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...
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...
[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 [email protected]] Youth fitness, or lack thereof, may be a concern in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The ENDURrun is an 8 Day, 7 Stage event where runners test themselves on 160 KM of roads and trails. We call it the ultimate running challenge, well, because it is the running experience of a lifetime. It attracts runners of a wide range of...
[Running stories are a new feature of the RunWaterloo blog. This is the story of Jen’s first race!] Last Christmas, I started running as a gift to my husband James. He began running two years ago and loves it. He takes part in the Waterloo...
Like father, like daughter [This running story is from local father-daughter team John and Kailey Haddock, and their first time running the Father’s Day Waterloo 10 KM Classic!] As long as I can remember, dad was a runner. He ran during...
[A new feature of running news – running stories. First one from Lloyd.] A running first, for me. In my 35 years of running, no one has ever passed me while I was out on a training run. Until today. I agree that it would be rare for this...
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...
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