RUNNER’S RAMBLINGS: SOMETIMES RUNNING JUST ISN’T FUN

By: Mizuno Race Team Member, Mike Aish So I thought I was on my way. I thought that I was past all the hurdles and that it was just going to be easy sailing from here on out. Like they say, “Plans are great until someone punches you in the face,” and that’s just how I’m feeling. To catch you…

RUNNER’S RAMBLINGS: TRAINING CAMP

By: Mizuno Race Team Member, Mike Aish Well, the time has come to get myself back in to shape. I’m at the point where I can run for an hour without any pain, but there is a lot of work to be done if I want to compete this year. So, I’m off to training camp! Since the weather has been…

Crunch Time for Rio 2016

When Athletics Canada released the Rio 2016 Olympics qualifying criteria for the marathon back in the Spring of 2015 I remember being really excited. The standard was 2:12:50, 1minute21seconds slower than the time needed to qualify for the team back in 2012. When I initially looked at the criteria I didn’t even look at the timeline for qualifying. It reads…

Creating the T-Shirt Design for the World’s Largest 10K

Every year on July 4, nearly 60,000 people toe the starting line of the AJC Peachtree Road Race beside the Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Georgia. Battling hot weather, humidity and sometimes rain, race participants make a 6.2-mile journey through the streets of Atlanta along the famous Peachtree Street for the privilege of saying they competed in the largest 10K…