Member Spotlight: TyLicia
We profile Run Waterloo members monthly in this column. This month, get to know the people behind the biggest smiles: Alicia Erz and Tyler Dalton! RW: Congrats on placing first in the spouse category at Re-Fridgee-Eighter! How long have you been competing as TyLicia? T: 2020 Re-Fridgee-Eighter is only the second race that we’ve competed […]
Member Spotlight: Debbie Iwanyzki
Get to know our community members in our monthly member spotlight. In just a few short years, Debbie Iwanyzki has become one of the most consistent smiling faces at Run Waterloo events. Considering that she is often coming from a continental night shift and also lives about an hour south of Waterloo, we really only see Debbie briefly on an almost […]
Club Spotlight: Health and Performance
Local running clubs are an important part of the Kitchener-Waterloo community. They bring fitness, knowledge and competition to the local running community and we are proud to feature them. In this edition, we are catching up with Sean Delanghe of Health and Performance. Sean is the head coach of H+P and a chiropractor from Waterloo with a keen […]
A local running story: Legs of Steel
Today, the Legs of Steel met some legs of titanium. If you have a local running story about a group or fundraiser, let us know! Legs of Steel is a running group with a pun that we all know and love (fischer Canada designs and manufactures stainless steel tubing). On Tuesday, the they welcomed elite runners […]
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, […]
