Rob Watson

I often watch old race videos on the internet. Sometimes I watch when I’m looking for inspiration, sometimes I watch to get pumped before a big workout, and sometimes I […]

Ottawa, I like that place. Always a fun time to be had in our nation’s capital. I ran another marathon there this past weekend. Ended up with another 2:16. I […]

Race week is here kids. Gonna lace em’ up and get at it in our nation’s capital on Sunday. I’m super pumped and excited to get this race going, but […]

Oh crap, I started training for a marathon and completely forgot about my blog. Let’s get back on that blog train. Hey, folks. It’s been a while. How in the […]

The long run is my favourite running workout. In my opinion, it is also the most important workout in any distance runner’s training regime. The long run is versatile and productive, […]

Hey, Canadian Running! Let me start by introducing myself; I’m Rob, I like to run, I live in Vancouver and my car has 455,000K on it. Let’s get this going. […]

Blog #106 Oh man, I have some exciting news. Well, at least I find it to be exciting. You may be indifferent to the whole thing, but I’m right stoked. […]

Post-race blog, let’s get at it! The Race: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon The Goals: Awesome: Sub-2:12 & First Canadian. Good: PB and top 10 overall. Mandatory: Finish. Come hell or […]

“You’ve gone from the crappiest I’ve ever seen you, to the best I’ve seen in a long time.” –Coach Watson That pretty much sums up my last seven weeks. Holy […]

I went down to Lynchburg, VA this past weekend and raced in the 40th edition of the Virginia 10 Miler. I hadn’t really planned on doing this race, but the […]

I ran the Toronto ZooRun this past weekend. These are the thoughts going through my head during the race; 1st km: *Gun goes off* “Alright, let’s get out nice and […]

Holy crap folks. That last week was rough. Almost lost it – almost broke. Almost said eff it to this whole damn thing and ran off to Patagonia to herd […]