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Training for Boston through an Edmonton winter

On August 20, 2017 I did something I had never done before. I ran the Edmonton Marathon. And I qualified […]

Why running works for me

Running, for me is a positive addiction, and that is something I am glad I live with

I replaced this habit with running to honour the fallen

Blogger Rusty Smith describes how Remembrance Day has become a running day for him

Running alone

“I’ve run in several international events but going from training on a rural road in Alberta to being corralled in with 35,000 crazies in Las Vegas can be a bit of a shock”

Thirty years ago, one man convinced me to trade my alcohol addiction for running. This is how it happened:

Three decades ago, Rusty Smith put the bottle down. When one man recognized his efforts to curb his alcohol addiction, he convinced him to sign up for a marathon by bribing him with a cross-Canada flight in a fighter jet