Following is the latest interview by Chris Kelsall on BC athlete extraordinaire Lisa Harvey. This interview was originally posted on the Flotrack website .

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Lisa Harvey is a Canadian who loves to run and compete. She ran in high school, and later varsity for the University of Calgary Dinosaurs in Calgary, Alberta.

Lisa represented Canada in the 2000 Olympics in Barcelona and 1991 IAAF World Track and Field Championships, competing in the 10, 000m.

She has also run for Canada in the World Cross Country Championships, World Half Marathon Championships, Pan-American Games winning bronze. And competed in many other events over the past 19 years.

Although her personal best 10, 000m is reported to be 32:22 by the IAAF, she is sure it is 32:40; must be her humbleness coming out.

To say she has enjoyed a long and versatile career is a mild understatement. However, she is now moving on to the marathon. Although she has run a marathon already, she is planning to make a serious go of a fall 2008 event.

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Katherine Monk, Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, May 12, 2008

They may be purest metaphor for human accomplishment, but movies about running and the art of the pushing one’s body to the extreme can be downright dreary — if not ridiculous.

The problem isn’t the marathon idea, but the lack of externalized drama until the race itself. The real dynamics are internal, as the runner is inevitably forced to face internal demons of commitment, strength, desire and will.

Finding the face of that drama is difficult to accomplish without resorting to cheesy dialogue that may involve a line like this one from Without Limits, Robert Towne’s 1998 film about Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine: "the real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart."’

Films that have been most successful at conveying the personal magnitude of a marathon generally weave that struggle onto a larger, epic frame that allows the theme of personal sacrifice to be meaningful to the audience.

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Runners attempt to be first to cross 58-kilometre route

Carolyn Heiman, Times Colonist
Published: Sunday, May 11, 2008

Build a trail and they will run.

And so three keeners set out yesterday wanting to be the first ever to run the 43 kilometre North Coast Trail on the northern tip of the Island, formally opened yesterday by the province.

The new trail links with the existing Cape Scott trail, forming a 58-kilometre stretch west from Port Hardy.

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Chris Wille, a businessman from Victoria, has come in 3rd place in the Tour D’afrique, considered by many to be one of the world’s toughest bike races.

"It’s the worlds longest and toughest bike race. I am honored and grateful to have been able to ride/race the whole way. To take 3rd place, overall, against some very tough competitors was very sweet!" Chris said. "What an experience; over 3 hundred hours of racing, contested over 85 stages, more than 10,400 kilometers, nine countries, crossing the African continent, from top to bottom- simply an amazing, wonderful experience. Truly the opportunity of a lifetime!" He added. " It’s the best placing by a Canadian in quite some time."

The race began on January 12th at the Great Pyramids in Egypt and ended in Cape Town, South Africa yesterday, a total of 11,900 kilometers later.

Canadians were dominant on the woman’s side as well, as Deb Corbeil, a Canadian from Toronto, took the women’s title in a time of 469 hours and 31 minutes.

For more information:

• Tour D’afrique - http://www.tourdafrique.com/index.html
• Chris Wille - http://cw-iman.blogspot.com/
• Deb Corbeil - http://theplanetd.com/

Results for Saturday’s 5 Peaks trail running event at Golden Ears are now up:

• Enduro
• Enduro - Athena/Clydesdale
• Enduro - Age Groups
• Sport
• Sport - Athena/Clydesdale
• Sport - Age Groups
• Kids

Organizers for the May 31st Iron Knee/Tender Knee trail running race are still looking for volunteers for a variety of positions. More specifically they are looking for people to man aid stations and act as marshals along the route, help out at the start and finish lines, pre or post sweep the course, and package pickup. Volunteers get thanked by getting rewarded with a FREE entry to any RTNS event, a pair of SOLE socks, and an invitation to the Volunteer Appreciation soiree at Taylor’s Crossing later this year.

If interested send an email to Laura (laura@northshoreathletics.com) with your name and the position you wish to help out with.