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    • How to Catch a Trail Runner

      Having observed the habits of the elusive “Trail Runner”, here are a few tips for catching one in the wild.

      July 23, 2023
    • Trail Runner’s Guide to Berry Picking

      The best thing about summer trail running is picking berry snacks along the way. Here’s a look at the art of picking berries on the run, featuring Manitoba berries.

      July 15, 2023
    • Plowshare Prayer

      This song found me, through some benevolent algorithm (and some friend connections, so it wasn’t “random” at all, I suppose) at the end of a long week, stopped me in my tracks, struck some chord deep inside, and has been working on my ever since. Maybe it will work on you too. Thanks Spencer for…

      July 9, 2023
    • The Fire Inside

      In her characteristic weaving of old and new texts from a wide variety of sources, Maria Popova of The Marginalian first brought this quote from Vincent van Gogh to light, framing a discussion of the myth of normalcy from Alain de Botton’s book. Here’s her quote: “Does what goes on inside show on the outside?”…

      July 3, 2023
    • The Chairs of Running

      The places we sit.

      June 24, 2023
    • Suffer on Centennial

      Last weekend I had the privilege of running 50km across rugged Canadian Shield on the Centennial Trail with a bunch of other crazy and wonderful people! Over the past 48 hours, we’ve been working with the latest Big Data and AI-powered technology to crunch the numbers of this spectacular day, and compiled all our findings…

      June 12, 2023
    • 25 Ways to Taper

      Big race coming up? Here are some tips for handling the days before your big day.

      June 8, 2023
    • Tribute to a Treadmill

      This zine is dedicated to every treadmill who feels misused or forgotten in a clammy basement today. You’re lonely, but you’re not alone.

      June 3, 2023
    • Heard a Bird

      It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so hungry and poor that he won’t stop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your…

      May 22, 2023
    • Prairie Mountain Running

      This goes out to all my hill-rep-loving friends. The mountains are calling, and we must go… up, down, up, down, etc See you at the hill!

      May 15, 2023
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