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Red River Paddle Challenge, aka The Baptism This summer I was enticed to explore the world on stand-up paddleboard (SUP), and also dream about adventures to be had on a SUP.

I have reasons… Race the North Face is one of those annual reunion races for the Manitoba trailrunning community.

In hindsight, when my wife called to check in when I was gone longer than expected on my morning run, instead of, “I’m fine, just taking a little longer than expected,” I might more accurately have stated, “I’m lost.”

Paddling on the Zwette “If you want to know the story of a place, walk it.

No Old Tom Backyard for me this year, but I’m excited to be helping out and relive some memories vicariously through friends who will be running loops this year.

On Thursday summer nights, a group of runners gather to chase the trails.

Garmin didn’t come to me asking for ideas on gathering real-time running data to help runners achieve their goals, but if they had, this is one (among other) (and for skiing) of the ideas I would have offered.

I’ve started referring to adventures into the unknown as “experiments”, because it can turn a failure into a success, because learning is the goal.

“April 18.”

Growing up, my dad had a “Fisherman’s Excuse Mug”.

As I drove home after 2025’s 50km Actif Epica, I looked out over the frozen fields to the south, curious about the southern half of the route.