Trail Running Blog

Another article on one of the greatest mountain runners of all time on RockyMountainNews.com. Here is one great tip from Matt: Take it steady when it comes to the mountains You’ve just got to focus on your cadence. I think a lot of people really try to grind it up hills. Let the terrain dictate [...]

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The Teva mountain games start this Wednesday. For those that don’t know about this event it is kind of like a woodstock/academy awards/x-games for mountain sports. The event has a very competitive 10k trail race also. Not running related but Floyd Landis is even participating in the games racing in the mountain biking event will [...]

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Runners World has a great interview with mountain running legend Matt Carpenter check it out. Interesting quote: Your VO2 max was once recorded at 90.2 (milliliters of oxygen burned per kilogram of body weight per minute), which is much higher than Lance Armstrong’s 85. As a runner, what does that mean? MC: I actually tested [...]

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This post is going to be a post about my favorite race of the year The Seek the Peak which will be held on June 10th, 2007 starting in West Vancouver BC. In 2005 I ran this race for the first time on a dare more or less from a friend, after completing the race [...]

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For the ultra runners in the BC Lower Mainland this event maybe of interest. From the Kneeknacker mailing list: Ferg Hawke Seminar – Wednesday, May 23rd We’re pleased to announce that Ferg Hawke will be giving a slideshow & presentation at North Shore Athletics – 7pm on Wednesday, May 23rd. As many of you know, [...]

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