Registration for the 10th anniversary edition of the TransRockies Mountain Bike Stage Race opens Friday, October 1st. The 2011 race will feature nearly 600 kilometers and 7 days of riding and will include improvements to the course. The low-lying and poorly drained areas featured in this year’s race will be dropped in favor of higher-elevation [...]
This is such a neat chart we had to post it – an elevation gain and loss comparison for some of North America’s most popular 100 mile trail races.
[ December 18, 2010; 7:00 pm; ]
Mark you calendars! Following is a letter from the event organizers. For more information please visit http://themistletoeproject.ca/.
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What Erin Smith started back in 2003 as a simple gathering of friends and family, having them bring donations for The Mustard Seed in Victoria, has grown and transformed over the last 7 years into “The Gala”. It is a [...]
Mark you calendars! Following is a letter from the event organizers. For more information please visit http://themistletoeproject.ca/.
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What Erin Smith started back in 2003 as a simple gathering of friends and family, having them bring donations for The Mustard Seed in Victoria, has grown and transformed over the last 7 years into “The Gala”. It is a [...]
5k and 10k Run – http://www.burnsbog.org/jog4thebog/index.htm
New Westminster, BC – September 27, 2010. The Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race (MOMAR) celebrated the end of their eleventh season this past Saturday, September 25th in Cumberland, with Vancouver Island racers topping the podium.
Todd Nowack of Victoria came in first overall for the 50 km Enduro Course, with a time of 4:21:16. This [...]
(Victoria, BC – September 27, 2010) With less than two weeks to go until the 31st Annual GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon, the Half Marathon has sold out, reaching its cap of 6,800. Registration totals to date have also exceeded the total number of registrations received in 2009 with 12,584 registered in all events, an increase [...]
Half Marathon – Overall
Ekiden Relay – Overall
5K – Overall
http://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/en/results.htm
Canada’s Reid Coolsaet, who runs with Guelph’s Speed River Track and Field club, has qualified for the 2012 London Olympic marathon event at Sunday’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
With the help of a Kenyan pacer, Coolseat completed the 42.2 kilometer distance in a time of two hours, 11 minutes and 23 seconds, just barely beating the [...]
About the FROSTY MOUNTAIN TRAIL RACE: 2010 was the THIRD YEAR of the FROSTY MOUNTAIN TRAIL RACE 13K-27K-50K, organized by the TRAIL WISPERER :-) , race director GOTTFRIED GROSSER from North Vancouver, BC, Canada. The race is held in Manning Park, BC, Canada and there are three race distances to choose from: The 50K ULTRA, the 27K ENDURANCE and the 13K LIGHTNING. The start and finish [...]
Half Marathon – Overall
Enduro – Overall
Sport – Overall
[ October 16, 2010; ] 2010 Race Information
Date: Saturday October 16th, 2010
Location: Main Beach at Cultus Lake (directions)
Distance: 30km give r take
Register Now!! – click here
Race starts at 9:00 am
There is an enforced cut off at Watt Creek
of 2 1/2 hours (11:30 am).
The course closes at 1:30pm.
Cost includes entry fee and a hoodie:
30km Individual Run
Before September 1st = $60
or On/After September [...]
[ December 11, 2010; ] To kick off the holiday season Rob Mackay and Donald Peterson will be embarking on a 24-hour treadmill run on December 11th, their goal will be to complete a 24-hour distance run on a treadmill as well as to raise funds and awareness for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, an organization dedicated to finding [...]
Ray Zahab, one of Canada’s most celebrated adventure athlete and ultra-runner, is in Vancouver this weekend to lend his support towards the Burns Bog Conservation Society. Ray will take part in the annual Jog for the Bog event which takes place tomorrow, September 26th, at Burns Bog.
The event will include a 5km run/walk and a 10k run, [...]
New Westminster, BC – September 21, 2010. Final preparations are in the works the Atmosphere Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race (MOMAR), set to take place in Cumberland, BC, this coming Saturday, September 25th.
Over 400 athletes and volunteers will be descending on Cumberland for the race weekend, beginning with Friday night registration at the Riding Fool [...]
We at Trainharder have always been fond of photo essays, especially those that document crazy adventures. We’ve known about this particular photo essay for some time, but have been unable to post it until now. It documents Leslie Gerein’s experience running in the 2010 Gore-text Trans Rockies Run, an epic 116 mile, 6 day stage [...]
Thanks to BC Athletics for the head’s up on this one -
Registration for the 2011 Frontrunners Island Race Series is now open. The Series consists of 8 races in total:
Prairie Inn Pioneer 8K (Sannichton) – Jan 9
Cobble Hill 10K (Cobble Hill) – Jan 23
Cedar 12K (Nanaimo) – Feb 6
Hatley Castle 8K (Victoria) – Feb 20
Synergy [...]
13 km Lightning
27 km Endurance
50 km Ultra
