By Physiologist Travis Schiller-Brown Bert Starke of Calgary AB was the first finisher of the Personal Peak MTU™ Showdown. He completed the 1600 MTU™ required to finish the challenge in just 43 days, completing 1,127.2km, with 47,609m of elevation gain. Although the majority of Starke’s MTU™ were accumulated during his runs, a still significant portion […]
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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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