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2021, A Year in Review

January 7, 2022 Cory Kawa Featured, Front Page, Month In Review, My story

Reading Time: 7 minutes BOOM! And just like that, the door to 2021 slams shut, and the New Year begins. I want to start by saying that I’m incredibly grateful. These last 18 months[…]

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Burks Falls Gravel Bike Route West of 11 Cover Photo

Exploring Gravel – Burks Fall’s Loop – West of 11

August 12, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 9 minutes This is part two of my two-day adventure on the Burk’s Falls Loop. I decided to break this ride report up into two separate posts. Simply because both days felt[…]

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Burks Falls East of Hwy 11 Cover Photo

Exploring Gravel – Burks Falls Loop East of Hwy 11

August 5, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes Another weekend, another adventure, this time the Burk’s Falls Loop with my good friend Mike from @gravelroadcanada. The Burk’s Falls Loop is a one or two-day backwoods adventure that hit[…]

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Exploring Gravel – Hasty Highlander’s Lake Loop

July 26, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes I recently had the opportunity to ride the Lake Loop, an 80km extension of the Hasty Highlander bikepacking route by Matthew Kady. The Hasty Highlander comes in two forms, the[…]

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2021 Norco Search XR C2 vs 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex 930 on the Durham Destroyer

May 21, 2021 Cory Kawa Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Product Review, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes Comparing the 2021 Norco Search vs the 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex on the Durham Destroyer I’m Not Wothy Gravel Grinder.

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Durham Destroyer – The Rookie – March 2021 Ride Report

April 9, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes My last big ride of 2020 was the Durham Destroyer – I’m Not Worthy, a punishing, yet fulfilling, 160km day that introduced me to the fantastic gravel all around Port[…]

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2020 A Year in Review

January 1, 2021 Cory Kawa Featured, Front Page, My story

Reading Time: 7 minutes After months of training, in September 2019 I posted my fastest half-ironman at 5:47:41, followed shortly thereafter by coming within 2:09 of a Boston Qualifying time, with a 3:17:09 marathon.[…]

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Cory Kawa - 2020 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Virtual Marathon Route

2020 Toronto Waterfront Marathon Recap

October 20, 2020 Cory Kawa Featured, Front Page, My story, Race Report

Reading Time: 10 minutes As I pulled off the DVP, I felt that familiar feeling, a strange mix of nervous stomach, some race day jitters, and the energy of knowing that no matter what,[…]

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2021 Durham Destroyer – I’m Not Worthy Ride Report

September 30, 2020 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 10 minutes I had a lot running through my mind as I pulled into Port Perry the morning of September 26. With a 160km distance, 1km of climbing (actually turned out to[…]

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Crossing the finish line at the 2016 Tannenbaum 10k at the 40:36 mark, setting my 10k PB at 40:29

A Diary of My Attempt to 5k PB in 2020

September 22, 2020 Cory Kawa Featured, Front Page, My story

Reading Time: 57 minutes With the summer of bikepacking coming to an end, and an injury return to running going okay, I’ve decided to set my sights on a new goal, running a 5k[…]

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