Trail Running Blog

Great article in the NY Times on snowshoeing today. I still haven’t participated in a snowshoe race this article makes me want to give it a try. The Yeti series (mentioned in the article) has a race up on Mt. Seymour tomorrow, might consider doing the 5k to test the waters.
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Was surfing YouTube and came across this video by runningraw. Interesting video documenting his first snowshoe race seems like Vermont has some serious runners participating in the sport. Make sure to watch the end of the video where he talks about the Dion snowshoes he uses they sure look a lot faster than my […]

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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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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 more […]

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I am currently training for my first snowshoe race coming up in January. I already feel stronger from just a couple hard snowshoe sessions. It looks like I am not the only one who sees the positive aspect of snowshoeing, this article posted today in the Rocky Mountain News also promotes the benefits of snowshoeing […]

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