Endurance Resume

• 2009 Training
• Endurance Resume
• Tour d' Afrique (2005)

2009 Training

Below is a list of races completed by Martin in 2009 in preparation for the "Marathon Quest 250"

 

Event: Frozen Ass Fifty, Calgary, Alberta

• Date: February 16^th, 2009
• Temp: -15C (5F)
• Terrain: Flat road, trail, snow
• Distance: 50km (31.3m)
• Time: 4hr 52min 25sec

 

Event: Rock and Ice Cold Foot Classic, Yellowknife, NWT

• Date: March 21^st, 2009
• Temp: -30C (-22F)
• Terrain: Frozen Lakes, snowshoe
• Distance: 46km (28.8m)
• Time: 7hr 08min 00sec

Event: Calgary Marathon, Calgary, Alberta

• Date: May 31^st, 2009
• Temp: +15C (59F)
• Terrain: Road, some hills
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 3hr 23min 41sec

 

Event: Sinister Seven Ultra, Blairmore, Alberta

• Date: July 4^th, 2009
• Temp: +28C to 0C (82.4F to 32F)
• Terrain: ATV tracks through mountains
• Distance: 146km (91.3m)
• Time: 26hrs 41min 33sec

 

Event: IM Calgary 70.3, Calgary, Alberta

• Date: August 2^nd, 2009
• Temp: +25C (77F)
• Terrain: Swim: Ghost Lake, Bike: Roads, some hills, Run: Flat
• Distance: 70.3km (43.9m)
• Time: 6hrs 13min 48sec

 

Event: Edmonton Marathon, Alberta, Canada

• Date: August 16^th, 2009
• Temp: +21C
• Terrain: Roads, some hills
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 4hrs 10min 00sec

 

Event: Lost Souls Ultra, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

• Date: September 11^th / 12^th 2009
• Temp: +30C to -5C
• Terrain: Track through coolies along river
• Distance: 160km (100m)
• Time: 35hrs 18min 37sec

 

During the year 2009, Martin run the Cochrane Foothills Marathon route 17 times (up to November 23rd  2009).

 

Endurance Resume

2003

Event: Calgary Marathon, Alberta, Canada (1^st marathon)

• Date: July
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 3hr 50min 22sec

 

Event: Toronto International Marathon, Ontario, Canada

• Date: September
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 3hr 22min 44sec

 

2004

Event: Boston Marathon, Massachusetts, USA

• Date: April
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 4hr 15min 39sec

 

Event: Great White North Half Ironman, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

• Date: July
• Distance: 70.3km (43.9m)
• Time: 5hr 39min 44sec

 

Event: Calgary Marathon, Alberta, Canada

• Date: July
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 4hr 14min 01sec

 

2005

Event: Tour d'Afrique Bike Race, Africa

• Date: January to May
• Distance: 11,500km (7,200m)
• Time: 100 Race Stages from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa

 

Event: Great White North Half Ironman, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

• Date: July
• Distance: 70.3km (43.9m)
• Time: 5hr 54min 00sec

 

Event: World ITU Triathlon Championships, Fredericia, Denmark

• Date: August
• Distance: 153.0km (95.6m)
• Time: 9hr 04min 33sec

 

Event: IM Canada, Penticton, BC, Canada

• Date: August
• Distance: 226.0km (141.3m)
• Time: 16hr 30min 28sec

 

2006

Event: Great White North Half Ironman, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

• Date: July
• Distance: 70.3km (43.9m)
• Time: 5hr 56min 00sec

 

Event: Kelowna Marathon, BC, Canada

• Date: October
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 3hr 32min 31sec

 

2007

Event: Great White North Half Ironman, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

• Date: July
• Distance: 70.3km (43.9m)
• Time: 5hr 51min 32sec

 

Event: IM Canada, Penticton, BC, Canada

• Date: August
• Distance: 226.0km (141.3m)
• Time: 14hr 31min 30sec

 

2008

Event: Boston Marathon, Massachusetts, USA

• Date: April
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 4hr 12min 42sec

 

Event: Blackfoot Ultra, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Date: May
• Distance: 100km (62.5m)
• Time: 13hr 38min 33sec

 

Event: Powder Face 42, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada

• Date: July
• Distance: 42.2km (26.2m)
• Time: 5hr 59min 24sec

 

Event: Canadian Death Race, Grand Cache, Alberta, Canada

• Date: August
• Distance: 125km (78.1m)
• Time: 22hr 52min 40sec

 

Event: IM Western Australia, Busselton, Australia

• Date: December
• Distance: 226.0km (141.3m)
• Time: 13hr 56min 24sec

 

 

Tour d' Afrique

The trip featured 100 cycling days or stages, averaging 115 km (72 miles) each day, broken up by 18 rest days and 2 days of travel for a total of 120 days in Africa. On every cycling day, Tour d'Afrique's support trucks collected our equipment and traveled ahead to set up camp.

Traveling through 10 countries in all, we cycled along the Nile past ancient temples, across the rugged biblical landscape of Ethiopia's Simian Mountains, and through game reserves teeming with wildlife. After crossing the Equator in Kenya, we pedaled past legendary Mount Kilimanjaro, to Lake Malawi, Victoria Falls, and along the edges of the magnificent Kalahari and Namib deserts, en route to the finish line in Cape Town.

A full account of Martin's trip can be found in "How do you eat an Elephant " published by Lulu Co. Limited. It can be purchased on line at www.lulu.com and 20% of the proceeds from each sale will go to Right To Play.

Photo's along the way: