Good evening my excellent friends. On February 18, 2023 I had the pleasure of participating in the 2023 edition of the Toboggan Run in St. Margaret’s Bay Nova Scotia Canada. This is about a 20-minute drive outside of Halifax. This race was a backyard ultra race. This involves running multiple loops of a short race … More Better Late than Never: Toboggan Run Decompress
Welcome! If you’re reading this, you likely already know me, so I won’t spend much time introducing myself. I’m a 40 something trail runner based in Dartmouth Nova Scotia that has had an incredible year of running with big highs and big lows. I’m writing this post mostly for me to write down all my … More Chiggy 2022 Decompress
Welcome to another one of Matt’s ramblings about his rapturous running adventures. Welcome to my race report bbaling baout my experinces at the 2023 edition of the Cape Chignecto Chiggy Ultra – MIllrbooks Revenge What an event this was! My very first 100 km run on one of the hardest courses I possibly could have … More 2 Loops 2 Chiggy
Good day, my excellent friends. If you’re reading this thank you. I’m writing down my thoughts once again on my experience at Capes 100 mostly for myself so I can have a record of how I felt about the day. But I like taking a few days to really let everything sit in first. So, … More 50 Miles to 50 Smiles
The other weekend I had the chance to go stargazing just outside of town. It was a beautiful night and I had the pleasure of seeing Jupiter and its four famous moons. As well, I was lucky enough to see Saturn for the very first time. It was very beautiful and I could see why … More Forest at Night
Hello! And welcome! If you are here, you likely know me in person or saw something you liked that led you here. I haven’t updated this in quite some time, but I recently decided to move my photography to its own Facebook page and Instagram accounts. See the links below. I decided on this … More Dartmouth Geese Summer 2019
I have been running casually since 2016 when I did the 5KM bluenose marathon for the first time in my life. I was almost 39 and had never run in my entire life. After training for three months I managed to do the run in roughly 45 minutes. I was exhausted after, I basically went … More So I Decided to Run my first Marathon
The other week I took a quick day trip through Mineville on my bike. I took the number seven high way through Preston until I reached the turn off for Mineville then drove all the way down. As you can see from my strava map I took a slight detour to do some exploring. I … More Adventures in Mineville
This is just a quick post before a larger post I have planned for later this week. Last weekend I did the MS bike tour in the beautiful Annapolis Valley. My planned post about that is going to take a bit more planning to write up. In the meantime, I have this quick post about … More Just a quick & short Weekday Bike Ride
You likely have not noticed, but this is the first time I have updated my blog in awhile. I enjoyed creating the entries I did last year but I struggled a lot with what to write about. Ultimately, I settled on the fact that I did not want to be a political commentator at this … More Photographic Cycling in Eastern Passage
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