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Most anticipated read of 2014: The Running Groupie attends a book launch
The National Post and iRun’s very own Ben Kaplan had his book launch last week. Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now, is a funny informative running/training/music suggestion manual and all around good read. I met...
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Ben Kaplan on writing about motivation
By Ben Kaplan Writing about motivation is a funny thing to do — hard to get motivated sometimes. But living in Toronto, it’s hard not to find motivation in our mayor, someone who I’ve been linking...
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‘Resolve’ to meet your spring training goal
EachCoach, National Post and iRun called on iRunNation members to see if they wanted some professional advise from EachCoach to get to their spring training goal. The response was an overwhelming...
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From the Couch to the Marathon, Lesson 1: Begin
Greetings, everybody, and welcome to my blog! Thanks so much for your interest! My name is Ben Kaplan and I wrote a book called Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now, which takes folks from the couch to the...
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iRunNation declares its fall goals!
EachCoach, National Post and iRun called on iRunNation members to share their 2014 fall race goals. It’s a fact: You’re more likely to stick to your goals if you declare them in public! And declare you...
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Choking on The Social and Speed Work in the Heat
By Ben Kaplan I was in Greece for two weeks with my two children and came back on a Monday evening, then made my grand TV appearance Wednesday morning. I ran a few times in Greece, specifically, on a...
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Band on the Run
Luke Doucet is a songwriter, 2:45 marathon man and a member of Whitehorse, a white-hot country rock band he plays in with Melissa McClelland, his wife. Ben Kaplan caught up with the country’s fastest...
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On the Hazards of Racing and this Past Sunday in Montreal
Photos: Eric Tremblay On the bridge when the race began, you could actually feel the steel sway. I looked back from the start line of Montreal’s Oasis Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, and I was moved with a...
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This is how you party after a marathon. Hint: give all the runners a free...
On Sunday, October 18, many members of iRun Nation will be competing at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. What’s more, many of their loved ones will be watching and applauding and trying to...
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New York playlist for the New York Marathon!
(Photograph of Esme Kaplan, by her proud dad) With the Mets in the Series and the New York City Marathon about to take flight, we honour New York, the world’s second best music city (behind Toronto,...
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I’m getting back to my training because the other thing isn’t working.
I’ve been thinking about running the marathon again, but I’ve been half in and half out because I want to make sure the other facets of my life are running as smoothly as possible before I commit to...
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Did You Know Raine Maida Is A Runner?
The leader of Our Lady Peace on Bruce Lee, racing his wife Chantal Kreviazuk and how running gives him “the ultimate creative spark.” BY: Ben Kaplan iRun: As a musician with nearly 25 years of...
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You ran the Canada Army Run. Now let’s work on your speed.
Friends, congratulations. The Canada Army Run is one of the country’s grandest traditions and everyone who completed that event—and helped raise funds for our wounded soldiers—hats off to you. It’s so...
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You ran the Canada Army Run. Now let’s work on your speed.
Friends, congratulations. The Canada Army Run is one of the country’s grandest traditions and everyone who completed that event—and helped raise funds for our wounded soldiers—hats off to you. It’s so...
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“I Got Runs in My Head and They Won’t Go, Spirits in My Head and They Won’t Go.”
The inside story of The Strumbellas and how their guitarist—running with his mom—co-wrote Spirits, his group’s infectious, awesome-to-run-to hit song By Ben Kaplan iRun: As your band gets more...
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Lanni Marchant talks with iRun
Earlier this week, iRun’s general manager Ben Kaplan sat down with Canadian women’s marathon record holder Lanni Marchant and talked all things running, including her experience at Ottawa Marathon Race...
View ArticleNatasha Wodak Changing Her Perspective On Running
ON THE DAY BEFORE NATASHA WODAK MADE HER RETURN TO STREET RACING, THE 35-YEAR-OLD OLYMPIAN WAS IN HIGH HEELS AND A RED DRESS ON QUEEN STREET WEST IN TORONTO, BRINGING TRAFFIC TO A HALT. By: Ben Kaplan...
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How I Race to Combat Getting Old and Grumpy
It was a great morning in Toronto last Saturday at the Waterfront 10K. This was the first time I’ve been at a Canada Running Series event with lululemon acting as a sponsor, and boy, their influence...
View ArticleEd Whitlock’s enduring gift to running and life.
“We worshiped Ed Whitlock as a god even though he had no interest in being a god,” Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World editor-at-large, told the New York Times. “He didn’t run to inspire us, to impress us. He...
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iRun Radio – April 15th, 2018
As so many are, iRun’s Mark Sutcliffe and Ben Kaplan are gearing up to run Boston. On this week’s show an Ottawa runner shares how she progressed to running marathons and she will run her ninth Boston...
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