Our top four reasons to attend the screening of Transcend at the Princess Twin Theatre on June 4th: 1. You’ve seen it before, but it really is so amazing and you want to see it again 2. You couldn’t get tickets to the sold-out...
As you read this (as long as you are reading it in the first full week of May, 2015), a local runner named Charlotte Vasarhelyi is trying to conquer a 6-day running event. The premise of the event is simple: ignore your brain and its valiant...
The first leg of The ENDURrace is THIS SATURDAY, April 18th, in Elmira. If you’re looking for a flat 5k – to either test your fitness after the long winter or to tune up for a later spring race – this is it! The second leg of...
Chronic tendon pain is something most runners face at one point or another. When the injury is acute, there is obvious inflammation and tears in the tissue. Time, relative rest, ice and a gradual return to running usually does the trick. These...
What’s better, a forefoot or a rearfoot stike? This is a complicated question and one that I get asked quite frequently. It’s a topic I have avoided writing about on this blog until now because it is impossible to tackle and do the...
What a great day to kick of the 2015 racing calendar! A light snow made for a picturesque wintry event. Congratulations and thanks to all runners, volunteers and spectators for another great event. We saw some quick times today on the 8 mile...
A brand new event to the 2015 calendar: The Pancake Mile! Whether you’re not a runner at all but you have a taste for pancakes and competition, or you’re a serious runner looking for a fun way to conquer the mile, this event is for...
Last month, I wrote an article looking at the impact strength training can have on our running performance. In essence, the studies I presented showed that weight training, specifically high weight low rep, is great for boosting running economy...
2015 will be a big year for running in Waterloo Region! Here’s a quick summary of highlights for the year ahead. Battle of Waterloo is expanding After a fantastic first Battle of Waterloo in 2014, we have decided to continue the series in...
It’s the off-season! Does your training look exactly the same as how it does during your competitive months? If your goal is to be as fast as possible, it shouldn’t! One of the best training tools that runners should use during the off-season...
At the beginning of November, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to run the 2014 NYC marathon. I had a blast racing the event, but as I write this article, my legs are yet to functionally bend at the knee thus rendering stair walking a...
[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...
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