Team Running Free Alumni
Member Since: 2008
Occupation: Renovator/Property Mgr.
Home: The Beach
About Me: Came back to competitive running after a 25 yr. hiatus.Father of two girls,step-dad to another.Born in Belfast.N.Ireland.
Sports: Road races,Trail races,Adventure racing,Duathlons
Athletic Goals: Always looking to lower my marathon times,become fearless on my bike,avoid painful expressions in race pictures
My most catastrophic racing experience was: Boston Marathon 2006,ran injured and was totally beat up by mile 18 (still hurts to think about it!)
My most memorable racing experience was: Boston Marathon 2009-running a planned 2:59 for 1st sub 3hr finish in 3 trys
Favourite Racing Gear: Mizuno Wave Rider 13 trainers,Saucony Fastwitch,Team RF jacket,Team RF cycling top,Mizuno Musha's & Ronin's
Favourite Race: Run For the Toad
Favourite Race Food: Bananas,chocolate milk,Gu Orange &Tri-Berry gels,Sport Beans,Sharkies,GU2O Sports Drink-Tango Mango, RockStar energy drink,Red Bull
Sunset Shuffle 6k,Thurs.Aug.27th 2009 Wards Island,Toronto Islands www.sunsetshuffle.com You would think that after 23 years this little secret would be
Acura 10 Miler,Sunday July 19 2009 Distillery District,Toronto www.canadarunningseries.com What a greta place to hold a race! The Distillery District! I
Saturday May9th,2009 Trudeau Park,Tweed,On. www.stormthetrent.com After my first team adventure race last year at Raid the Hammer I was keen
Monday April 20th Boston,Mass. www.baa.org Monday April 20th started early for me.If 5a.m is early,that is.No need for an alarm
Saturday April 4th,High Pk,Toronto www.canadarunningseries.com Six days after the wet and wild ATB race,came Harrys Spring Run Off in beautiful
Around the Bay 30k March 29th 2009 www.aroundthebayroadrace.com What a day for a race! That’s the first thing I thought
Sunday November 23rd Whitby Yacht Club,Gordon St.Whitby,On. With the race season winding down in a big hurry,this feel-good little race
Salomon Raid The Hammer 25k Adventure Run Sunday November9th 2008 Ancaster/Dundas On. www.dontgetlost.ca Alright,I’ve run my fair share of trail
Sunday Sept.28th 7:30am Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com Firstly, I must apologize for filing this race report so late,but the
Thursday Aug 21st,7pm Sunset Shuffle 6k,Wards Island,Toronto www.sunsetshuffle.com On the eve of the famous Longboat race this weekend,I totally forgot
Saturday Sept.13th,10am Albion Hills Conservation Area,Palgrave On. www.5Peaks.com Enduro distance14.8km What a surprise,overcast with rain in the forecast for a
I’m 90% sure I’m going to run a fall marathon,so I thought I’d throw in a little double tempo workout
Sat.June 14th Durham Forest,5 Peaks Enduro Race 12.3k www.5peaks.com The latest installment of the 5peaks series was sponsored by none
Sat.May 24th Dundas,On What better way to celebrate BobDylan’s and my Mom’s birthdays than getting up at 5a.m.,driving out Hammer
Sunday May 11th 7:30am Mississauga,Reebok Mississauga Half Marathon To be perfectly honest I don’t know what’s going on with my
Sunday May4th 8am I decided to do the “green” thing and instead of cabbing it to the start line of
Firstly,let me say that although I don’t believe I have a sock fetish if you were to count the number
As I walked along Bremner Blvd with my wife Louise on our way to the Team Running Free season kick-off party last
Sunday March 30th,Hamilton It was a brisk, windy morning of race day in the Hammer as my dog and I
