About Trailrunner.ca
Trailrunner.ca is dedicated to promoting Canadian trail running. Trailrunner.ca is produced by a collaboration of trail runners and event organizers from across Canada. It was started in 2008 and has seen growing popularity in the years and months since. With almost 1,000 hits per month trailrunner.ca is becoming the prominent source for Canadian trail running news, stories, maps and events. Contributors to trailrunner.ca are from across the country and cover all running abilities. A special focus of trailrunner.ca is telling the amazing stories of Canada’s trail runners. If you have a story to tell send us an email to run@trailrunner.ca, we would love to hear from you.
What is trail running?
Trail running is many things to many people. To some people it stands for ultra-running, which in my books is anything longer than a marathon (~26 miles), but usually much longer, for example, 100 mile races. To others, trail running is shorter runs done on trails, around 10-25 km. To me trail running simply means getting off the road and exploring unpaved terrain while running. So get outside, run and leave the road!
Trailrunner.ca Lead Administrator: Jonathan Schmidt
Trailrunner.ca was started by Jonathan R. Schmidt in 2008. After surviving the 2007 TransRockies Run, Jonathan decided that there needed to be more resources for trail running and specifically Canadian trail running. After all, Canada has some of the best places in the world to go trail running. Trailrunner.ca is administered by Jonathan and Darlene Schmidt. You can contact Darlene at darlene@trailrunner.ca and Jonathan at jon@trailrunner.ca.
Trailrunner.ca Lead Writer/Editor: Darlene Schmidt
After supporting Jonathan through several races and countless hours of training, Darlene has experienced trail running as a cheerleader from the side lines. She is keenly interested in the trail stories and personal accomplishments of Canadian trail runners. When Darlene is not crewing for Jonathan or writing/editing for trailrunner.ca, she is chasing her little girl at home. You can contact Darlene at darlene@trailrunner.ca.