Ultra Runner Classification System
If you’re an ultra runner or have at least ocasionally dabbled in the sport be sure to check out Rob Mackay’s lastest posting on his blog titled: An ultra classification system. In it he attempts to classify the different types of ultra runners one might see at your average ultra race. Here’s an excerpt: =========== Being an evil marketer I am constantly segmenting... Read More
The Coastal Challenge 2009
In just a few days Trainharder.com’s own Donald "Jarhead" Peterson will be running the Fifth Edition of The World’s Expedition Run™ Set for February 1st through 6th in Southern Costa Rica The Coastal Challenge is the “World’s Expedition Run™,” releasing runners over approximately 225 – 250 kilometers of exotic and wild Costa Rican mountainous regions... Read More
Victorians will run under Sahara sun
For dentist, it’s just one of four gruelling desert ordeals Katherine Dedyna, Times Colonist Published: Monday, October 20, 2008 It’s cold and rainy outside as Stan Lee and Jon Miller hoof it on the treadmills at the Oak Bay Rec Centre, where they’ve covered 15 kilometres a night for months. They’re really going to miss the crummy weather a pane of glass... Read More
Running for 24 hours all in a day’s work for marathoner
Jeff Bell, Times Colonist Published: Monday, May 26, 2008 Donald Peterson won’t have to worry about keeping the rest of his team organized at this year’s 24 Hour Relay. He is the team. The 39-year-old running machine will be lining up for Saturday’s relay as the sole member of See Donald Run. It will be the first time a one-person entry has taken on the overnight... Read More
North Coast Trail opens with a flurry of feet
Runners attempt to be first to cross 58-kilometre route Carolyn Heiman, Times Colonist Published: Sunday, May 11, 2008 Build a trail and they will run. And so three keeners set out yesterday wanting to be the first ever to run the 43 kilometre North Coast Trail on the northern tip of the Island, formally opened yesterday by the province. The new trail links with the existing Cape... Read More
Marathon vacations
Some of us define a holiday as time spent supine. But adrenalin addicts live to work up a sweat while checking out the scenery. Denise Balkissoon talks to marathoners across the country about their favourite destination races – where the trails offer more than just that runner’s high Denise Balkissoon Special to The Globe and Mail April 19, 2008 at 12:56 PM EDT THE... Read More
Icicle diaries from the Yukon Ultra
The Yukon Ultra was recently held this month in the Yukon Territory. It was the coldest official running race ever recorded. Unsurprisingly the field of athletes in different races of 26, 100 and 300 miles was decimated in the Arctic wilderness. Charlie Norton was one of the lucky ones. Here’s his story… (written by Charlie Norton and published in the UK Telegraph) Survival... Read More
Ultrarunners cover legendary journeys at unprecedented paces during 2007
By Kate Lapides, a great article from Trail Runner online. It includes recaps of the most famous ultra-running feats of 2007 including Canada’s Ray Zahab who ran Canada’s Akshayuk Pass, East Coast and West Coast Trails all in a row. Ultrarunners cover legendary journeys at unprecedented paces. In addition to Sue Johnston’s John Muir Trail (JMT) record-setting run,... Read More
