Gary Robbins

  • Finding Motivation

    The rains are back in these parts and with that comes decreased motivation to train along with the coinciding increased personal guilt trips to get my body to move out the door. Today was the first truly wet run that I’ve embarked upon in months, in fact I struggle to remember the last real weather… →

  • Trip Report – Wedge Mountain Scramble – A 3100m / 10,000ft Day Out

    Wedge Mountain – 2892m / 9488ft 09-11-13 Party: + Mark Fearman Conditions: Beautiful mid Sept day. Shorts and t-shirt weather with a light jacket as we climbed higher. No snow on the route. Timing: 13h30m non-stop timing. We spent about twenty minutes at the Elfin Lakes shelter talking to a few campers and about twenty… →

  • Trip Report – Cypress Peak Scramble (near Whistler)

    I’m going to attempt to be better at this so here’s the first of a few recent trip reports. Cypress Peak – 2083m / 6834ft 10-25-13 Party: + Paul Romero Conditions: Unseasonably warm and sunny. Temps from 10 degrees in the shade and nearing 20 in the late afternoon sun. Some snow above 1700m /… →

  • The Pain Puzzle – My Two Year Chronic Pain Journey

    I did something absolutely incredible earlier this month, I completed a gym workout, a full body gym workout. Notice I said complete and not that I simply went to the gym for the first time in very a long time. You see it’s been well over two full years since I’ve been able to engage… →

  • UTMB – Postmortem

    It’s time to do a quick blog posting and officially put this one behind me, though it’ll linger and sting for quite some time. First and foremost, I DID NOT drop out of the GD race due to COLD HANDS! Let’s just get that one outta the way right off the top. The coverage the… →

  • UTMB – The Trail Runner’s Mecca

    Five days in and I finally managed one full night’s rest. It’s been an eventful trip thus far and as is always the case while visiting a trail mecca like Chamonix it can warrant a hefty dose of self control. The pre-race odds are officially out via iRunFar and Talk Ultra. Personally, even though I… →

  • Win A Pair of Salomon Shoes!

    this page 2) Leave a comment (it doesn’t even have to make sense or even be in English) on the above linked page to be entered into the draw **Since I won the shoes at the Knee Knacker race I feel there should be a weighted draw in favor of other KK runners, SO anyone… →

  • Knee Knacker – Battle Royale

    The 25th anniversary edition of the toughest 50k* (30 mile) trail race in Canada had attracted one of the deepest men’s fields in the history of the race. The starter’s list, though short a few key names due to injury in the end, was still five deep with guys who could legitimately push the pace… →

  • About Hanes Valley – Safe Backcountry Run Travel

    I had the good fortune of completing one of my favorite local routes yesterday, the Hanes Valley traverse. This typically makes for a great trail running adventure around mid summer. You can create a full loop via either Grouse Mountain or Lynn Valley. My preferred direction of attack is Lynn Valley as you get to… →

  • For Shits and Giggles – WS Podium Predictions

    Looks like it’s going to be a barn burner down at Western this year, both literally and figuratively as the mercury is set to climb over 100 for the first time in numerous years. “The Real Course” as many would call it, is about to be run. Many have asked me if I’d return to… →