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July 2012

Olympic Fever 2012

The only city to have hosted the Olympics three times, London has pulled out all the stops to put on a spectacular show for its 300,000 international visitors, and estimated 5.5 million English day-trippers.  Amid concerns over budget over-runs, traffic congestion, and the last minute deployment of thousands of soldiers for security, it seems London [...]

GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Modify Elite Qualifying Standards

The GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon has modified its Qualifying Standards for elite athletes in the Marathon and Half Marathon, to encourage more local and North American runners to apply. These new standards will be in effect for the event this year, which takes place on Sunday, October 7, 2012. In addition, course record bonuses will [...]

Seattle to Portland – one day or two?

Weather forecast looked good for the weekend a few days before the Epic STP Ride.  Sun all the way, according to Mark Madryga and Global TV.   Being a weatherman must be the only job in the world that you can get it totally wrong and not get fired!
Our ‘team’ set off for Seattle on Friday, [...]

RBC GranFondo Kelowna’s riders celebrate the Thompson Okanagan

Jacob Koomen of Campbell River BC celebrates the start of the RBC GranFondo Kelowna
The second annual RBC GranFondo Kelowna encompassed 122 kms of cycling through the rolling hills of the Thompson Okanagan and its spectacular lake country. Barney Bentall kicked the dayoff for the crowd by singing Oh Canada prior joining the ride whichstarted at [...]

Are you tough enough? Obstacle races gaining popularity in BC

Obstacle races have exploded in the last few years, with races popping up across the US, UK and Canada – and with more countries clamouring to get in on the action.  According to 24 Hours, Vancouver’s number one commuter newspaper, ‘more than 100,000 Canadians signed up for obstacle races this summer and worldwide, 1.5 million [...]

30 mile Knee Knacker to feature some of the world’s top ultra-marathoners this weekend

West Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia – The Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run is at hand once again, bring­ing together a field of some of the world’s top ultra-marathoners to run 30 miles on the trails of West and North Van­cou­ver. The twenty-fourth edi­tion of the Knee Knacker takes place on Sat­ur­day, July 14, 2012, start­ing at [...]

GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Early Bird Registration Deadline – July 15

The early bird registration deadline for the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon is just days away – on July 15. To date over 4,300 registrations have been received for all four events – theMarathon, Half Marathon, 8K Road Race and the Thrifty Foods Kids Run & Marathon. It is expected that there will be an increase [...]