Hammer Canada: Featured Articles

Tell us a little about yourself I live in Wainwright, Alberta with my wife Sara and twin 14yr old girls.  I work as a biologist at CFB Wainwright and spend the majority of time either running kids around or being outside.  I am fairly new at endurance sports as I ran my first ever race in 2010 and it was a local 5K.  What started as more of a dare from my wife that I couldn’t finish a sprint triathlon that year has turned into a passion for endurance sports including 6 Ironmans, Ultra520 finisher, 10 100+ milers including Moab240....

Tell us a little about yourself I live in Regina, SK with my wife Amy, and two kids ages eight and six. Mountain biking is my main physical passion in the summer, complemented by Spartan races to keep things interesting. In winter, I bring out the fat bike. Yoga and strength/mobility workouts are scheduled weekly, as injury prevention is paramount. I have 18 years of experience as a self-employed Massage Therapist and Acupuncture practitioner, and have recently returned to school part-time for Osteopathy. Mountain bike stages races are what I gravitate towards; having completed the Singletrack 6, BC Bike Race...

Tell us a little about yourself I moved from Australia to Canada in late 2015 with my family. I started triathlon almost 5 years ago with a corporate triathlon relay in which each team member completed a super sprint distance tri. The following week I signed up for a 70.3 and have been hooked ever since. I raced Standard Distance at the ITU Worlds in 2017, though my favourite distance is the 70.3. My family is also into triathlon, with my daughter being particularly keen and training with the Bytown Storm youth development program here in Ottawa. How do you...

Tell us a little about yourself I’m 39 and live in Canmore, Alberta with my wife and two daughters (3months & 3yrs).  I work as a data analyst/systems geek for an engineering firm in Calgary, and commute the hour each way most days. When my first daughter appeared on the scene, I was around 240lbs and knew I needed to get in shape to keep up with her later on in life, so I used a local XTERRA triathlon as the motivation.  As the training intensity ramped up, I quickly found myself bonking hard.  My then favourite “blue” drink was...

Tell us a little about yourself In a nutshell, I am either communicating or moving and most commonly, a mixture of both.  I'm presently the head of communications at a corporate national and have been a  freelance writer and blogger for over 6 years now. When I am not writing, pitching or interviewing, you can find me focused on endurance athletics. While I am a runner first, I love a wide range of sports within this realm: I am on the Get Out There Magazine adventure racing team (we went to USARA Nationals last year). This year, I did my...