The Season in Review

I found a good article in the New York Times about long rest periods from exercise.  I was particularly interested in the part about blood plasma volume.  I couldn’t figure out why I was going to the washroom what seemed like every hour last week when I took some time off from running.  Mystery solved!
Since [...]

A Snow Day is a Slow Day

I awoke this morning to find that the great outdoors had received something of a snowfall.  Wonderful news, I suppose, if one enjoys gazing at the lovely snow-covered rooftops across the street and making nostalgic comments about winter and Christmas.  If one actually has to run in this white mess…not so much.  Nevertheless, I threw [...]

CIS Championship Race Report

I haven’t updated this in a while, so I thought it would be fitting that my return to blogging consisted of an epic race report (also posted here)!  Read on…
Race: CIS Cross Country Championships
Date: November 10th, 2007
Location: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
Official Results Page 
The CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) Cross Country Championships have been a source [...]