Our correspondent from Quebec, Jason Hitelman breaks down his decision to raise $5,000 with the help of his running community. Read about Movember movement here: https://irun.ca/community/moving-for-movember/
11/06/2025
🚨🎙 Podcast Drop
Can running a 50K race change your life?
Meet Samir Mourani —the first Canadian Ambassador for Movember —who transformed from a sporadic gym-goer into an upcoming 50K ultramarathoner!
This Movember, Samir is tackling this ultimate test of endurance to shine a light on men's mental health. Athletics Ontario host and Samir dive deep into the profound mental and emotional benefits he gained from running: better sleep, sharp focus, and overall well-being.
The President of Toronto-based run crew Marathon Dynamics, Kevin Smith set out to break twelve master's running records in 2025. He broke five. Why does it matter and where to find inspiration for the new season ahead?
Read here: https://irun.ca/mind-and-body/motivation/why-do-running-records-matter/
11/05/2025
The Decision that Helped Me Reclaim My Independence
Deciding to have her leg amputated changed Candice Comdon's life, but with the setbacks came activism, and opportunity. Read about her heroic call to racing, and why it matters for everyone who runs.
For motivation, click here: https://irun.ca/mind-and-body/motivation/the-decision-that-helped-me-reclaim-my-independence/
10/31/2025
The Teacher We All Wish We Had
Wesley Perez teaches in an economically-challenged south Los Angeles community and he's brought more than 100 kids across the LA Marathon finish line. It means everything to him, he says, to teach his kids about achieving their goals.
🚨🎙 New Podcast Drop
👟 Meet the Trailblazers: Sean & Kathy of n89 Trail Running, one of the most supportive trail communities out there!
Kathy Webber had a powerful journey: a foot injury while marking a course unexpectedly sparked the creation of n89 Trail Running in the midst of COVID-19 race cancellations. Talk about turning a setback into a comeback!
Sean Sharp shares how running helped him overcome a difficult period and why he partnered with Kathy, driven by his love for n89's truly supportive community focus.
They put on races for everyone:
🏃♀️ Getting started? Check out the beginner-friendly Chill Session 5K & 10K!
⛰️ Ready for a challenge? Go big with the intense Vertical Challenge or the gruelling Utopia Backyard Ultra.
N89 is more than just races; they build a welcoming trail family, offering coaching and workshops for all skill levels.
"Mom, you got this...." A Marathon 17 Years in the Making.
Between the Boston Marathon in 2008 and the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon earlier this month, a lot of life happened. Sabrina Young on what it means to once again cross that finish line and "do hard things."
For all the feels, click here: https://irun.ca/training/my-marathon-17-years-in-the-making-mom-i-believe-in-you/
Photo credits: ASICS Canada, Denoja Uthayakumar, Jason
10/27/2025
Does anyone remember this? Who had one?
10/24/2025
Parenting and the Marathon
For the everyday runner with a profession and family keeping a sane schedule is a constant juggle. This software designer, father of two and run club leader, Andrew Tsang, reflects on his training, tips and journey keeping him in love with our sport.
Get inside a successful schedule, right here: https://irun.ca/mind-and-body/motivation/how-to-succeed-at-both-parenting-and-the-marathon/
10/23/2025
🚨 NEW PODCAST ALERT: Get ready for an episode that's all heart, hustle, and pavement!
Athletics Ontario Running podcast host, John Shep sits down with the insightful Alejandro De La Cruz (), co-founder of Durham Region's incredible group, Running Waters (). 🌊
You don't want to miss this journey:
➡️ From running novice in San Jose to mastering the conversational pace.
➡️ How moving to Whitby in March 2020 turned the waterfront trail into his mental health lifeline and solidified his runner identity.
➡️ The gritty details of training through a recent injury for the New York City Marathon—a true display of stubborn determination!
➡️ The unwavering support of co-organizer Marvin Mendoza () that fuels the entire community.
This is more than a running story; it's a powerful testament to resilience, community, and finding your flow.
