Retiring...

The Run Lowell Run Blog shall be laid to rest. Julie and I will be married on July 28th and we will be blogging together for the rest of our lives. You can check the blog out regularly at:

lowellandjulie.blogspot.com

Thanks for checking out this site, but now you can visit a much better blog daily. Julie makes everything better!

For one final video, here is a news interview and story from the 2007 Edmonton ITU World Cup Triathlon.

Lowell and the news...

This week I have had an interview/article in the Edmonton Journal, a live interview on CTV Noon News, and a interview on Global News. It has been really fun getting to meet all of the people within these agencies. I have also been able to meet many of the event organizers of this years BG ITU World Cup Triathlon. Julie and I (along with my cousins Stephen, and Jordon, and friend Lance) will be doing the Sprint race on Sunday.

Below you can watch the Global and CTV news clips.

Global News - June 21


CTV News - June 21

I beat the Mayor & Georges Laraque

This past Sunday I ran in the "Little Big Run" here in Edmonton. It was a 10km run from City Hall, through the Legislature grounds, over the High Level Bridge, and down Saskatewan Drive to the University of Alberta and back to City Hall. It was a wonderful day and I had a great time. This was my first 10km road race. (I have ran the 10k in a race before, only it was following 1.5km or swimming and 40km of biking.)

The Edmonton Journal Little Big Run is a non-profit organization founded by the University of Alberta and Capital Health, and supported by the City of Edmonton, to encourage physical activity for better health. Proceeds of the Little Big Run go directly to kid’s programs throughout the Edmonton Area.

The race consited of participants in both 5k and 10k walk and run events. It was great to see people out in support of being active. A lot of people were walking their first race ever! Awesome.

It was a very hot run and I went out way too fast (3:15 / km) and so by the end I had slowed down a lot. I ended crossing the finish line in 49:04. I had hoped to be faster, but I made the silly mistake of running too fast and not being able to keep the pace, esspecially in the hot sun, wearing the cotton race shirt they provided! (cotton kills)

I crossed the finish line in the top 25, but I am not sure exactly what place (or number of runners) as they have not posted the results yet. I do know that I finished before Edmonton's Mayor Stephen Mandel and one of Edmonton's finest, George Larock. There were a few hundred people out for sure to take in the days event.

I encourage everyone to try and get out and try a 5k or 10km run/walk event. They are a lot of fun. I ran my race through Big Brothers Big Sisters Edmonton. I will do a post about that in a little while.

After the race I decided I wanted to do a triathlon, so I went for a bike ride and was going to go for a swim, but a car got a little greedy with the space on the road, and I had a fun little encounter with the sidewalk. You can check out the picture on the post Julie did. Good times. My wounds are healing nicely.

Here is a map of the race. It was fun running through the vacant streets of Downtown Edmonton. =)