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The October edition of Trail Runner magazine had an article on the Lung-Gom-Pa Runners of ancient Tibet. Descriptions of these runners bounding along hardly touching the ground sound like another one of those myths about the wonderous things that happen … Continue reading →

Weather was perfect for running the Victoria Marathon and there were 11 records set in the event. Unfortunately, my time wasn’t one of them! It was my fastest marathon this year but still pretty slow. I made a rookie mistake … Continue reading →

Usually the Victoria Marathon is one of my favourite events of the running year. It must be since I’ve done it 12 times. Thats more than any other marathon I’ve participated in. As I’ve told many people it is my … Continue reading →

Ran the Bellingham Bay Marathon last Sunday. After training and racing on very hilly courses all summer to prepare for Everest Marathon I was looking forward to a flat marathon at sea level as a “easy” one. Was reminded again … Continue reading →

Today I ran the local Terry Fox 10k. It was a very windy and wet morning but by the time that the run started conditions were perfect for running.  I used it as a speed workout for the Bellingham Bay Marathon … Continue reading →

“My name is Rob, and I have a running addiction”. I promised that I would start the next entry with that confession after I heard on Wednesday that the Mt. Robson Marathon had reopened registration due to some cancellations. Registered … Continue reading →

When my daughter-in-law Jen set up this blog for me to encourage donations to Nepal School Projects I committed to doing a weekly update. Admittedly the quality is variable but I have been fairly religious in doing at least one post … Continue reading →

My efforts to prepare for the Everest Marathon have me reading everything about Nepal that I get my hands on. So when I was passing through Vancouver recently I was thrilled to find a book entitled “Bringing Progress to Paradise: What … Continue reading →

Just made what is for me a substantial donation to help famine victims in East Africa. Can’t sit in my comfortable middle class environment and see pictures of starving and dying children and not do something. But even while I … Continue reading →

We are busy preparing for the first ever marathon on Texada Island on August 28th. With less than two weeks to go the preparations are taking on a slightly frantic pace and now is when all the glitches start to appear … Continue reading →