From the New York Times, by LIZ ROBBINS
BERLIN, Sept. 30 — Cruising alone for the final seven miles on Berlin streets lined with damp, golden leaves Sunday morning, Haile Gebrselassie shattered the world record in the marathon by 29 seconds, securing a mark he has coveted since he was a teenager in Ethiopia.
The rain [...]
From CBC Sports
Kenya’s John Kelai won the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Sunday in 2:09:30, the fastest time ever run on Canadian soil.
Kelai, 30, shaved 25 seconds off the time posted by East Germany’s Waldemar Cierpinski at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The new Canadian mark came on the same day Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie broke the world [...]
Check out this week’s Out There Report from Get Out There magazine.
http://www.getouttheremag.com/report/Sept27West.html
This Sunday you’ll be able to watch one of Canada’s premier marathons live online at CBCSports.ca. This will mark the first time a Canadian marathon has been broadcast live from start to finish.This year’s event could prove to be the fastest marathon ever run on Canadian soil. The current men’s record stands at 2:09:55, [...]
Below is a link to a great blog post by Jeff Hunt, a Victoria, BC runner, on his and a friends running of the West Coast Trail.
No Small Feet
From the Discovery Channel
There’s a new slogan for weight-watchers: Burn it like Beckham. A friendly game of soccer, a new study has found, works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging.
Danish scientists, who conducted their research on 37 men, also found the soccer players felt less tired after exercising than the joggers [...]
From CBC News
Sleeping too much can harm you as much as sleeping too little, a new U.K study indicates.
Researchers at the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School studied 10,308 British civil servants in two different time periods: between 1985 and 1988, and between 1992 and 1993.
Study participants who slept longer than eight hours were more [...]
Registration is now open for the 2007 Haney to Harrison Road Relay and Ultra. Visit www.bcathletics.org/H2H/ for online registration and information about the race.
Today Team H2V made it back to B.C. and conquered Rogers Pass and this Saturday is expected to arrive in Vancouver Saturday morning.
Team H2V is comprised of five elite-level recreational riders who are attempting to cross Canada in a record-setting nine days. Their goal is [...]
Written by Submitted to the World
Off-road triathlon and other events take place Sept. 28-30 in Incline Village.
BC’s own Peter Reid and Melanie McQuaid are off to Nevada to race in the XTERRA National Championships.
Since April, thousands of amateur athletes have taken part in the challenge of the XTERRA America Tour. Through the trials of these [...]
BY Jason Norman, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
WHISTLER, British Columbia—Yes, there are many great places to ride mountain bikes throughout the world. Perhaps none, however, hold the cachet of British Columbia’s North Shore.
It’s a place steeped in bike history. It might not have given birth to the sport of mountain biking like California’s Marin [...]
Runners Rescue has a great article on running and side stitches, something most runners have experienced at one time or another. The article discusses affects, causes and treatments.
Check it out here
CanWest News Service
Victoria’s Simon Whitfield finished a Canadian-best fifth place at yesterday’s Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup, the official test event for next summer’s Olympic Games.
World No. 1 Javier Gomez of Spain left little doubt he’s the man to beat as the world’s best continue to push towards Beijing next summer. While Olympic gold may [...]
After a successful inaugural race in 2007, the BC Bike Race is back for the 2008 season.
The event will take place from June 28th to July 4th 2008, will welcome up to 400 riders, in teams of 2 and 4, for 7 stages from Victoria to Whistler, BC.
Changes in store for next year’s event include [...]
The Grouse Grind hours are changing effective: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2007
MORNING OPENING: 7:00AM
EVENING CLOSING: 6:00PM
The Trail will also be closed on Tuesday, September 18th for a rock removal. Strict compliance with the closure is essential for worker and public safety.
Victoria, BC resident Jasper Blake has been in Hawaii for the past couple of weeks preparing for the Ford Ironman World Championship which will be run on October 13th.
Check out Jasper’s Blog, he has been chronicling his last big 2 week block of training.
The weekend sees the Victoria Cycling Festival return to Victoria. Race weekend brings you three events: the Bear Mountain Hill Climb on Friday, a challenging 3 km climb to the Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa; the Cops for Cancer Oak Bay Criterium on Saturday, a fundraiser for kids with cancer; and the 100.3 The [...]
2007 Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup
This is a two day event. The elite women’s race will take place on Saturday September 15th and the elite men’s race will take place on Sunday September 16th and is being held as a test event for the 2008 Olympic Games
Elite Women’s Race
[swim: 1 lap] [bike: 6 laps(6.6km)] [run: [...]
The Vancouver Dodgeball League’s BC Children’s Hospital Tournament is this Saturday, September 15th! Register quickly and support one of BC’s greatest causes. VDL has teamed up with Summits of Hope climbers, Jacquie Hill and Shelley Metcalfe, to raise money for the BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH). What is Summits of Hope?
Summits of Hope is a non-profit [...]
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