Ice Cube Running Club
[This awesome local running story is from a group of students at Cedarbrae PS. If you’ve got a story that you want to share, then we want to hear it! Let us know at editor@RunWaterloo.com] Youth fitness, or lack thereof, may be a concern in some parts of Canada and Waterloo Region, but at Cedarbrae […]
The Destination: Ottawa Race Weekend for the 22 from Waterloo
This is the second part of a two-story series from Sandra Karl. The 22 from Waterloo is a group of local women who ran the Ottawa Marathon 2014 through the Runners’ Choice marathon group. Read the first part here.] Ottawa Race Weekend finally arrived to much fanfare and celebration! We boarded our bus at 6:00am […]
The 22 From Waterloo
This is Part 1 of the story. Click here for the post-race conclusion! The plan to run in Ottawa on May 25, 2014 was conceived on May 19, 2013 at The Chocolate Bar in Cleveland, mere hours after crossing the finish line of the Cleveland Marathon and Half Marathon. At dinner, someone enthusiastically asked, “Where […]
Progress is Measured in Small Steps
Imagine this – you have a big race to train for, you want a PB time and you are going to give it your all. How would you train for this race? Would it involve running over 200 kilometres a week? Probably not. But that is exactly what Steve Thomas did back in 1982 to […]
Why I Run
My name is Daniel Cook, I am 26 years old and work as a mental health nurse at Grand River Hospital. My journey into running has been a long and hard trip, only 4 short years ago I used to weigh an astonishing 375 pounds. My whole life I was big, I was always the […]
This Is Why I Run – Running Story by Jenn Kennedy
One would never have described me growing up as the ‘athletic type’. In fact, almost every sport I played on or team I tried out for, my attempts were unsuccessful. Although some would ask if I played basketball or was a runner, I would just giggle as I knew my co-ordination did not seem to […]
Blog project
RunWaterloo has launched an exciting initiative to provide runners with more resources from local experts in KW Region. Topics range from running gear, nutrition and injury prevention. To celebrate the rich running community in KW region, we have a number of blogs that feature our runners – from your questions being answered to a local […]
From Zero to Ten: How a Local Group Tackled the Oktoberfest Run
Running Stories are a monthly feature of the RunWaterloo blog. If you’ve got a story, we want to hear it! This month is from Kristy Chambers, Personal Trainer and Owner of Personally Fit. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock […]
The Canoe
If you were at the Oktoberfest Run this weekend, you might have left with a question: What was with the canoe? With a little help from Mathew McCarthy of The Record, we were able to get to the bottom of the story! Neal Morris, part of the Engineers Without Borders team, pledged to portage a […]
Turkey Day Reflections
[Running Stories is a collection of the best running stories from around Waterloo Region. This month is from Trish Benoit.] As I sat back in my chair, I looked down the long table at 16 of my closest family members and friends. The table was laden with your typical Thanksgiving feast; a 20lb turkey, homemade […]