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- Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:53 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Sunday Funday
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4295
Re: Sunday Funday
A hilly 12 KM southwest of Calgary, second half in a warm rain. Kinda nice.
- Sun May 17, 2015 11:25 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Millarville "Run To The Farmers' Market" Half Marathon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3066
Millarville "Run To The Farmers' Market" Half Marathon
My favourite pet project, the Millarville "Run To The Farmers' Market" Half Marathon race day is coming up on June 13, 2015. This is a beautiful, point-to-point jaunt, all events starting in Black Diamond, half marathoners and relayers doing a tour of Turner Valley and everyone, including ...
- Sun May 17, 2015 11:16 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: beautiful Sunday
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4913
Re: beautiful Sunday
I was running on Racetrack Road, north of Black Diamond, out on the proverbial bald butt prairie this morning when a brown Chevy SUV pulls up beside me, matching my pace. A window rolls down and a grinning lad asks: "Excuse me Sir, but would you have any Grey Poupon?" Hahahahaha. I remembe...
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:39 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Rainy Tuesday
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2590
Re: Rainy Tuesday
19 KM in the early morning. A country run, lots of deer nearby and putting some horses on the run. About 8 C at the start, 15 C by the end and 27 C later in the day. A blood red sunrise through forest fire haze. Then a cubicle commando in south Calgary the rest of the day.
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: What's up Wednesday?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2454
Re: What's up Wednesday?
70 km round trip on the bike from my acreage south of Calgary to my office in the south end of the city. Like doing that a few times each summer.
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:12 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Two interesting articles
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2798
Re: Two interesting articles
I'm sure the previously appended smoking paper was written tongue in cheek but . . . . . . when climbing Kilimanjaro a few years ago, with summit day feeling about seven times harder than a marathon frankly, I had heard from our experienced guides (100+ summits) that smokers tended to have an easier...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Overcast Sunday
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2142
Re: Overcast Sunday
Was out in the field whacking thistles with a hoe under a hot sun when I thumped the ground and apparently disturbed a subterranean bee nest. They were boiling out of their nest at my feet. Dropped the hoe and sprinted like heck back to the house. It was a ways. Gasping when I got the door shut behi...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:48 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: What's up? Wednesday
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3507
Re: What's up? Wednesday
About 32 Km on a hilly, boiling bike ride. I did stop for ice cream near the end though. And more hustle head whacking in the field. I'm not too committed.
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:28 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Rainy Tuesday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2453
Re: Rainy Tuesday
Boiling hot day . . . . Ran about 8 km in the city, then a roughly 16 km bike ride before heading home to our acreage where I walked out into the tall grass of our field and whacked some thistle heads with a hoe for a while. Life on the prairie.
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Soggy Sunday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3305
Re: Soggy Sunday
Hiked around Upper Kananaskis Lake in the Rockies with the dogs today . . . . . beautiful, hot day.
- Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Still shining Saturday
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2690
Re: Still shining Saturday
11.1 KM with the local running club maniacs this morning. Brisk pace and wore off some of the baby fat I'd been accumulating. New running shoes make a lot of difference. Then took the dogs walking for a few hours along Chain Lake, a lonely lakeshore on crown grazing land near the mountains.
- Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:20 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Super Sunny Sunday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2762
Re: Super Sunny Sunday
Ran 14.2 KM and then got a sharp, stabbing pain in my hip turning a corner, so shut it down and walked another 1.6 km back to my vehicle on a lonely gravel road. Nice!! Don't think its anything serious. Probably fine. Just didn't want to aggravate it. Then took the dogs out west for a nice walk and ...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Arthur Saturday
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3281
Re: Arthur Saturday
40 km bike ride southwest of Calgary, from my acreage and out and about. A little windy and the usual big hills.
- Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:32 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Canada Tuesday
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2995
Re: Canada Tuesday
Ran the High River Half Marathon, a double loop around the town ravaged by flooding last year almost to the day. Pathways and roads. They had just re-opened George Lane Park, the start/finish line a few days before. Still lots of rebuilding going on, clean-up, empty buildings downtown waiting refurb...
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Super Sunny Saturday
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2780
Re: Super Sunny Saturday
About 8 km with the running club in Okotoks this am. Cool to start but warmed up fast. Doing a half marathon in High River on Tuesday morning.
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:00 am
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: 2015 Calgary Marathon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2170
Re: 2015 Calgary Marathon
The city of Calgary has given the Calgary Lilac Festival May 31, which means the Calgary Marathon can't use that day in the future. You can really put this on the Lilac Festival. Were there so many runners sneaking off into the bushes that the Lilac Festival needed a restraining order against the m...
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: 2015 Calgary Marathon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2170
Re: 2015 Calgary Marathon
It's not really a week later; if they have designated it as the first Sunday in June, that's just how it comes out this next year. From 2009-2013, Calgary was always the last Sunday in May, therefore the one week shift actually took place this year. More generally, the calendar date of a race eithe...
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Banff Marathon
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2880
Re: Banff Marathon
Why would Banff have a high no show rate, especially if it was so expansive? Would people be no show just because the course was no longer scenic? Someone can correct me but it may be the cancellation last year meant everyone's registration got rolled into the new year. With a lot of out of country...
- Mon Jun 23, 2014 10:10 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Banff Marathon
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2880
Re: Banff Marathon
They had about 685 finishers in the half marathon and about 285 finishers in the marathon. A roughly 24% no-show rate over registrations. About 10% is normal. Its hard to see this race surviving. Environmentalists are strongly opposed to it and being proven right, the route is ever changing and unre...
- Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:50 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: More Monday
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1805
Re: More Monday
8 km in Fish Creek Park, Calgary, hoping the circling afternoon thunderheads didn't get too serious. That time of year.
Signed up for the July 1 half marathon in High River, hoping that gets me going a bit. Organizing the Millarville Half in the middle of June zapped me a bit energy-wise.
Signed up for the July 1 half marathon in High River, hoping that gets me going a bit. Organizing the Millarville Half in the middle of June zapped me a bit energy-wise.
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Showery Sunday
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2355
Re: Showery Sunday
Up at 5:30 am, a 33 km bike ride with a can of spray paint, marking up next weeks half marathon race course for our venue crew and suppliers. Tagging with spray paint is best done with no witnesses of course, hence the early morning. However, there were some elk just outside my door as I was leaving...
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: Calgary Marathon Speaker series - performance v the proces
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1187
Re: Calgary Marathon Speaker series - performance v the proc
I saw Karnazes at Big Sur International Marathon five weeks ago. He ran from the finish line to the start line, then ran with everyone else back to the finish line. Fifty two miles on one of the most difficult courses in the world. Pretty amazing,
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Calgary Marathon Turns 50
- Replies: 374
- Views: 51604
Re: 2014 Calgary Marathon Turns 50
Jwolf wrote:Habs just texted me that she is finished in 5:36:41
Congratulations-- well done.
Results are showing on the site yet.
Great job Habs. Getting freaking hot out too so double well done.
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Calgary Marathon Turns 50
- Replies: 374
- Views: 51604
Re: 2014 Calgary Marathon Turns 50
I sacrificed about 10 seconds with about a third of a click to go to the finish line to pick up a crisp, new $50 bill wandering around next to a pylon. Wow!!! I'll contribute it to the treasury of the Millarville "Run To The Farmers' Market" Half Marathon coming up in two weeks. Hope every...
- Sat May 31, 2014 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Running Discussion
- Topic: How do you feel about public race results
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13136
Re: How do you feel about public race results
Every little bit of info can lead to another bit of info and so on and so on.It could help in tracking you down, or potentially your children, and help with identity theft. Would somebody who left an abusive relationship want his/her abuser to know s/he was running in such and such a race and would...