Gary Robbins

Sometimes I run over mountains & into sunrises - once ran round Rainier in 18h51m - CR HURT Hawaii 100m 19h35 - Nolans -Coach - Race Director - Oilers

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

#BREAKING: Canadian Cobra Chickens have started their march to Vancouver Stadium for Canada's World Cup game 😂🇨🇦

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

BREAKING: American endurance athlete and mountain runner Tyler Andrews 🇺🇸 has summited Mt Everest (8,848.86 m) under 10 hours from Everest Base Camp using supplementary oxygen, according to the latest expedition updates.

With the ascent, Andrews has broken the previous Everest Base Camp-to-summit oxygen-assisted FKT (Fastest Known Time) record of 10 hours and 56 minutes.

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

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[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

🚨 WATCH: A paraglider gets hit by a Cessna 172 near the Austrian town of Zell am See.

The paraglider was able to pull her rescue parachute and land safely shortly after the incident on Saturday.

According to police, the 44-year-old Austrian had started from Schmittenhöhe in the direction of Piesendorf. Above the Pinzgauer Hütte, she collided at 1:15 p.m. with the Cessna piloted by a 28-year-old.

The pilot of the Cessna, which flew from the Glemm Valley in the direction of Zell am See, was able to land the aircraft safely at Zell am See Airport.

Video: sab_thi

[ESPN @espn]

Bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, down by 3, down to your final strike … GRAND SLAM‼️

Every baseball kid’s dream in the backyard growing up. @SouthernMissBSB's Drey Barrett just lived it 👏

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

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[Tom Zillich @TomZillich]

Um… how?
On Scott Road.

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

True story
2003 I ran into friends from Banff in El Salvador. I flew to C.A. & then biked between countries whereas they'd driven a van the entire way w their surfboards
In Mexico they were being extorted during traffic stop & they paid off the officer with ~$27 in Cdn Tire $🤣

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

Currency from around the world displayed in a British pub 😂🇨🇦

[Hank @HankFrank]

The bike is one of the most underrated tools for runners.

Not because it replaces running.

It doesn’t.

Because it lets you add aerobic work without adding the same pounding.

For injury-prone runners, bigger runners, high-mileage runners, or anyone trying to build more engine, that matters.

The trick is not pretending cycling is running.

It’s using it for what it’s good at.

[Kreative Doctor ⚕️ @the_grafixmedic]

Not really a funny interaction...more of a cognitive illusion.

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

The mic cut out during O Canada, and the Buffalo crowd didn’t miss a beat 🇨🇦

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

What in the world did we just see!

The 2 hour marathon barrier has been broken. Three guys went under the old world record...

Sabastian Sawe just ran 1:59:30 with crazy negative splits, closing the last half in 59:01....faster than the American Record in the half.

One of the most mind blowing performances we've seen. How did we get here?

Every breakthrough is a mixture of belief and progress.

It takes folks daring to see what's possible, surrounding themselves with a quality team and doing the work to give themselves a shot.

You've got to bet on yourself in a big way.

When asked whether he believed he could run a sub-2-hour marathon before the race, Sawe answered with one word:

"Yes."

Let's get the obvious out of the way. Performance enhancing drugs are the legitimate question mark to every breakthrough.

So Sawe did as much as he could about taking that off the table.

He and his team asked to be tested all the time. His sponsor put up 50K to the Athlete Integrity Unit. The tests are run independently, no advance notice. Over a 2 month stretch, he went through 25 drug tests.

There's always a doubt. There has to be given what we know. Hopefully there's transparency in the results. But hats off to Sawe for addressing it:

"I want to prove that I am clean when I set foot at the start line."

But how'd we actually get here where two guys went sub 2 in the same race?

1. Shoe tech

We've had a revolution in shoe technology that boosts running economy.

For years shoe companies said their shoe would make you faster and was mostly marketing. Until 2016, when it actually did.

Initial research showed a 3-4% saving in economy, while subsequent work has shown it's highly variable.

Now, it's a matching game. Find the perfect shoe for your form and you can get a big boost.

Normally, it takes years of lots of miles and strength training to boost economy.

But now we get that instant boost that not only helps boost performance but often leaves us feeling less beat up in the later stages of the marathon.

So we get a little bit less hitting of the wall...

2. The fuel

For a long time, fueling was limited by biology. You can only take in and process so much.

Then in the 2000s, researchers found if we mixed sugars, we can boost intake because they're processed differently.

Then recently, Maurten found if you use a hydrxogel, you boost utilization without GI distress anymore.

We've gone from pushing 60g/hr to 120g/hr in a few decades.

Again...less bonking.

3. Depth

A few decades ago, you spent your career racing on the track and then once your speed started to fade a bit you went to the marathon.

Now, many skip right to the marathon. That's where the money is.

And with the economy boost from the shoes, you can make that jump quickly.

More depth of talent means more competitors in their prime pushing barriers.

4. Belief

Even with the shoes and tech, a few years ago sub 2 hours seemed a long way off, until Kipchoge pushed that barrier in a series of time trials.

Yes, they weren't official races and had contrived pacing. But it absolutely shifted everyone's thinking on what is possible.

A generation of runners saw Kipchoge go for it.

Our prediction of what is possible changed.

It's mind blowing how far we've come in such a short time.

What once seemed decades away, just got smashed twice in the same race.

Hats off to Sawe, especially for addressing the scourge of doping and showing folks what is possible with a lot of hard work, some crazy belief, and some fortuitous advances.

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

This one hits me, right in the feels 💔

[Mt.FUJI100 @MtFUJI100]

◢◤◢◤🗻𝙈𝙩.𝙁𝙐𝙅𝙄𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲🗻◢◤◢◤

📍F5/K1 忍野
Not in time.

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[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

ARTEMIS II: THE MISSION MONTAGE

Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy - welcome home to Planet Earth.

@NASASpaceflight

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

If it's not on @Strava ....

https://t.co/dGkNqAXmns

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:

“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”

The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

[naiive @naiivememe]

The older I get, the more I understand this man

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

Incredible stuff here

Exciting times in the field of health and medicine with the likelihood of life changing breakthroughs against the major diseases of our era seeming imminent

[CityNews Vancouver @CityNewsVAN]

A B.C. man says he felt “insane shock” after learning he’d been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. https://t.co/iqmKBBzjWG

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

Each death worse than the last

1. McDavid breakaway 🛑

2. Celebrini breakaway 🛑

3. Toews empty net 🛑

4. MacKinnon empty net 🥅

5. Hughes for the W 🤮

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

It's 830am & I've died 5 deaths already today

Not enough coffee in world to keep me upright rest of the day here

🇨🇦 Lots to be proud of

Missed chances will haunt us

Congrats to 🇺🇸 🏒

Your goalie was outstanding & has his career defining moment

#Olympics2026 #CANvsUSA

[Gary Robbins @gary_robbins]

3v3 for Olympic🏅is criminal

Chances for 🇨🇦 to eventually win at 5v5 were probably 85%

Chances with it going to 3v3 are certainly now a 50/50 coin flip

#Olympics2026 #CANvsUSA