From CBC News -
The Olympic torch relay will kick off in B.C. next October. (VANOC)
Vancouver Olympic organizers unveiled Friday morning the route the Olympic torch relay will take through more than a thousand Canadian communities beginning next year, from Victoria to the Far North to Newfoundland.
The event is scheduled to kick off in Victoria next [...]
Live Earth has announced plans to implement the largest worldwide water initiative on record to help combat the global water crisis. The Dow Live Earth Run for Water – to take place April 18, 2010 – will consist of a series of 6 km run/walks (the average distance many women and children walk every day [...]
[ April 18, 2010; ] The Dow Live Earth Run for Water on April 18, 2010 is a series of 6km run/walks (the average distance women and children walk everyday to secure water) taking place over the course of 24 hours in 192 countries, featuring concerts and water education activities to ignite a massive global movement to help solve the [...]
Written by Hayley Mick and originally published in the October 29, 2009 edition of the Globe and Mail;
Competitive distance runners, unlike hockey or rugby players, are better known as boy scouts than party boys, but some say that’s just a stereotype.
Jim Finlayson, one of Canada’s elite distance runners, gathered with 75 racers on the track, [...]
The Documentary Film Festival is presenting on Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 7pm at Fifth Avenue Cinemas in Vancouver the film Off and Running from director Nicole Opper. Off and Running has screened at Silver Docs and picked up a number of [...]
[ November 7, 2009; ] Online registration is now open for the 2009 Haney to Harrison Relay and 100K Ultra, to be held November 7th, 2009. Teams of 8 runners contest the 100K Relay, while the Ultra is also designated as the 2009 ACU 100K [...]
The BC Cross Country Championships take place this Saturday, October 31 in Stanley Park, Vancouver, with races for all ages starting at 10:00am. Online registration is now open at: https://eventsonline.ca/events/bcxc/.
NOTE: There is NO race day registration.
There is less than a month left to get a GUARANTEED Test of Metal spot! Join Team Diabetes and get your coveted place at the start line ahead of everyone else. In return for raising just $600 for the Canadian Diabetes Association, team members receive
Guaranteed Test of Metal registration [...]
From Sarah Sead’s Race Report – “The rain didn’t scare 169 racers and 50 volunteers away from the 5th annual Perseverance Trail Run in Cumberland on Sunday.”
Results now posted here for both 3K and 10K distances. .
Results from the Hallow’s Eve Trail Race are posted:
Half
Overall Results | Age Groups
10K
Overall Results | Age Groups
SUN-25 – Hallow’s Eve 1/2 Marathon and 10KM – North Vancouver – From the start at the base of Lynn Creek, you’ll be challenged with some of the most gruesome trails that Vancouver’s North Shore has to offer. But remember, your suffering will not be in vain: you be helping to raise funds for [...]
The 2009 Cycling BC Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at the Head Office of Mountain Equipment Co-op - 149 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver BC V5Y 4A6, start time 10am.
Information regarding the election of officers and any proposed changes to the constitution will be posted shortly on the Cycling BC [...]
[ November 20, 2009 to November 21, 2009. ] This year will be the best Run / Walk yet!
Make yourself ready for a two day extravaganza. This time around the fun will begin on at 7pm on Friday November 20th with our Pie Day pre-race celebration!
DAY ONE
The What / Why / Where / When:
That’s right, you read correctly. It’s a Pie Day [...]
The 30 kilometer trail race around Chiliwack’s Cultus Lake drew a small but determined crowd last weekend, despite the torrential rain. Results are posted here, as well as photos here.
We’ve found three write-ups so far: Nicola Gildersleeve (who was first female and 4th overall), Darin Bentley (who was first male, 1st overall), and Heather Vestergaard [...]
Join Olympic gold metalists Daniel Igali and Simon Whitfield for a 5k race, live entertainment, and a chance to meet the 2010 mascots. Proceeds go to the Daniel Igali Foundation and Right to Play.
Details: October 17th 9:30-11:30 @ Bear Creek Park in Surrey. For more info visit www.igali.com
A collection of write-ups gathered from around the world-wide-web. Any more? Let us know…
Woman on the Run – Race report: Excitement+pain=endorphins – “Endorphins” – (definition) – Endogenous opioid polypeptide compounds produced by the pituary gland during strenuous exercise, excitment, pain and orgasm.” I won’t say today’s race was better than sex – but oooh baby, [...]
Results for the 3rd running of the North Shore Half Marathon are posted here.
Results from the Okanagan International Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K are posted here.
Congratulations to everyone who competed!
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Congratulations to everyone who participated in yesterday’s 30th annual Royal Victoria Marathon, Half Marathon and 8K! Congratulations also to Trainharder blogger Marilyn Arsenault who not only won the Half Marathon but also set a new course record!!!
Full results from all three races are available here.
Links to athlete write-ups will be posted here over the coming days, in [...]
(Victoria, BC – October 9, 2009) The Royal Victoria Marathon will see its largest ever event in its 30-year history on Sunday, October 11. As of close of online registration on October 8, numbers show a 20% increase over this time last year. With the Half Marathon and the 8K Road Race both sold out, [...]
[ October 11, 2009; ]
30th Annual Royal Victoria Marathon (Early Start)
- 6:30 a.m.
30th Annual Royal Victoria Marathon (Main Start)
- 8:30 a.m. Wheelchair Start – 8:25 a.m.
9th Annual Royal Victoria Half Marathon
- 7:30 a.m. Wheelchair Start – 7:25 a.m.
24th Annual Royal Victoria 8K Road Race
- 7:15 a.m. Wheelchair Start – 7:10 a.m.
THRIFTY FOODS Kids Run
- 10:15 a.m.
RVM Race Expo and [...]
