Emotional Honesty
The concept of emotional honesty was introduced to me in a running context by Dave Scott-Thomas.
Blogs
All doped up and nowhere to go
I read three eye-opening articles about doping in track and field recently, which really made me think about the sport across the various levels.
2013 Year in Review
What a year! I guess the year is not quite over yet, but we’ve taken our post-track season break, with a couple of exceptions for folks who are rolling through some marathon training, or who got a late start on the season and are looking for one last performance at the 5k Endurance in a couple of weeks.
My NACAC Mountain Running Champs Survival Story
NACAC Mountain Running Championships Results: 49:56 for 13th overall (1st Canadian!)
USA 1st, Team Canada 2nd, Mexico 3rd
Results
My pictures from Sr.
Where are they now?
With various provincial high school track championships taking place across the country these past couple of weekends, it seemed an appropriate time to consider how we are doing in terms of developing these youngsters into senior level talent.
Tracktown, QC
Last year I was fortunate to be able to attend the legendary IAAF Diamond League meet in Oslo, Norway.
The Runner with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell’s “Hero with a Thousand Faces” outlines some basic common lines of story-telling, myths and legends.
Prefontaine Classic race recaps
I’ve written some race recaps for the Canadians. I’ll put them up here when they are complete.
Pre Classic videos
I’ve done a few video interviews, and they are up in various places, but I’m going to archive them here.
The Pre
I’ll tell you what I did not expect. I did not expect to find myself down at the local watering hole with a bunch of grizzled Ontario old-timers, watching Game 7 between Detroit and Chicago.
Ken
I flew from Victoria to Seattle yesterday afternoon, and with plenty of time before my flight to Eugene, I took a stroll up and down the terminal.
“Things Never Happen the Same Way Twice”
One of the best things about running is how it acts as an escape. At home, running on Mont Royal, there are moments when disbelief can be suspended, and at certain twists and turns of the trail, no matter how familiar they are, you can imagine yourself in some kind of wilderness, using your special skills, that capacity to run long distances, to survive.
Open up your heart, open up our sport
A tale of two cities, and a tale of two races.
Back home in Montreal, we recently were saddened by the news that the Dix30 road race series was shutting down for the season.
Le Dragon
ANNNNNNNND WE’RE BACK!
Folks, I gotta say, coming back from a runner’s paradise is one of the most difficult things a runner can do.
Climate and Culture
There’s always something to be found in a used bookstore. It’s harder than it might first seem, however, to make a successful selection.
It starts with a run
It seemed appropriate to read Kenny Moore’s “Best Efforts: The Long Blue Line” on the plane on my way to Eugene, Oregon for the Prefontaine Classic.