Riverside: roughly five kilometres of fun!
Our second Run Pure + Simple event of the year was a blast. On a frosty morning, we sent a hundred runners into the spectacular autumn colours and single track hills of the Riverside Park trails. Our full album of over 600 photos is now up. This $10 event is free to most runners through […]
Doha Report: Part 2
After 10 days, Team Canadian was proud to come home victorious: 5 medals, 15 top 8 finishes, 4 Canadian records and numerous personal best performances. As a nation, we tied our best ever performance on the IAAF World Championship Placing Table. With part 1 earlier this month, this report concludes our track & field updates […]
2019 Fall Classic
Last year, we bragged about 3 sub-15 times on our course…. this year we had SIX sub-15, including a sub-14!! It’s getting redundant to talk about all the record performances the Fall Classic brings, but what else can we say? Corey Bellemore, world record holder in the beer mile, gave it his all and finished […]
Doha report: halfway
What’s really exciting about this year’s IAAF World Athletics Championships is the mainstream coverage it’s receiving here in Canada. For a meet that is usually in the dog days of summer, the decision to hold it in Qatar in 2019 has it much later than normal (even into October!), right in the crush of the […]
The Elites of the 2019 Fall Classic
The Fall 5 KM Classic is fast from start to finish. The downhill course adds that beautiful asterisk to everyone’s time, and with the talented athletes up front, we can’t overstate how FAST this will actually be. Our elite coordinator Alex Ullman has stacked the field to be the highest quality in race history, including Corey Bellemore, […]
Record-setting day at the Harvest Half
It was a record-setting day at the 6th Harvest Half. Thanks everyone for making this event a fun way to finish summer and a great fundraiser for the Kenyan Kids Foundation Canada! We’ve uploaded a few hundred photos to our flickr page; stay tuned this early week for close to 1,000 more! Congratulations to all […]
Hop along with these Fall 5k Classic pace bunnies!
Our two pace bunnies from Waterloo 10 KM Classic were such a hit, we’re expanding the program for Fall 5 KM Classic! We’ve got an experienced group of five runners to pace you to your goal time on October 6. We will introduce the group at 8:20 at the start line. Look for the ears […]
Member spotlight – Carey Wood
As our community grows, we try to feature a Run Waterloo member on the blog on a monthly basis. This month we have a long read from Carey Wood, whose journey to running has already been an inspiration for lots of runners. We’re lucky to have Carey in our community and happy to share this story […]
2019 Kitchener Kids with Cancer Run
Click here for the 2022 event. What at day at the 2019 Kitchener Kids with Cancer Run! We had a great morning on some of Kitchener’s best trails in Homer Watson Park. Congratulations to all runners and walkers. Again this year, records were smashed, with over 600 participants and $90,000 raised for POGO! Enjoy these 1,000+ […]
Links roundup: ENDURrun 2019
It’s hard to believe that ENDURrun has come and gone so quickly. Here’s the coles notes from a full week. This is ENDURrun. A recap from endurrun.com: Results from an historic Stage 7. For a true participant recap, you need to join the facebook group for dozens of heartfelt testimonials. To our volunteers: thank you. […]
