Big congratulations to Personal Peak Coach Matt Shepard, and his athlete Mike Huber on their incredible performances at Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra this past weekend! Mike achieved a personal best in the race format with 33 laps (137.5 miles). Matt finished in second place in the Canadian race with an incredible 42 laps (175 miles). Both […]
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London Marathon will run Elite only race in October The course will be a looped course, in a “secure biosphere” this race will feature the match up of Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) and Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia), as well as a women’s race, and a wheelchair race. The organizers have also pushed back the 2021 race date […]
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Audio-Guided Runs growing in popularity Popularity of virtual training plans and coaching has grown with the inability to meet with groups, or coaches in person. If you want to check out an alternative to these apps, check out Personal Peak’s Virtual Run Group. You get a live coach, and a whole group of other runners […]
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Such stuff as dreams are made of: A 6-day running adventure “Keeley Milne gives a personal retelling of a six-day running challenge which she started on Canada Day” Published in Canadian Running July 16, 2020. To read her race report follow the link For more information on the race visit here
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Standing on the start line of a 6 day race is an intimidating thing. 6 days, or 144 hours, is a long time, and to think about running non stop for that length of time is something that a very small segment of runners will ever do. To put things in perspective, in 6 days, […]
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Written by Derek Yip At the start of 2020, I found out that I would be going back to Chamonix in France at the end of August for TDS, a 146km ultra marathon that starts in Italy and heads back to Chamonix for the finish. This wouldn’t be the first time I would be around […]
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Six Days in the North “A thousand kilometres is really, really far” Written by Matt “Shep” Shepard Race Planning/Organization: We arrived at the Legion Track & Field in Grande Prairie, Alberta around 1pm on Tuesday. The short 60min drive was a welcomed change from our normal race commute of 8+ hours. As the Race […]
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FKT Frenzy on the Tahoe Rim Trail Kyle Curtin broke the unsupported Men’s FKT on the Tahoe Rim Trail finishing in 41:09. More impressively, the women’s record was broken twice, with Helen Pelster breaking the women’s time, only to be unseated by Candice Burt a couple of days later in 2 days, 12 hours and […]
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Athletics Canada Hosts Virtual 10k Championships Natasha Wodak and Justin Kent won the first ever Virtual 10k Canadian Championships On July 1. Runners had a 6 hour window to complete their race, and will track their run with a GPS and video. Everyone raced on their own course, and had a home field advantage, and […]
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Creativity is not an attribute typically associated with athletes, but he is not your typical athlete. When it comes to Matt Shepard, one thing is clear, it is not his physical endeavours that define him but his ability to artfully transform the impossible, into the opportunity of a lifetime. To understand his story, […]
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