activation Energy and Running Catalysts

I struggled to explain the difficulties I have getting to my training to my therapist this week as I laid […]

Running my trapline

During the start of December, I trekked through the bush in northern Alberta with a group of First Nation elders. […]

Winter Survival as an Athletic Hominid

I spent the whole of November not running. Though I feel a hankering for striding and a rather uncomforting sense […]