The Present Along the Way. To forget the present path. Covering many, many miles.

Ellie Greenwood, Trail Running Tales. Ultrarunner and Online Ultrarunning Coach. A good old fashioned foot race. A couple of weekends ago I toed the line at another race for a bit of fun and in an attempt to try work my way back to fitness. I had never raced Squamish 23k. Pulled ahead right away but I was a little disheartened to see my other buddy, Ramsey Ezzat. AM has won SQ23k every darn 6 years the event has been held. Is a big part of that too.

A chronicle of the challenges of being a sub-elite athlete while also being gay. Does it get better? Saturday, August 30, 2014. Tonight I swam open water in the beautiful Northumberland Straight in Northern Nova Scotia. The water was rough though warm and I must confess I got a bit sea sick. In total around 40 minutes of freestyle in a heavy sea. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. I have had my first injury! Saturday, July 26, 2014. I have made it to Nova Scotia and I am back.

A view inside the life of a runner coming up in the city of Vancouver. Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Hello and welcome back runners and readers. Suffering through the Pinetree Classic XC. One of the most frustrating things has been the lack of speed I have.

Monday, January 25, 2010. Not up to date for 2010. Still waiting for many runs to publish details. Every Sunday from Feb 7- May 2- training run. Sun May 9th, 2010- Sun Run Vancouver. Sat March 13th, 2010- St Pattys Day 5km- Stanley Park.

Squamish to Kona - 226 steps or how to get there. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. March, Injury, April, May, Injury. After solid base training early in the year, a fast First Half Marathon. In mid-February and 4 weeks of strength and power workouts at Challenge by Choice. I felt very strong and ready for triathlon specific training and some dedicated running leading up to the BMO Vancouver Marathon. Another 10 days without any workout except .

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Friday, November 27, 2009. Back in the VFAC Game. What a difference a training group makes. Last night I returned to VFAC having last seen their friendly faces in the last week of July between trips to Germany and Luxembourg. That blazing hot night I collapsed at the end of the session at Beaver Lake from chronic fatigue and dehydration, dizzy, disorientated and stumbling I was delirious. Once at the three mile mark I found myself running at a fair lick without too much trouble.

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Pain, confusion and tree roots. Sunday, 12 July 2015. Getting Lost on Howe Sound Crest. The route is 28km and 2,600m elevation gain on trails filled with roots, rocks and views. Well, just kidding on the views. By this time, we were getting tired. It was four hours in. We gambled - we would follow the trail, and would hitch-hike back to our car from whatever trailhead we ended up at. Most of the trail had no cell rece.