A great athlete and inspiration

In the lead-up to the Olympics, I posted about one of my favourite Olympians and athletes, Clara Hughes.

This post just popped up on my Facebook, thanks to the Olympics organizers. It puts the idea of achievement, success and medals into perspective. Sometimes winning isn't an athlete's most valued memory or achievement. It's worth a read.

http://sportatitsbest.com/2010/02/03/clara-hughes-part-2/

RunPorn

A couple of photos for today. The first is a recent cover of Canadian Running Magazine with yet another one of my heroes: Tara Quinn-Smith. Tara is a member of the Brooks Canada Marathon Project. She is also the holder of the Canadian women's record in the Half Marathon. I've seen her in person at a couple local races and she is very small, but one powerful runner!

The second is a hilarious ad from New Balance from 2008. I should really print one out!

Friday Dose of RunPorn

Today's RunPorn post features a couple of my favourite things. I really like the Saucony "We Know" ad campaign... they always make me smile when I come across them in a magazine. And Paula Radcliffe is one of my running heroes, so I thought a picture of her winning the NYC marathon would be pretty inspirational.

Finally, I found an old Runnersworld Rave Run photo of Ottawa! Every month Runnersworld great photo of a runner running in a beautifuls setting. I've always thought that Ottawa has tons of great places for those kinds of photos. This one was published in 2000. Thanks to Runnersweb for hosting it.