Source: Trailrunner.ca
Early bird registration rates for the British Columbia 5 Peaks Trail Running Series closes April 1st. Up until tonight you can still register for all five events and receive the 5th race free. Also by registering in advance for 4 out of 5 races in the series you’ll also get a free Salomon [...]
[ July 23, 2011; 11:00 am; ] The GutBuster Ascent Race at Mt. Washington Ski Resort is the only uphill trail race on the Island. The race is a 6km run up to the top of Mt. Washington (1588m!) with 505m of elevation gain. The race starts at the base of the Green Chair Lift and steadily climbs throughout [...]
[ June 26, 2011; 10:00 am; ] Short Course ~ 9 km
Regular Course ~ 16 km
Course descriptions not yet available. For more information including registration details visit http://www.gutbustertrailrun.com/gb3.html.
[ May 29, 2011; 9:00 am; ] Lots and lots of easily accessible spots for family and friends to get out on the course this year to take pictures of you as you race along. Speaking of the course, I sure you will all be happy to know how that this year you will miss having to run the [...]
[ May 7, 2011; 10:00 am; ] The 13km long course features one of the longest ascents in the GutBuster Series followed by fast flowing single-track trails as you descend back towards Providence Farm. Watch out for the WALL and be ready for two amazing views of the Valley on the way up.
This years short course follows the same [...]
As the popularity of endurance events including the marathon, Ironman and adventure racing has exploded, more athletes are venturing into ultrarunning.
Squamish author Margreet Dietz, a five-time Ironman finisher and a 3:07 marathoner, is among them and has written a book to inspire and encourage those tempted to try it, with some practical advice too: A [...]
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The RBC GranFondo Whistler has announced a sellout. A total of 7000 cyclists will ride the 122 kilometer distance between Vancouver and Whistler on September 10th, 3000 more than at least year’s inaugural event.
The sellout of this year’s event is just one sign of the growing emergence of interest in recreational road and mountain cycling in British [...]
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Cuba Tours, a cycle tour company based in Courtney BC is offering three separate two-week cycle tours to Cuba.
Central/West Cuba (includes Havana) – OCTOBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 13, 2011
Eastern Cuba – NOVEMBER 28 TO DECEMBER 12, 2011
East to West (Holguin, Baraca and end in Havana) – FEBRUARY 19 TO MARCH 5, 2012
These tours are fully [...]
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A UBC graduate student is looking for participants for a study that will investigate intrapulmanary shunting during exercise in asthmatic athletes. To participate in the study you must be a male elite cyclist between the ages of 19 and 40 and have experienced exercise-induced asthma. You will need to come to UBC for testing on [...]
(Photo by Glenn Tachiyama) Here at TH we love reading race reports from athletes of all backgrounds and disciplines and occasionally we highlight a few which we especially enjoyed reading. Here are two from one of the year’s first big trail ultras; the Chuckanut Mountain 50k Trail Race, which occurred last weekend (March 19, 2011) [...]
A few days ago we wrote a post informing readers about a new Gutbuster trail running race in Ladysmith. Today we’d like to focus your attention on another all-new event for 2011 – Rundle’s Revenge.
Disregarding the silly name this looks like one tough two day race which will take place in the Canmore-area on June [...]
The 2011 Gutbuster Trail Running Series schedule has recently been announced and will include four races including an all-new event in beautiful Ladysmith. The Ladysmith Gutbuster will start and finish at Transfer Beach Park and feature trails within the Holland Creek watershed. Unfortunately the addition of this event means that two popular Victoria locales, Mount [...]
The Dogtooth Dash ski mountaineering race returns for the third year as the culmination of the Canadian Ski mountaineering Race Cup on March 26th and 27th. This year’s event is bigger and better than ever with a $1000 cash purse for top podium spots and tons of draw prizes from Suunto, Black Diamond Equipment, BCA, [...]
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