Not all runs go as planned- Canmore quad DNF
The alarm went off at 3:40am. We headed out from Calgary at 4:13 and by 5:30am we were standing at the trail head ready to take on Heart Mountain. It started off nice and easy running across a few log bridges over a beautiful trickling creek. We ran alongside the creek for a few minutes. […]
Who wants to go run around a mountain?
We booked in a beautiful AirBNB in Bragg creek as we were supposed to be running Braggin rights. Unfortunately the race was cancelled due to trail conditions being very poor. Several of us from Edmonton still wanted to go on a mountain adventure so I suggested we circumnavigate Mount Rundle. I had heard about this […]
JAJA 2019 race report
JAJA I had the great pleasure of running the third JAJA marathon this past weekend. Although I can’t say the entire run FELT pleasurable LOL. This being my 3rd year at the JAJA I’m considered a bit of a veteran although I always feel like a rookie. I love this race because I get to […]
2017 OCR World Championships race report
We were up early on Thursday morning and off to the airport with a direct flight to Toronto. From Toronto we rented a car and drove to blue Mountains, Ontario which is a few minutes outside of Collingwood. This was the site of the 2017 obstacle course racing world championships! Over 4000 Athletes from 67 […]
2016 OCR World championships race report Volunteer day
Friday was the 3km short course with 15 obstacles. Many of my friends were running so I decided to volunteer for the morning. I was stationed at an obstacle called Dragons back. You climbed a 7ft wall with a slight incline, grabbed a green bar to pull yourself to the top of the platform. You […]
2016 OCR World championships race day report
The OCR World Championships were held at Blue Mountains, Ont. this year. At Worlds they do staggered start waves throughout the day starting with the pros at 8am and ending with Journeyman at 2:30pm. This staggered start was very strange for many of us who usually race first thing in the morning. My age group […]
JAJA Marathon recap
The morning started early with a 7am departure. We all packed into Joelle’s car and headed out excited for the day ahead. For some reason the car windows kept icing over and we had to stop twice to scrap the inside of the windows with whatever we could (thanks Track N Trail GCs lol) once […]
12 hour Black ops recap
My weekend started with an 8am wake up on Saturday. I tried to sleep in later but my mind was full of race thoughts and packing gear for the adventure ahead. We arrived at the OCR boneyard around 3:30pm and started the epic trek from the car ( at least a 1/2km or more of […]
Sinister 7 relay recap 2018
The Setup The Hamels arrived in the Crowsnest Pass Friday afternoon and set up camp at the 2/3 transition. We put up the 5 peaks tent and many friends came over to visit and even a few stayed to camp with us for the weekend. The kids had a blast exploring the all terrain bike […]
The Canadian Death Race
When you read this report you must realize that I signed up 2 weeks before the race and I had never run further than 71km. When the phrase ‘No one has actually died’ was said it somehow felt reassuring. This was going to be a training run for Blackspur 108km at the end of August […]