Trainharder’s Top 10 Books for the month of December is now available on the Books Page, just in time for that favorite athlete on your Christmas list!
Select titles which made this month’s list include:
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom – the story of six WWII solders who escaped a Russian labor [...]
If you’re planning on registering for a Club Fat Ass membership for the upcoming year you might want to consider doing it before mid-night tonight (November 30th). That’s because everyone who registers before that deadline will get entered into a draw for a fee refund.
For more information and to register click here.
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A little about Club [...]
This is a reminder that registration for the 2010 Test of Metals opens for locals only on December 1st at 6pm at www.testofmetal.com.
A local is defined as anyone who lives between Furry Creek and Darcy, BC. Registration will remain open until 6 p.m. December 5th or until all 200 local spots are filled.
Results from today’s Gunner Shaw XC 10k at Victoria’s Thetis Lake are now posted here. (Photo courtesy of Sandi)
Race Reports:
Dec 2nd – Richard Knowlton’s race report is now posted here.
Dec 1st -Betty’s Blog – Gunner Shaw 8.5K Victoria – Gunner, gunner….I sure give it a gunner. What a total different experience for this race!!
Nov 30th [...]
A recent article in the New York Times outlines recent research which makes that case that flexibility should not be considered a cornerstone of health and fitness.
In fact, the latest science suggests that “extremely loose muscles and tendons are generally unnecessary (unless you aspire to join a gymnastics squad), may be undesirable and are, for [...]
From Get Out There Magazine – The Subaru West Coast Triathlon Series has announced a new race to next year’s lineup, in Banff National Park.
The swim will take place in Two Jack Lake, the cycle will take place around the Minnewanka Loop, and the run will trek around the town of Banff and finish down [...]
The North Shore Mountain Bike Association (NSMBA) is holding its annual General Meeting on Thursday, December 10th. They are inviting anyone to attend who has an interest in mountain biking and/or trails on the North Shore. The meeting begins at 7pm and will be held at Jaycee House, 1251 Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver.
Victoria’s famous Gunner Shaw XC race finally happens this weekend @ 1pm on Saturday, November 28th. The race covers 10k along Thetis Lake’s trail system and although the infamous wading puddle is now gone the course still offers it’s share of challenges including a finish along (i.e within) the waters of the lake.
For more information [...]
Dec 1 UPDATE: Reid Coolsaet’s race report is now available here.
Nov 27 UPDATE: Steve Osaduik has just posted his report from his leg of the race here.
Nov 23 UPDATE: Team Canada has placed 8th overall in the Chiba Ekiden Relay. The team, made up of 6 Canadian elite runners, finished in a total time of [...]
The 2009 cyclocross season offically comes to an end this weekend in North Vancouver at the BC Cyclocross Championships.
The event takes place at Mahon Park on Sunday, November 29th with the first race beginning at 10am.
You can register on-line here.
All participants will also automatically be entered to win a 2009 Rocky Mountain cyclo-cross frame [...]
Results from this past weekend’s Bear Mountain 10K in Victoria are now posted here.
Reports (so far just one!):
Melanie McQuaid – Bear Mountain 10km – This past Saturday morning I participated in “Canada’s Hardest 10km”. No joke. It was retardedly hard…
We would just like to wish the following BC athletes good luck in the upcoming Chiba Ekiden Relay which is taking place this Monday, November 23 in Japan.
Marilyn Arsenault (trainharder.com blogger)
Richard Mosley
Steve Osaduik
The prestigious event sees mixed teams of six athletes race over varying distances to cover a full marathon run of 42.195km. Check back for results [...]
Starting this month and continuing every month trainharder.com will be compiling a top 10 list of books with subjects ranging from health and fitness to sport and adventure, all topics we think our readers would be interested in. Our list of top 10 books for the month of November is up, select titles include:
The Hungry [...]
Organizers of the BC Bike Race have recently unveiled a revised course for next year’s race. Last year the seven day mountain bike stage race went from Vancouver to Whistler with stops on Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Squamish. For 2010 changes to the course include increased singletrack, a prologue on the North Shore instead of a full stage, [...]
Wow – already?! Boston Marathon Full – http://runtrails.blogspot.com/2009/11/boston-marathon-is-full.html
When Victoria fitness fanatics step up for their 17 minutes of the Fight Gone Bad workout on Saturday, November 28, they won’t be competing just for points, they’ll also be collecting food, clothing and toys for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Victoria, benefiting families in need in the Capital Region.
“CrossFit Zone is very [...]
Several race reports from the Thetis Lake Relay have appeared on the blogosphere:
NTC – Last Wednesday NTC rocked the 4x5k Thetis Lake relays!
Myke LaBelle – Kamal, myself, tyler and new found Lief put together a team for the thetis lake relay today…
Chris Callendar – It was awesome to get out racing again!
Shane Ruljancich – I [...]
The following interview is courtesy of Christopher Kelsall (who now twitters! @chris_kelsall) and was originally posted on the Flotrack website…
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In 1968 at the age of 21, Amby Burfoot won the historic, B.A.A Boston Marathon. John J. Kelley, who at that time, was the most recent American to win Boston, 11 years prior, happened to be [...]
Close to 2,500 runners competed in the Fall Classic out at UBC today. Winning Time Canada has posted results on their website, race reports are also posted below.
1/2 Marathon Race Results
HALF MARATHON OVERALL
HALF MARATHON AGE GROUP
10K Race Results
10k OVERALL
10k AGE GROUP
5K Race Results
5k OVERALL
5k AGE GROUP
Race Reports:
Vincent’s Ramblings – I had been debating for a [...]
Results from yesterday’s Phantom Run Trail Race are posted:
http://mountainmadness.ca/documents/
phantom09_results.pdf
Race Reports:
Studio YVR – Last Saturday I raced in the Phantom Trail Run which is a 24 km x-country race located in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. I loved this race. It was cheap, fast, challenging and fun!
