Andy Reed

Andy Reed

Canmore, AB
Dec
29
Weekly training - I got into Hardrock! - Christmas week

Weekly training - I got into Hardrock! - Christmas week

After a decade of trying to get in, I will finally be lucky enough to start the Hardrock 100 in
2 min read
Dec
27
2023 - “One last Hurrah!”

2023 - “One last Hurrah!”

Dirtbags!! Well it’s the final workout of 2023! Can you believe it? If you made it out to every
1 min read
Dec
20
DBR workout for Dec 21, 2023! The 50/40/30

DBR workout for Dec 21, 2023! The 50/40/30

1st set - 8 x 50/10 (50s hard, 10s rest) 5 mins easy jogging 2nd set - 8x 40/20 (40s hard, 20s rest) 5 mins easy jogging 3rd set - 8 x 30/30 (30s hard, 30s rest)
1 min read
Dec
13
Winter Beer/Spirit Mile 2023

Winter Beer/Spirit Mile 2023

Dirtbags - come on up to the Canmore Nordic Centre tomorrow for our Annual Winter/Christmas Beer/Spirit Mile! I&
1 min read
Dec
11
Winter Beer/Spirit Mile!!

Winter Beer/Spirit Mile!!

It's loosely "a Mile" ie more like 1.5 - 2 miles total, haha. There is only one event, and there is no prizing, but you will go down in history!
2 min read
Dec
06
DBR Bow Valley Work out for December 7: "A Christmas Surprise!"

DBR Bow Valley Work out for December 7: "A Christmas Surprise!"

Dirtbags! Dress bright tomorrow and you may win some sweet new Hoka kicks! We will meet 5:45 at CanGolf
1 min read
Nov
29
DBR workout for November 30: The Spray Hill Sprint Pyramid

DBR workout for November 30: The Spray Hill Sprint Pyramid

SPRINTS: 15s, 30s, 45s, 60s, 45s, 30s, 15s (jog back down between each rep) 2-3 mins recovery REPEAT Pyramid x 4 Cool down.
1 min read
Nov
22
DBR Workout 23 Nov, 2023: "The Black Friday F.U"

DBR Workout 23 Nov, 2023: "The Black Friday F.U"

2 mins hard, 1 min harder, 2 mins easy Repeat x 6
1 min read
Nov
20
Warming Up. How much? Maybe there is a better option than strides, Dirtbags!

Warming Up. How much? Maybe there is a better option than strides, Dirtbags!

I think the take away is that if you feel terrible on the first rep of an interval style workout (me!!), but then get into it by rep 3 or 4, then it may be worth experimenting with a different warm up, particularly one that involves some longer and harder race style efforts.
1 min read
Nov
15
DBR workout for Nov 16, 2023

DBR workout for Nov 16, 2023

6 x 3 mins hard uphill (jog down recovery) 6 x 20s sprints (walk down recovery)