Our fourth Contender bio is Nick Burt, a 24 year old runner from Kitchener who took top Rookie prize in 2017. ENDURrun: What is your runner profile? Nick: I started running in high-school when I joined the track team 9 years ago. Each year I have gotten more and more serious about running/training. My… Read more »
The Contenders blog is profiling the 2018 Ultimate field, daily. Patrick Kelly is an ENDURrun veteran with whom we last caught up in August. ENDURrun: What is your runner profile? How long have you been running, general mileage, surfaces, etc. Patrick: High mileage running for over 40 years. What are you most looking… Read more »
This is the second post in our daily Contender series. Here is the full list of Contenders. Lumi Duca has a lot of ENDURrun experience for an Ultimate Rookie, having competed in the relay each of the past three years, including two Stage 7 marathons. Welcome Lumi! ENDURrun: What convinced you to take… Read more »
There are many runners and many races, but only a few contenders for the high honour of One Tough Runner. This spring we will be profiling the 2018 ENDURrun Ultimate Contenders with Q&As in this blog. This interview with Nikkole Welsh is the first in the series – enjoy! Nikki has completed the… Read more »
We are pleased to announce the return of Robert Brouillette and Vicki Zandbergen to ENDURrun in 2018. Both athletes are valued alumni to whom we have become accustomed to seeing on the start line, year after year. Notable is that 2018 will be only the 5th year in ENDURrun history that both male and female… Read more »
“If you are sitting on the fence, all I can say is, ouch!”. If there is one unanimous piece of advice from ENDURrunners that we hear every year, it’s that training for the Ultimate is a long-term and substantial undertaking. That’s why we strongly encourage early entries through heavily discounted earlybird fees to the Ultimate… Read more »
ENDURrun will be back for a 16th year in 2018. Join us August 11-19, 2018, for an unforgettable week of challenge and camaraderie. Register for 2018. The base cost of the Ultimate is $400. We are offering a $50 promo code this week (ENDURRUNNER) for $50 off, which also includes a 2018 Run Waterloo membership,… Read more »