Canadian Running

Dedicated to getting runners the tools they need to succeed, Canadian Running gives professional advice and inspiration on everything you need to be faster, fitter and healthier. The magazine provides the latest on training, gear reviews, nutrition information and recipes, tips on the best places to run and race, and the inside story on the elite running scene.

Keeping Pace

VOLUME 16, ISSUE 4

RUN IN FOCUS

Keen WK400

THE WARMUP

RUN CHAT

Start2Finish’s Running & Reading Club • This program uses running to address the cycle of child poverty across Canada

Seafood Specials • These delicious fish and seafood recipes provide a nutritional bonanza

Antioxidants • What runners need to know

Level Up Your 5K • This combo of miles and 300 m repeats will benefit both your leg turnover and your speed endurance

Building Resilient Hamstrings • Bringing back-of-leg to front-of-mind

Rethinking Recovery: When “Recovery” Involves Stuff You’re Not Motivated to do, is it Really Recovery? • Alex Hutchinson rounds up the latest in endurance research

Plus-Sized Confidence • Showing up is the most powerful thing you can do

How to Start Strength Training • Strength training is beneficial for runners of all skill levels (no gym required)

Cumberland, B.C. • Vancouver Island’s former coal mining town is a trail runner’s paradise

Beneva Quebec City Marathon • Challenge yourself against the picturesque city’s historic backdrop this fall

Fine Tuning • 2022 World Championships 800m bronze medallist Marco Arop is one of Canada’s best hopes for another medal in Budapest this summer—and is a budding amateur musician, to boot

Running on Faith • It sometimes seems as though runners are a super-religious bunch. It’s probably just a coincidence—but could it also be that running is inherently spiritual?

Warming Up to Climate Responsibility • How individual runners can do their bit in the face of climate emergency

GPS Watches for 2023 • Today’s watches have brighter and more colourful displays than ever; here are a few of the year’s most interesting updates

Nutrition for Runners • The choices in race fuel and recovery drinks can be overwhelming. Here are a few of our favourites

BackRoads Run Club • Since 2017, this club has been a magnet for London, Ont., runners of all abilities

Adel Ben-Harhara • Growing up in Ethiopia, Ben-Harhara was sometimes homeless—and shoeless. He was inspired by learning about the former world record holder, Adebe Bikila, who ran barefoot

Reviews

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Then and Now • Looking back on the running life