Hammer Canada: Featured Articles — Ambassador Reports

Tell us a little about yourself I am 49 years living in North Vancouver, BC with my wife and my daughter. Full time father, husband, and employee in information technology industry. I also have been enjoying running for about 20 years on my spare times and recently been engaged in the sport of table tennis which started out of necessities to be active since I couldn’t run for short while and now growing into another passion. I feel is going to be my life time sport after retiring from competitive running, to keep me fit and cognitively sharp As long...

Tell us a little about yourself I'm a Vancouver based runner who loves to be on the trails and in the mountains. I grew up sailing but traded the the nautical life for the mountains over seven years ago. I love exploring, pushing my limits and seeing the world with friends. I work for Saucony, so my life is pretty much all running all the time. However, I do get out rock climbing and bouldering whenever I can. And I'm quickly falling for gravel grinding. I am passionate about helping others and working with the amazing community of runners we have...

Tell us a little about yourself I moved to Quebec City in the 90s to study Civil Engineering there. I have since fallen in love with this city. It was here that I met an extraordinary woman with whom I share my life and from this union were born two nice (and dynamic) boys. Before having my children, I lived only for climbing. From 2005 to 2015, I spent my weekends at the climbing site. Quietly, the time management between the family and my full days in the woods was problematic and it was at this same moment that a...

  Tell us a little about yourself I live in Kelowna, BC with my husband and 16 year old son, whom are my favorite adventure buddies. I’ve worked in the fitness industry since I was 18 years old and in 2005, I started P.A.C.E. Sports Fitness. Under that umbrella, I direct 4 trail running races, coach seasonal trail running clinics, mountain running camps and offer personalized coaching options. For the last 7 years, I have competed in and fell in love with the Gore-Tex Transalpine Run, a 7 day trail running race across the German, Austrian, Swiss and Italian Alps....

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....