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All about my passion for triathlon & endurance sports, some trips, races, tips
It’s 3am, I get up and inform Sarah that I will be leaving soon, the kids are deep asleep. I start getting dressed in my favorite racing outfit. Quick breakfast, check of the racing vest’s content. 330am Adrien and I meet outside and walk towards the Mont-Edouard shuttle bus that will take us to the […]
It’s been 5 months since I started training for the UTFS 100 or Ultra Trail Fjord Saguenay 100km. It’s been a really good training stint overall. It started in March, the week we took a family trip to Stowe to ski. That week the long run was 16km and I thought it was a bit […]
A few professional shots from the photographs of the UTHC Harricana 80km trail race last weekend. The pictures cover pre-race resting to evening arrival.
This race has been an amazing way to connect with Quebec’s nature. The effort required to complete 80km increased this connection. At times during the race, I would envy and admire the spiritual connection that First Nations have with nature. And finally, I was fortunate to run all 80k with Adrien, who suggested this race […]
Après plusieurs mois de préparation j’y suis. le 125km a débuté aujourd’hui, les autres distances sont pour demain, dont la mienne le 80km. Mon numéro de dossard: 8162 Suivre la course After months of training, its race time. The 125km race started today, the other distances start tomorrow. My race bib number: 8162 Follow the […]
(English follows) Quelle meilleure façon pour marquer notre changement de continent et ‘retour au Canada’ 32 ans plus tard que de découvrir les forêts locales, les grands espaces de nature et la beauté de Charlevoix lors d’un ultra / course de sentier de 80km. Sur la recommandation d’Adrien, on s’inscrit tous les deux pour une […]
It doesn’t always work out as planned and that is a lesson that endurance sports can teach, staying humble and accepting temporary failure. Night racing clearly requires additional focus. After 8km and a good starting pace, Tyler and I were taking relays leading our group of 3, we passed a bunch of people and were […]
It’s 630pm Friday night. Xavier and I are on the ferry from Hong Kong central to the Lantau Island Mui Wo ferry pier where the race starts. 830pm start for our Moontrekker 40km trail run night race. 3 months of training coming together. A big thank you to Sarah for preparing a training plan and […]
Trail running in Hong Kong is ’world-class’. The trails are phenomenal, you can trail-run right from your home, and you can run in total peace and away from the noise for hours. Therefore for my second trail-run race, I picked MoonTrekker, a key race in the HK trail running calendar. It is a night race, […]
A brief race report of the Ironman 70.3 japan today: – 92% finishers – 1985 participants signed up 1500 raced – 20% foreigners – 1400 volunteers!!! Why is it #1? The organisation is flawless, the volunteers were everywhere at each bike turn of the 90km, warning for turn, speed, bumps etc. The logistics is incredible […]
2018 has been a special year so far with my first 50k ultra trail run in Feb and now a half ironman in Japan, the only one of 2018. Sarah is unfortunately not with me this time, at home resting, no more travel until the D day. This ironman event is quite unique as it […]
It is 515am, after 4 days waking up early my body clock is wondering why I am not getting up to go climbing. I see pink clouds in the distance surrounding mount Yotei and the urge to go out is too great. I get dressed and go for a phenomenal trail run. It has snowed […]
Running in Japan while traveling on business for Motorsports
Soon after wrapping up the ironman 70.3 world champ race in Chattanooga, I got into trail running training for the next 5 months. For my first ultra trail i required a long and steady ramp up. PREPARATION Late 2017, coach Yems shares a 16-week training program well suited to the first times ultra runners. I setup a WhatsApp group, invite […]
We land in Chicago after being flown by Lars on one of Cathay’s 777. During the flight we spend a good hour at the back of the plane chatting with Lars during his rest time. One passenger sees a pilot in uniform and immediately turns to him with quirky requests such as: "my back hurts, […]
I write this live as I am getting ready for the race. It’s a big day, culmination of months of training and a very long trip from Hong Kong to Chicago to Nashville then drive to Chattanooga. Sarah has been amazingly helpful these past 3 days. Rushing through breakfast now, racing suit is on, water […]
What is training like for an ironman 70.3 race
Those of us who do triathlon will love this place, those of us who do not do triathlon will be converted