The Joy There is nothing quite like bombing through a forest on your bike, a bed of fallen leaves beneath your tires. One moment you're in a sparse maple forest, the next you're on a bed of pine needles shadowed by towering spruce trees. Not only do...

My last race of 2009 is in the books, so I figure it's a nice time to reflect a little. Ironman I started the year dreaming about Ironman Canada. I'm ending it still glowing from it. It was awesome, the greatest experience of my life. When 2009...

"The shortest distance between any two points is a straight line" I ran a 1/2 marathon over the weekend, part of which took place on a very wide 3-lane highway. I noticed that most of the runners were sticking to the far-right lane, as if they were...

The Race Hamilton Marathon - Half Marathon. The course is great for a Personal Best, it was mostly flat with a good 3K or so of very fast downhill. Lots of room on the roads near the start, and the wide paved trail it uses at the end. I have only...

The Race The Hamilton Road to Hope Marathon. I signed up for the 1/2 marathon on a whim, after some friends suggested it. Things I know about it: It's in HamiltonThe course is net downhill!Simon Whitfield is going to be running the 1/2 The course is...