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Entries from January 2007

Snowshoeing the ultimate cross training for runners

January 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I know I have pushed the snowshoeing in a few posts lately, but I have to share this. On Saturday I had one of my best workouts of the year. I headed up Hollyburn Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park to the Hollyburn Peak route. Ascending this trail run when dry is a challenge but when [...]

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Tags: Cross training · Snowshoeing

US Mountain Running Team has some new sponsors

January 8th, 2007 · No Comments

The US Mountain Running Team has picked up some additional sponsors. From Running USA: The Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team has announced Windermere Real Estate / Teton Valley based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as its Official Real Estate Company. “Developing partnerships with industry leaders is integral to the future of our sport and the future [...]

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Tags: Mountain Running · Trail Running

Trail Running in Delaware.

January 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Delaware Online has a nice little article on trail running in the State of Delaware. Quote from the article: “once smitten, trail runners have a tendency to want to go further, both physically and emotionally. Once you’ve conquered the simple trail, it’s natural to want to reach the deeper places the trail can take you. [...]

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Snowshoeing Revival

January 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Cool article on the Parksville news site promoting the first snowshoe race in the Yeti Snowshoe Racing series. I am planning on doing the series and it seems like a lot of elite athletes plan on doing them as well: Last year the Yeti became the largest snowshoe race to ever happen in Canada with [...]

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Tags: Snowshoeing · Trail Running

Win an entry and travel to the North Pole Marathon.

January 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

This is a good opportunity for a hardcore runner to win a free entry to the North Pole Marathon. It looks like it could be the most epic snowshoe race on the planet! I am a Canuck originally from Saskatchewan and the cold in this race even scares me a little too much to enter. [...]

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