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25/07/2025
Did you catch iRun on The Social yesterday? 🏃♀️💥 We showed Canada how to get started with running — no experience needed.
Our 10-week 5K training plan is live now. Perfect for beginners or anyone getting back into it. 💪 Check out link in our stories to read more!
24/07/2025
Not every run is about speed. Some are about the joy of movement, the shift in mindset, and the power of showing up. Thursday = change + joy.
23/07/2025
Running is the new concert — races are selling out, bibs are gold, and FOMO is real.
New to the sport? We got you (but maybe save the race tee for after the finish line 😉). More events, more vibes, more medals. Let’s keep it moving. 🏃♀️💨
📰 Read the full story in our newsletter — link in bio
22/07/2025
🎉Come, celebrate 25 years of running with us - The Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, & 5K
December 7, 2025, 5:30 AM
Kingston, waterfront, Jamaica🇯🇲
Register here: www.reggaemarathon.com
21/07/2025
This week, on the podcast — a runner whose passion goes way beyond finish lines and medals. 🏃🏿♂️💭shares how it all began. For him, running is a spiritual journey — a space for growth, gratitude, and pushing limits on and off the track. 🧘🏾♂️💨 Whether you’re chasing a PB or just peace of mind, this one’s for you.
Listen for:
✅ Deep running wisdom
✅ Heartfelt motivation
✅ A reminder that the real win is showing up
Get inspired, and maybe lace up while you listen. 🎧👟
17/07/2025
Less than a week away from the Sinister Sports SOO 200-mile race, John Shep is taking time out for reflecting on what running has truly given him — gratitude. From his first marathon laughs with his mom, to the incredible Good People Network he’s found in run crews this year, to the support of family and friends during the toughest challenges, and those deeply meaningful race moments with his wife — running isn’t just a sport, it’s a journey filled with connection, purpose, and love. 🏃♂️💙
Here’s to the memories that keep going and the miles still to come. What’s one good thing about your day? Drop it below! 👇 And check out the link in our stories to read all about John’s top moments! 🏃🏻♂️
16/07/2025
Art meets endurance! The 2025 medal is here — bold, bright, and straight from the heart of Graffiti Alley. Designed by Toronto’s own , this year’s medal is a tribute to the streets, the spirit, and the community that powers every step.
“This design highlights the dynamic streets that inspire and challenge over 30,000 participants each October,” says Charlotte Brookes of . And we feel that energy! 💥
From community runs to record sell-out events and over 150 charities — this isn’t just a race, it’s a celebration of what makes Toronto move.
15/07/2025
Even after a set back at 3K into a 21K trail race on Bowen Island...there was no way CJ was stopping. Kept pushing through every climb and rocky descent — because race day was calling, and he answered.
From deep forest to ocean views, was pure grit.
Summer is packed with more epic trail opportunities — whether you’re a seasoned runner or tackling your first. Where is your next race taking you?
📍Bowen Island, BC
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15/07/2025
Training through the summer heat? Make it fun. ☀️🏃♀️
World Masters Champion Carla Del Grande says it best: “Sprinting, just running to the next tree or trying to go just a little bit faster, there’s something special about that. I feel like a kid.”
That joy is the secret! 💥 🏃♀️
What are your best tips for staying motivated and running all summer long? Drop them below! 👇
11/07/2025
🚨🎙New Podcast Drop
Get ready to be inspired! ✨ This week on the Athletics Ontario Running Podcast, they chat with the incredible Keri Wong (), one of their very own Athletics Ontario Running Ambassadors! For Keri, running means so much more than just miles. It's a transformative journey that's made her the social and consistent athlete she is today! You'll hear all about how her passion drives her to support others, making everyone feel welcome whether she's racing or pacing. As a 2025 Canada Running Series (CRS) Community Team member and co-lead for Learn to Run programs and weekly community runs at Kardia in Toronto, Keri truly shows how running builds community and empowers individuals. Tune in to hear her inspiring insights on the profound impact running has had on her life and countless others!
🎧 here: https://athleticsontario.ca/road-trail-running/athletics-ontario-running-podcast/
10/07/2025
Runners from Ukraine Preach Unity
Ukrainian Unity Runners formed in Alberta when two people left their homeland for the safety of Canada. Ensconced in their new country, they quickly went about banding their compatriots together and running as a team in as many races as they could. Before they arrive in Toronto this fall, meet the Ukrainian couple using running to stoke change.
Join the H.O.P.E. Movement Walk
After overcoming addiction, abuse, neglect and poverty, Samantha Powderhorn, member of Tadoule Lake Sayisi Dene First Nation, organized her Manitoba community for First Nations Addiction and Mental Health.
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iRun: meet the team.
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.
