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About Reid
Reid Coolsaet has been running cross-country ever since the sixth grade and hasn’t missed a single season, although he's had to call two seasons short due to injury. For the past six years he's been trying to climb his way up through the professional ranks where this past summer he placed 25th at the World Championships marathon in Berlin.

Email: guelphrunner@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.coldneck.wordpress.com


Reid's Blog Posts

  • Jan 27 2012
    Springing like a young gazelle

    Interesting account of a legendary Iten fartlek session from Reid Coolsaet, who is currently training in Kenya.



  • Jan 08 2012
    Dispatches from a Kenyan running camp

    Canada’s top marathoner Reid Coolsaet blogs about his experiences at a high altitude training camp in Iten, Kenya.



  • Dec 29 2011
    Take the World

    I was going to write some sort of running-year-in-review for 2011 because I was pleased with how the year went but what I’m really excited about is 2012.



  • Dec 19 2011
    It makes no sense, no, it makes no sense, but I’ll take it free any time

    I had to take a double look to believe it as it never even crossed my mind that I would have been up for such an award.



  • Dec 13 2011
    I was overwhelmed and I’m sure of that one

    This year I had my best North American ranking ever, with a 3rd in the marathon (Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi are ahead of me).



  • Dec 05 2011
    The only one I know has come to take me away

    38km became 39km and then I figured I might as well knock off a marathon



  • Nov 22 2011
    I run right back I’m sure

    On January 1st I’m going back to Kenya and then directly to Luxembourg for a XC race on Feb 12.  Thankfully I am a recipient of the Can Fund which will help offset the costs (flights, accommodation, physical therapy) associated with such a trip.



  • Oct 31 2011
    Caught in a wave

    Want my scalp? Come and get it this Saturday at the Road 2 Hope 10km in Hamilton.



  • Oct 23 2011
    Some Candy Talking

    I’m going to answer a bunch of questions that I’ve been asked in the last week about last Sunday’s race. 



  • Oct 17 2011
    Tumbling Dice

    In the days leading up to the race weather forecasts were calling for winds around 40 km/h.  In those kind of conditions it would make sense to go with a pack of runners to block the wind instead of just one pacemaker.



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