Member Stories

Team CRR Tenderfeet takes on the Wintergreen Ekiden!

By Bethany Taylor Four CRR members took on the first official snowfall of the year, diving feet-first into the Wintergreen Ekiden Relay Race on Saturday, October 17 at the Wintergreen Golf and Country Club in Bragg Creek, AB. (Due to Covid, the Banff Ekiden could not be held and was moved to Bragg Creek with…

The Pearl Street Mile – 2018

By Ed Bickley I was fortunate enough to be able to make it to this annual Boulder, Colorado road mile in August, 2018 to fit into my summer-long ’60-in-6’ mile streak at the time. It was listed as one of the top road miles in the US and, as I hope to do the ‘Bolder…

My Outrun Rare Story

As Dave Proctor begins his historic record breaking cross-Canada run today, here’s an account of my experience raising money for Outrun Rare during the Outrun-rare-a-thon held last March. My participation was graciously sponsored by the Calgary Roadrunners, and the club was a big part of how I came to be interested in the event! The…

Race Recap – K-100 CRR Team

The Calgary RoadRunners entered a last minute team in the K-100 relay race from Longview Alberta, along Highway 40 to Nakiska, the site of the finish line and wrap-up party. We put out an open call shortly before the deadline and were able to find a full team of enthusiastic racers.

We Won the Calgary Marathon 150km Relay!!!

The Calgary RoadRunners entered the Calgary Marathon 150km Relay and had a fantastic and successful time.

Hair Straight Back

Before I get to my title report, I’m going to comment on the final xcountry events. At the Weaslehead event, race organizer Alan took runners from South Glenmore Park across the open area for a ways then turned them into the trees and onto beautiful single track. Then the hills began. As expected, the trails were…