Need some music to get you motivated during your run?
Here’s a spring playlist with recommendations from runners!
Spring 2020 Playlist
RRAC Interview
Over the next few months, we will be featuring Q & As with our sponsored RRAC (Running Room Athletic Club) athletes. Today, meet Geoff Martinson! Continue reading “RRAC Interview”
Q & A with Photographer Kris Acker
We are fortunate to have several Running Room staff and volunteers kindly share their photos with us. We rely on these pictures to document events and to convey the joy and warmth in our running community.Kris Acker, our Area Manager for Atlantic Canada, is one of those people. She is generous with her time, taking thousands of photos, and graciously allowing us to feature them in our magazine and other publications. Thank you, Kris!
Here is a brief Q & A with her: Continue reading “Q & A with Photographer Kris Acker”
Community Support
Every year, Running Room helps to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for various charities across the nation. Here is one more recipient of our efforts. Continue reading “Community Support”
The Brick Resolution Run
by Trish Slipp
Every year, the Resolution Run provides a great celebration of the new year with a focus on health and wellness. This is the 35th year of the event, and we are very excited to welcome The Brick as our new title sponsor.
Instructor Profile/Marie-Andrée Ulysse – Du Parc, Montreal, QC
by Harmony Marin
She is a grandmother, an excellent group leader, a great runner, and our current Half Marathon training program instructor. Marie-Andrée Ulysse is an amazing person who always makes people smile. She has a natural charisma that keeps the group united. With her, things aren’t too complicated—running looks light and easy.
Marie-Andrée has always been running for fun. She ran her first timed 10K in 2012. Her motivation to join Running Room was to complete her first half marathon and in order to do that, she needed to know more about running. She wanted to get a good training program and avoid injuries. In 2014, she joined the Half Marathon clinic at our store on avenue du Parc, in Montreal. At the end of that program, she completed her first half marathon, and has been running with us ever since. Continue reading “Instructor Profile/Marie-Andrée Ulysse – Du Parc, Montreal, QC”
Second Annual Mummer’s Run
Saturday,, November 28th was the Second Annual Mummer’s Run in St. John’s, NL. Many participants dressed up for the 5K in full mummering style. Continue reading “Second Annual Mummer’s Run”
The Salvation Army Santa Shuffle
by Angela Rafuse
On December 7th, in 37 cities across Canada, more than 16,000 runners, walkers and four-legged friends came together to raise funds for local Salvation Army initiatives.
In partnership with Running Room, the Santa Shuffle 5K Fun Run and 1K Elf Walk is a family-friendly event designed to raise awareness and much-needed support for The Salvation Army’s programs and services such as food banks, financial assistance for children’s camps, shelter services and more. Continue reading “The Salvation Army Santa Shuffle”
Staying Fit & Staying Warm: It’s Winter, Baby!
by Jaclyn Panylyk
So, it’s winter in Alberta. We know, blah! It comes every year and it’s not as fun as summer. BUT, there’s good news. If you get the right outdoor apparel and find the right people, you can have a good time and also get some exercise and fresh air! And when you wanna be a badass runner, you gotta train through the winter.
Here are 8 tips we’ve learned so far to make running easier outside in the winter (also BONUS – get a discount on your Edmonton Marathon entry – you’ll find the promo codes at the end of this blog) : Continue reading “Staying Fit & Staying Warm: It’s Winter, Baby!”
Girl Guides Join the Secret 3K Run
It was a unique scene on November 19 at the Eau Claire Running Room in Calgary. Instead of the usual crowd of adult runners, the store was packed with Girl Guides. The energy was palpable as marathon running legend Martin Parnell and award-winning filmmaker Kate McKenzie announced that Girl Guides of Canada will be the new charity partner for The Secret 3K annual run/walk. The run takes place during the week of International Women’s Day and celebrates gender equality as well as creating safe spaces to be active. This year’s event will take place on March 4, 2020. Continue reading “Girl Guides Join the Secret 3K Run”