I love trail running…hills, escarpments, trees, shorelines, singletrack, jeeproads, etc. The variety of terrain and visual stimuli can keep me motivated for hours. Most of my training takes place in the Grand River Valley along the stretch of trails between Kaufman Flats and Freeport: http://www.sju.ca/grt/mainmap.htm
The Bruce Trail is also a favourite running/racing venue: http://brucetrail.org/
I run 5 to 6 days a week with interval training & speed work on Tues/Thurs and long runs on the weekend. Baseline mileage logs in at 70-80 km/week, ramping up to around 130+km/week in prep for big events. I often enjoy training with the group at Tri City Track Club: http://tctc.kw.net/track_club.htm
Coached by Peter Grinbergs, and appealing to a broad range of abilities and distance preferences, we train in Bechtal Park, Waterloo Park and Rez S.S. (depending on the season).
My wife, BJ, is also a running companion and my biggest supporter.
Recently I’ve started logging my training at: http://www.attackpoint.org/log.jsp/user_5746
In addition to the physical workout, on most runs I’m listening to an audio book. As the miles add up so does my consumption of mentally and spiritually enriching material – completing 50-70 books/year on leadership, management, Word teaching, personal growth, education, history, biographies, language learning, classic fiction… http://kpl.lib.overdrive.com/
Running links:
http://www.trailrunnermag.com
http://www.ultrarunning.com/
http://www.ultrunr.com/
http://realendurance.com/
http://ouser.org/
http://www.runforthetoad.com/
http://runningmagazine.ca/
http://www.runnersworld.com/
