8r4d #runforthecure 2025 was another 5k charity #running adventure. We were out there raising money and awareness for breast #cancer

8r4d The #running before the run? We met about two hours before the fun run race Run For The Cure, and did a 10k lap around Mill Woods.

We crossed the tracks, found a #garagesale and travelled some trails I’d never personally run thru.

Oh and the temperatures dropped below zero, so it was a chilly morning.

8r4d An #autumn #running adventure was mostly just another great excuse to snap some colourful pics in the trails.

8r4d Our gradually increasing distances took us into the creek for a chilly #autumn #running adventure on a Sunday morning, the last long run of September. Fifteen klicks was one more than we planned but one less than our race distance just a month away. Still lots of time to build but only a few long run opportunities left as the days get chilly and short again.

8r4d An excuse for a Thursday #running adventure was connected to a drinks night out for the Kid’s 18th. A dozen people showed up for a six kick run and an evening at the pub. [read more...]

8r4d Trying out a new #gps mapping feature, whaaaaa! This seems to have all sorts of potential for #running posts.

8r4d The first #running adventure of #autumn was probably my last #runclub of the year. We found some colourful trails and a #sunset to match.

8r4d Our Sunday morning #running for the last day of #summer felt very much like an #autumn run through the orange hued trails. We’ve been ramping up our distances as we’ve been training for fall races, so this morning was 12k of rolling creek and suburban paths in the chilly morning air.

8r4d #runclub #running and we toured the suburban streets and legged it up some respectable if modest hills as we weaved through the late summer asphalt glow

8r4d #terryfoxrun 2025 in #reddeer was day sixteen of my #running streak, and maybe the last day of my streak too. No better way to finish off a fitness foundation building effort than on the trail of an #ohcanada #cancer hero. [read more...]

8r4dsfeets #parkrun start line #running and runners readying to go

8r4d My 10th #parkrun was also day fifteen of my #running streak. Also, such a crazy big crowd today. I get faster but my place gets higher because more people are here! [read more...]

8r4d #running everyday for exactly two weeks is exhausting. It’s not so much the distance, but the lack of proper rest and recovery between runs means that some days it feels like you haven’t stopped for much more than a nap, and to your body not leaving enough time between runs is as good as not resting at all. So it kinda starts to be like running one really long run broken into segments, rather than multiple runs.

Good news tho, my new #headphones arrived in the mail yesterday and I got to try them out on run number fourteen of my streak. They are bone conduction headphones so they don’t block the ole ear holes and are supposed to be safer for situational awareness like traffic and heavy machinery.

8r4d Lucky #running streak day thirteen and we logged nearly seven klicks in the lingering heat of the trails thru Mill Creek.

8r4d Day twelve of #running streaks took me down into the river valley. I cheated a bit and parked near the trail head so I could spend more time in the trails and less on the hot asphalt road in between. [read more...]

8r4d day eleven of my #running streak was another morning lap of the neighbourhood shortly before lunch, and almost soon enough to beat the returning heat and lingering #firesmoke

8r4d #running streak day ten and I got my 6k run around the hood done even as the day was getting a lot smokier out. It’s supposed to be a warm week, which I had hoped to avoid by doing this into September, but I guess #summer isn’t quite done with us yet. #firesmoke

8r4d Sunday #running with a whiff of #firesmoke made for day nine of my growing streak [read more...]

8r4d The biggest challenge of day eight of my #running streak is navigating my timing around tomorrow’s anticipated longer Sunday run. I squeezed in a neighbourhood five kick tour before lunch, and before the heat of the day really set in.... with still lots of recovery time before meeting the crew in the morning. [read more...]