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The music we feature this week is from the Ottawa indie Band Cold Capital. Follow them on Twitter @Cold_Capital You can download and listen to their latest self-titled EP” here!
We met up with John Halvorsen, who is the race director for the 40th edition of the Ottawa Race Weekend. This is a very interesting episode as he is originally from Norway but has fully embraced living in Ottawa and now close to the hills of Gatineau. We spoke about:
– Running in cold weather
– Traction shoes
– How he came to Ottawa from Norway
– Does he go back to Norway often?
– Where do runners eat when they come here to race?
– Favourite places to run in Ottawa
– Why is Nordic skiing so big in Norway>
– How busy are the trails in Gatineau this year?
– How do we get amateur sports more time in the limelight
– How fast he used to run, which is amazing…
Jenn and Don Chow from foodiePrints tells us about how to prep for the big race with food and where to go after the race in Ottawa.
After Don and Jenn, we speak to John about:
– What the role of Ottawa Race Weekend entails
– The roles of the 2500 volunteers!
– What do you do when you have already sold out the race
– Creating civic pride!
– Matai and Carerre are some of the elite runners here this year
– Silver IAAD, how do we get to gold
– Are there more runners now then before? What has changed?
– His Favourite race is the Glen Tay Block race in Perth
Here is a clip of Cold Capital playing at Mavericks in February 2014, enjoy:
