A Local Running Story: Finish Line Proposal
At the 2016 Re-Fridgee-Eighter, finish line spectators were in for a treat. Josh Bolton’s new record 8 mile time was not even the highlight! He had an even bigger surprise up his sleeve on that mild February day… We caught up with Josh, as we approach the one-year anniversary of his epic proposal at the 2016 […]
A Local Running Story: Runner Raises Funds for Local Charity with 365 Day Run Streak
We all have our own reasons for running, from mental and physical health, to competition, to supporting causes that are close to our hearts. Some of us have overcome injuries and have many supporters that keep us going. This is Kristy’s inspiring story of her 2016 #Reason2Run. The injury Kristy Goss has been running for […]
A Local Running Story: Adam Hortian
There is a new run club on the Kitchener-Waterloo race scene and they will be making their début at our ReFridgeEighter 8km/3km on February 21st. We caught up with the coach of the team, Adam Hortian for a bit of the background story on the club, his coaching style and his vision for Fastisfun. Tell us a […]
A Local Running Story: Derek Hergott Reflects On 10 Years of Running
We just wrapped up our 2015 Endurrun and among our runners was “Dangerous D” or Derek Hergott, a local runner who was celebrating his 10 year runniversary. We thought it would be great to catch up with him and check out what 10 years of running looks like. You are celebrating 10 years of running […]
Local Running Story: Aidan Kelly Runs the Waterloo 10 KM Classic for the 34th Time
It recently came to our attention that local runner, Aidan Kelly, had just completed his 34th consecutive Waterloo 10 KM Classic. This Run Waterloo race is the largest and most competitive 10 KM around and Aidan only has missed 4 races in the history of the event. We thought he would be a perfect person to […]
The Pan Am torch relay is coming to Kitchener-Waterloo this week!
On Thursday afternoon the torch will arrive in Waterloo from Stratford, and there will be celebrations at Waterloo Town Square and then Kitchener City Hall, where it will rest for the night before continuing on to Cambridge and Brantford on Friday morning. Several locals will have the opportunity to participate in the relay as torchbearers, […]
Sometimes you learn more by NOT running the race
[Kim Spink is a local runner and guest contributor. If you want to share your running story, please let us know!] It came in the form of a tickle in my throat on the Wednesday night, followed by the coughing on Thursday, and the fever/chills on Friday. I couldn’t deny it – I was sick […]
How I Found My Strong
This is Christine Taylor’s running story. Christine won a free pair of the new Saucony Triumph ISO Series shoes by participating in a Saucony Canada facebook contest! If you’ve got a story, we want to hear it. Running was something that I never thought I could do. I envied the people that could run. They […]
Harvest Half Marathon – A Family Affair
Derek, Jennie, Jocelyn and Jake Rauchfleisz live on Boomer Line in Wellesley Township. This is their Harvest Half running story! Our family has been living in Wellesley Township for over 10 years now and on many occasions have watched Wesley Korir running on our road, Boomer Line in St. Clements. Often we would comment to […]
The bond between running buddies by Penny Walford
Sports are social, and running is no exception. Running can be an exceptionally emotional experience for runners, families and friends alike. With the help of a beautiful photo of local runners, Penny Walford tells the story of running buddies and their relevance to running accomplishments like The ENDURrun. Click here for the full story. Does […]
