Canadian Running

Things move fast in the running world, and it can be tough to keep up. Our March & April 2023 issue featured a profile of Ben Flanagan, who broke the Canadian record at the Valencia Half Marathon in Spain last October with his 61-minute performance. Canadian marathon record holder Cam Levins was also in that race, hard on Flanagan’s heels, and before the ink was dry on the magazine, Levins had bested Flanagan’s record by 42 seconds at the Vancouver First Half. (Then, on March 5, Levins also broke his own Canadian marathon record, running 2:05:36 at the Tokyo Marathon.) This is a risk we take in the print world, writing about achievements that may well be surpassed before we can tell the bigger story. But it’s a risk we’ll continue…

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Category: Walking Weight: 400 g (14.1 oz.) Drop: 10 mm Stack Height: 35 mm $180 Better known for the rubber-toed Newport athletic sandal, Keen may have hit on a way to finally make walking fun. The brand has a revolutionary new walking shoe, the WK400, that may well inspire runners to slow down and incorporate more walking into their training—an excellent way to build a solid aerobic base and a great way to get around. If you’ve worn running shoes with a rocker design, you’ll appreciate that a rolling gait smoothes out heel-to-toe transitions and makes the whole exercise more efficient—and the same concept applies to walking. And if, like us, you’re accustomed to walking primarily in old, worn-out running shoes, you’ll want to try the WK400 to experience walking in a whole new way. The shoe…

Multiple world record holder collapses near finish at World Cross Country Championships In one of the most bizarre race finishes ever, on Feb. 18, Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia was leading the women’s race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, when she was overtaken by world 5,000m silver medallist and 2019 U20 world XC champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya, only 30 m from the finish line—at which point Gidey grimaced and fell to the ground, apparently injured or exhausted. Officials from her team rushed onto the field, pulling her to her feet and encouraging her to continue, which led to her disqualification, even though she crossed the line in fourth place. Ethiopia’s Tsigie Gebreselama finished second and Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich took third. Gidey holds the world records for…

As a Grade 4 student attending his first session of Start2Finish’s Running & Reading Club in Guelph, Ont., in 2016, Allen Nolan had no awareness of the research showing that physical activity before learning improves reading results. He also didn’t know that the character-building component of each session would help mold him into the young leader he is today. And he certainly wouldn’t have guessed that his running would improve so much that one day he could be winning 5K races like the ones at the culmination of each Reading & Running session. All Nolan knew at that first after-school session was that the running workout was really tough. But every time he felt like giving up, there were supportive coaches to encourage and motivate him—coaches like Anoke Dunston and Quinton…

In Canada’s coastal cities, we are fortunate to have an abundance of fresh seafood available. Packed with nutritional goodness—including omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins, such as D and B2 (riboflavin)—fish is also rich in calcium and phosphorus and a great source of minerals, such as iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium and potassium. It’s a great idea to consume fish once or twice a week. Seafood can be an accessible and quick addition to any menu, provided that recipes, such as those below, use simple, fresh and minimal ingredients. The sweet and spicy flavours of the salmon are a complex addition to braised greens and rice; the cod is amplified with spices and a beautiful crisp from the pan fry; and shrimp is given a decadent boost as it’s sautéed in garlic and…