DAVE MCMAHON

 “Living and coaching natural fitness through clean oxygen fed sport.”

Dave is a member of the Salomon Flight Crew trail running team, represented Canada at the 2012 World Snowshoe Championships. He races at an elite level in trail, cross-country and road running, snowshoeing and nordic skiing.

Running Clubs: Naturalfitnesslab.com and Cirrus Track Team

Race Distances: 1500m to 50km

Country/city: Chelsea, Quebec Canada

Date of birth/Age: 48, 1964

Job: Athlete, Coach, Cinematographer and Engineer.

Father of two athletes and husband to one.

Best Results

Canadian National Champion in Biathlon, 1993

2nd World Summer Biathlon Championships

Course record holder for the Monster Trail Marathon.

Silver medalist at National Snowshoe Championships.

Eastern Canadian Mountain Running Champion.

5peaks series silver medalist

6th Canadian Mountain Running Championships

15:30/5k

31:30/10k

At 48 years old, Dave raced 24 times this season, on and off road, with 19 top-10 finishes. He won the Winterlude triathlon, finished 22nd at the World snowshoe Championships, and the Canadian Masters Cross Country running championships.

Training Philosophy...

Trail running is the perfect way to build applied core strength, cardiovascular endurance, aerobic power, agility, balance, and confidence in a pragmatic and natural environment.  Cross-training in your sport is very important (mentally and physically).  That's why I am on the track or doing adventure runs each week.

When Dave isn't running...

Dave is an accomplished sports cinematographer. His company xczone.tv, has produced the best-selling instructional DVDs on trail running Nordic skiing, high-performance training, and long-term athlete development. His films were selected for the Banff film Festival World Tour.

Together with his wife, Lise Meloche, herself a two-time Olympian, they lead and coach weekly group trail running, as part of Natural Fitness Lab.

On any given day, Dave runs, snowshoes and ski races distances from sprints to ultras at local, national and international events - loving every minute of the competition and camaraderie.

In the summer, Dave's training consists of fast track workouts with the former Rwandan running team, road runs, epic trail runs with multi-sporting athletes & junior national team xc skiers, and long distance runs with Canada's elite adventure racers and ultra runners.

Look us up in Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 3 1999 by Bob Ferguson ISBN 1-894282-00-0.

In 2012, you will see Dave at all the big trail running races in Eastern Canada and the national cross country championships in BC.