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Oct 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Canadian Running Magazine
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Gay

    Durability: why some athletes keep pushing when others crumble - Canadian Running Magazine (opens the original)

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    For years, orthodox thinking on endurance training could be reduced to three central pillars: V02 max, lactate threshold and running economy. The higher scores an athlete produced in each of those three criteria, the more “talented” they were thought to be. The thinking went that if you took two athletes, tested their ability level in each of the three areas and set them off against one another in a race, the athlete with the higher overall score–that is, the more talented runner—would prevail.

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · John Gay

    Performance supplements: what's science and what's snake oil? - Canadian Running Magazine (opens the original)

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    To hear the marketing team at any sport supplement company tell it, your next personal best is just one sip, slurp, or shot away. Whether it’s the latest super-food concentrate, the greatest powdered potion or maybe even a new topical gel, the market for performance supplementation is crowded, with each new product promising some combination of performance buzzwords like optimal recovery, reduced blood lactate, greater muscular endurance or delayed-onset fatigue. But with so many options out the

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · John Gay

    Stafford sisters set their sights on the mile at the World Road Running Championships - Canadian Running Magazine (opens the original)

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    Between the two of them, there isn’t much in the world of global running championships that sisters Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Lucia Stafford haven’t tackled. Both two-time Olympians and multi-time national champs, the Stafford sisters have come to define middle- and long-distance track for a generation of Canadian athletics fans. Between them, they hold Canadian records at 1,000m, 1,500m, 2,000m, 3,000m and 5,000m. But in careers that have ticked virtually every box, this weekend’s World Athl

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · John Gay

    VO2maxxing: What VO2 max means, why it matters, and how much should you care? - Canadian Running Magazine (opens the original)

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    We’ve all got one, but what does it actually mean, and does the number your smart watch gives you actually matter? This week on The Shakeout Podcast we’re setting out to understand the science of VO2 max, a metric that seems to be everywhere in the saturated world of endurance training advice. From its correlation to performance to its proven effects on longevity, VO2 max might be one of the most all-encompassing indicators of fitness. But is a higher number always better? And if more is better,

  5. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · John Gay

    Canada's fastest uphill runner on getting to the top - Canadian Running Magazine (opens the original)

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    If you wanted to know which athlete was at the top of Canadian trail running, a safe bet (in the most literal sense, at least) would be Alexandre Ricard. The Squamish, B.C.-based athlete has established a reputation as the best vertical runner in the country, clocking off wins and KOMs on some of Canada’s most iconic trails. Alex has mixed it up with the very best in the world at past editions of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. More recently, he’s adding distance to vert and

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