Trail Running Blog

The Canmore Challenge probably one of the biggest trail running events in Canada this year and this years NACAC (North American Central American Caribbean) Championships race was won by Americans Nick Schuetze of Portland, Oregon and Christine Lundy of Sausalito, California. Congratulations! I would also like to say congratulations to my fellow VFAC club runners [...]

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This is very hardcore. Anyone who is familiar with the West Coast Trail knows how much of a challenge this can be… running it in 24 hours although done before is very difficult especially after running the 222 km East Coast Trail… Ray Zahab plans do just plus that and then continue on to Baffin [...]

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Cool article in the Vail Daily on American mountain running legend Anita Ortiz. Anita at 43 is still one of the top mountain runners in the US. These articles are very inspiring to me to those who think age is a barrier to being successful at competitions just have a look at the amazing results [...]

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Straight up I am a mapping tech geek so I was excited when I saw the Trailrunner. I have been using the Motionbased system for awhile but it is lacking in Mac OSX support. This software does support Mac users which is very cool. Check out the site for the full feature list.

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This is a fascinating article on the Anthropik Network describing how humans have forgotten how to walk. The author believes this stems from our use of shoes at a very young age etc. The author also describes the amazing feats of some of the amazing runners of the past like this: Ernest Thompson Seton, who [...]

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