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More than a million Canadians are runners, making it this country’s most popular recreational and fitness activity. Canadians run for exercise and we run to raise money for important causes. We run alone and in groups. And every year, hundreds of thousands of us participate in organized races, from fun runs to marathons, which are growing steadily.
Until now, Canadian runners haven’t had our own running magazine. But now, there’s iRun, providing a uniquely Canadian perspective on the activity and the sport. Published six times a year, iRun educates, informs and inspires Canadian runners. And, behind our parent company Sportstats, the largest race timing company in the world, iRun has become the ultimate running celebration, in mobile, print, social media and at irun.ca.
Marc Roy, CEO, Sportstats
iRun because there’s only 24-hours in a day.
A triathlete and 2x Ironman finisher, Roy purchased Sportstats with his wife Isabelle Fradette in 1995, and transformed the Ottawa-based company into the largest race-timing institution in the world. A father of three, and diehard Senators fan, Roy has recently expanded his company abroad, with new offices opened in San Diego, Utah, Thailand, and Singapore. He recently oversaw a major re-launch of the Sportstats website at sportstats.ca, which holds data of more than six million athletes. He vows to run another Ironman soon.
Mark Sutcliffe, Group Publisher
iRun for a better life
Few people in Canada have written, broadcast, or talked more about running and the runner’s experience than Mark Sutcliffe. It started when he turned his passion for running into a weekly column in the Ottawa Citizen, then he launched iRun and the weekly iRun radio show and podcast. He has since written three books about running: Why I Run, Canada’s Magnificent Marathon and Long Road to Boston. Mark has completed 25 marathons and raised more than $200,000 for charity through his running. In addition to iRun, Mark has also launched several other publications, including the Ottawa Business Journal and the Kitchissippi Times. Mark hosts a daily talk show on 1310 NEWS in Ottawa and also appears regularly on Rogers TV and CPAC.
More on Mark via whyirun.ca
Ray Zahab, Runner-in-Chief
iRun because I can’t stop!!! I love it too much
A former pack-a-day smoker, Ray transformed his life and became an ultra-distance runner, winning some of the world’s most challenging foot races. Beginning in November 2006, Ray and two other runners ran 7500km across the Sahara Desert in 111 days, averaging 70 kilometres per day without a single day’s rest. Since then, Ray has completed numerous running expeditions all over the world, including unsupported 650km run across Siberia’s Lake Baikal in winter, a 1200km run the length of the Atacama Desert and a crossing of Death Valley off-road. In 2008, he founded impossible2Possible (i2P), an organization that aims to inspire and educate youth through adventure learning, and inclusion and participation in expeditions. At no cost to schools or participating youth, i2P has taken Youth Ambassadors on expeditions to Amazon, Sahara, Bolivia and more.
In addition to his running adventures, Ray co-hosts iRun: The Running Show on The TSN 1200 radio. He also speaks around the world at events such as TED, IOC World Conference, Idea City, The Economist World in 2010 and 2011, World Affairs Council and countless other events- spreading the message that we are all capable of the extraordinary in our lives and that in fact, the impossible is possible.
Find out more about Ray’s Impossible to Possible http://impossible2possible.com
Ben Kaplan, General Manager
iRun because I like being free
Author of Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now, and former running columnist for the National Post, Kaplan joined iRun in December, 2014, and has since collected twelve new pairs of running shoes. A former editor at GQ and New York magazines, Kaplan also taught a year-long running clinic at Toronto’s Black Toe Running and took a group of people from the couch to the marathon. A frequent guest on radio and TV, Kaplan has appeared on Global’s Morning Show, Steven and Chris on CBC, and Metro Morning with Matt Galloway.
Anna Lee Boschetto, Managing Editor
iRun because it challenges and changes me.
A health and wellness writer, Boschetto has been a part of the iRun team since 2013. Previously an editor with Oxygen and Clean Eating magazines, she has also contributed to Parents Canada, Elevate and Canadian Living. Boschetto has also facilitated community running groups for York Region residents.
