Race – Squishy Seventeen Anouncement
Sarah and I will be hosting a trail running race on July 15th in Squamish. It should be pretty cool and a hard course. Please pass around our race flyer! Race website is at: www.vancouverskichamps.com
Author: Eric Carter
Comfortably Numb
Sarah at the start for Comfortably Numb. Last year Martin, Alexis, and I ran in the Comfortably Numb Trail Race and loved it. The course follows a 22-km mountain bike trail from the Wedgemount Trailhead right into Whistler Village. Unfortunately, Sarah and I will be away for this years edition, so instead we decided to[…]
Gear – Squamish Trail Map
Squamish is covered in a grid of amazing singletrack mountain bike and hiking trails that would take a lifetime to discover and explore on your own. Just like no one would ever come to climb in Squamish without a guidebook, runners and bikers should not go anywhere without this map. The map is available in[…]
Gear – Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Trail Shoe
Review: With over 100km, 13 hours, and 4600 meters vertical, my Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Trail shoes have been put through their paces. I have been testing them in the mud puddles and on the sandy beaches of the West Coast Trail, on granite slabs and snowpatches in Whistler, and on the smooth single track and[…]
Expedition – Bamfield Update 2
Martin, Luisa, and I made the last trip to Bamfield over the previous three days and are now home for good. We finsihed up data collection and I gave a short talk to the students and staff at the Marine Station about our work. Now it is time for some analysis and then hopefully we[…]