Shades of Game

..works best on small screens!

Scenes from the trails and races where I spend a lot of my free time. I’m perpetually in some kind of training mode. Races. Fitness. Distance. Streaks. Or just good old fashioned peer pressure. This site is nothing of not stuffed full of running posts and pics.

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Run Crew Home Base

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8r4d Sunday #running with a whiff of #firesmoke made for day nine of my growing streak [read more...]

Sunday the 7th of September, 2025, in mid-morning.

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Edmonton

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8r4d The biggest challenge of day eight of my #running streak is navigating my timing around tomorrow’s anticipated longer Sunday run. I squeezed in a neighbourhood five kick tour before lunch, and before the heat of the day really set in.... with still lots of recovery time before meeting the crew in the morning. [read more...]

Saturday the 6th of September, 2025, for elevensies.

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Reimer Park

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8r4d To cap off a week long #running streak (to be continued of course!) I went down to the dog park on a Friday morning and set off into the wild yonder across the bridge from there. They winding trip back was the most interesting by far.

Friday the 5th of September, 2025, around lunch-ish.

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Windermere

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8r4d #running streak day six was a wee bit of adventure in the southern suburbs of the city, and the temps were just about right for a late summer six klicks

Thursday the 4th of September, 2025, in the evening.

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Mctaggart

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8r4d #runclub was a scorcher again this week but the temp was only 28c so i braved it for the sake of day five of this #running streak

Wednesday the 3rd of September, 2025, during prime time.

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Nearby

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8r4d Despite the waning #firesmoke I went out #running late afternoon for day 4 of my streak. The traffic was busy and being the first day of back to school there were a lot of somber looking kids walking home.

Tuesday the 2nd of September, 2025, in the late afternoon.

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Rec Center

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8r4d The #firesmoke ruined a perfectly good #running day but I didn’t let it thwart my early ambitions to try for a steak this month. I’ve logged at least 5 klicks three days in a row, not much, but every streak starts with a first, second and third run, right?

Monday the 1st of September, 2025, during prime time.

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Trails

8r4d Contemplating the scenery on a #running break. #panoramic

Sunday the 31st of August, 2025, in the late morning.

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Nearby

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8r4d Sunday #running and we started a bit early to beat the heat, starting in the shade as much as we could manage.

Sunday the 31st of August, 2025, in the late morning.

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River Valley Road

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8r4d I think that’s just about the busiest #parkrun i’ve been to… packed and hot and i had to fight for my barely sub-30 finish and im probably gonna pay for it later

#running

Saturday the 30th of August, 2025, in the late morning.

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Nearby