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Run Routes
The Martin Goodman Trail
A go-to favourite for runners of Toronto, the Martin Goodman Trail (often lovingly referred to as “the MGT”) stretches nearly 20 km along the Toronto waterfront, from Mimico in the […]
Run Stores
Blacktoe Running Inc
95 Bathurst Street (at King)Toronto, Ontario M5V 0H7
416-792-7223
info@blacktoerunning.com
blacktoerunning.com
instagram.com/blacktoerunning
Shoes, Clothing, Training
Run Crews
Portland Runners
8K Run Wednesdays @ 6:30pm; Long Run Saturdays at 8:00am (Summer) and 9:00am (Winter)
Loblaws at Queen Street and Portland
The Journal
The “Cheapest” Sport Comes with a High Price
Often, running is considered one of the cheapest sports. A pair of shoes is all you need right? Technically, yes but those shoes do not come cheap. According to Runners […]
Men are killing their workouts. Women are getting killed at theirs.
With the Daylight Savings Time firmly in effect, my post-work runs are now in the dark. So, one evening when trotting the perimeter streets of Milton, I was about to […]
Get Off The Road: Winter Trail Running
If there are bonus kudos awarded to those who continue to run outside when the snow starts to fall, there could be an extra gold star for the runner who […]
3 Lessons Running Has Taught Me
Every runner’s personal experience with running is different, and we can see it in all the ways we choose to run. When we choose to run: think of the early […]
Transitioning to Become a Morning Runner
I used to scoff at runners who told me they’d wake up at what to me was the middle of the night to go running. In my mind, there was […]
What Runners Look Like: Body Image and Running
“So what do you like to do for fun?” “I like to run! How about you?” “Wow that’s amazing! As you can probably tell looking at me, I’m not a […]
Want to get faster? Start running slower!
This headline sounds so counter intuitive, right? Because traditional thinking and a lot of social media says to get faster, you need to run faster, try harder, keep at it, […]
Run TO, Shop TO: Aleksandra Myszk of AM Coffee Studio
Our new “Run TO, Shop TO” blog series aims to shine a spotlight on Toronto-area runners who are also passionate small business owners. We have all heard about the challenges […]
Run TO, Shop TO: Phil Cha of Riddle Room
Our new “Run TO, Shop TO” blog series aims to shine a spotlight on Toronto-area runners who are also passionate small business owners. We have all heard about the challenges […]