Politicians are runners too
Regardless of personal political leanings, most of us can agree that running is an accurate metaphor for life: it involves hard work, dedication and goal-setting. Recently, the Ontario Liberal Party...
View ArticleGoing sideways
As runners, our bodies are moving in a forward motion at all times. Not only is there is no backward motion but there’s also a lack of lateral movement which means that your smaller muscles often get...
View ArticleThree different ways to cross train
We know that you would rather be running than anything else. But whether you’re dealing with ice covered sidewalks, or slushy puddles of melting snow, maybe you’ve lost that running feeling. Don’t...
View ArticlePrevent Back Pain with One Easy Stretch
Runners know the importance of stretching, but some of us don’t do it nearly often enough. Toronto-based athletic therapist and personal trainer, Pamela Mazzuca Prebeg explains why the hip flexor...
View ArticleBe A Part of History with the Around the Bay 30K
It’s the history, one that spans more than 120 year (older than the Boston Marathon) that keeps runners like Ron, who has participated in the Around the Bay 30K 26 times, and this year will run his...
View ArticleFive Training Tips for Better Winter Running
Winter is really kicking it to Canadians this year, but that doesn’t have to slow down your training. Here are five ways you can out run winter without winter running you! By: Mark Sullivan GET OUT AND...
View ArticlePower of One: One T-Shirt Feeds One Child for One Month
By: Anna Lee Boschetto Can one T-shirt make a difference? If you ask Chris Cooper, the founder of Runners Heal, the answer is most definitely yes. No further questions asked. Runners Heal is an...
View ArticleMilk Does A Body Good
A mom takes a trip to an organic Ontario dairy farm to see how healthy food is made. By: Ben Kaplan Shamsi Ladak is a 37-year-old mother of two who takes her health very seriously. A marathon runner,...
View ArticleThe Shoes Everyone is Talking About: Asics MetaRide, reviewed
There may be no better moment for a runner than the instant they know they can’t complete a run. It begins as a thought, becomes an emotion, grows into a physical paralysis and ends, after shameful...
View ArticleWhy This Runner Put Dairy Back In Her Diet
When her naturopath told her to avoid dairy, Shamsi Ladak listened. But after meeting with a nutritionist, the 37-year-old mother of two, training for her first ultra-marathon, was instructed to...
View ArticleiRun, Spring 2019: The Long Good Run
There’s sneaker recommendations and food tips—Saucony and New Balance; cottage cheese and spinach—in your new issue of iRun, then there’s more: stories of perseverance, of faith, photography of...
View ArticleWhat to Get Your Running Dad on Father’s Day
Father’s Day is the day where you can show just how much you know about running. It’s also the day of the year where your dad can brag about running as much as he wants. The annual celebration is this...
View ArticleiRun, August 2019: On Our Way to Save the World
What the world needs now is more independent running shops owned by women. Along with New Balance Canada, our presenting sponsor, iRun is advocating for more inclusion, more community, and more...
View ArticlePortrait of a Runner
Sport and art are very much intertwined. As any athlete can relate, their stories are often expressed through their sport. Photographers have long since been capturing the creative spirit of athletes...
View ArticleWhat To Do Without Your Run Crew
We all go farther when we run together. Right now as we all know too well, that’s not happening. Six weeks in and literally indoors for many of us and we have realized how important our run crews...
View ArticleiRun Radio
On this edition of iRun Radio: We’re joined by Bart Yasso, who is now retired from being the Chief Running Officer of Runner’s World. John Stanton, the founder of the Running Room, will be with us....
View ArticleiRun Radio
On this edition of iRun Radio: Shelley McLean will tell us about how she and her daughter are running 8.1k to celebrate her late father’s 81st birthday, and to raise money for cancer research. We’ll...
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