Introducing Canadian Cycling Magazine, a new publication from the same folks who bring us Triathlon Magazine Canada, Canadian Running Magazine and Gripped Climbing Magazine.

The new magazine has just released its first issue and includes sections on gear, training, health and nutrition, and more.

The new magazine also includes numerous BC content. For example the current issue features Vancouver’s North Shore and also profiles legendary BC cyclist Ryder Hesjedal.

Subscription costs are $20.95 for 1 year (6 issues) or $38.95 for 2 years (12 issues). For more information visit the website: www.cyclingmagazine.ca.

Unofficial results from this past weekend’s Dirty Duo are now posted. Race organizers are asking participants to send am email to info@dirtyduo.com if your time is missing or is out of order according to your watch.

• Results by Gender – Excel
• Results by Gender – PDF

The first race reports are now being posted by participants. More will be added as they become available..

• Donald Peterson (a.k.a. Jarhead, traveled all the way over from Victoria to compete in the 50k ultra category)
• Andrew Dye (finished 2nd in mixed relay category along with partner Lina Augaitis)
• Chris Price (Chris competed in the men’s relay category as a runner and he’s a trainharder blogger as well!)
• Chris McGregor (a guest race report from Chris McGregor, Chris Price’s teammate in the men’s relay category)
• Kim Steed (8 time Dirty Duo competitor and the biker in the men’s relay category, finished first overall)
• Katie Drechsel (part of a team of two who won the female relay category)
• Rob Mackay (Rob came in 4th overall in the 50k ultra category)
• Nicola Gildersleeve (2nd place female in the 25k trail run category)
• Heather Vestergaard (only Heather’s 2nd 50k!)
• Darin Bentley (Darin competed in the 25k trail run category)

Victoria, BC – The Qʼs Victoria Track Series will have each race at all 8 meets, timed and sanctioned by BC Athletics, the governing body for the sport of athletics in British Columbia.

“Having BC Athletics Officiate the series will not only provide timing services to the participants, in addition any and all records broken will count. I am expecting many agegroup records to be attempted throughout the series, BC Athletics will be there to help certify those times.” -Christopher Kelsall

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Registration for the Gore-Tex Run3 is now open. The Run3 is a three day stage race which takes place at the same time and place as its bigger cousin, the TransRockies Run (GTTRR).

The competitors in RUN3 will run the first three stages of the GTTRR, starting in Buena Vista, Colorado and ending in Camp Hale, covering the first three stages of 21, 14 and 24 miles for a total distance of 59 miles. They will move through the high desert scenery near Buena Vista and through the highest landscape in North America reaching altitudes of more than 12,000 feet above sea level before finishing at historic Camp Hale.

As a new feature this year, RUN3 registrants have the the opportunity to upgrade to the full GTTRR experience should they find a compatible teammate before the event or find that training is going well enough to put six days within reach.

Click here for more information on the event.

Vancouver Island’s first cross country mountain bike race is this weekend at Victoria’s Hartland Mountain Bike Park. Details are as follows:

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Parks Canada has recently released a series of video clips which warn hikers of the potential dangers they might face on the popular West Coast Trail.

Dangers include falling, hypothermia, ocean swells, wildlife and getting lost. Up to 100 people are evacuated off the trail each year by boat or helicopter.

The videos will soon be made available on the Parks Canada Pacific Rim National Park website. And for more information on the trail click here or here.

Published March 7th by the Times Colonist >

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Courtenay resident, 67, appears to have suffered heart attack

BY KATIE DEROSA

A runner in Sunday’s Bazan Bay 5K in Sidney died after he appeared to go into cardiac arrest.

The 67-year-old man from Courtenay collapsed shortly after the 9 a.m. race began.

Karen Irvine was about four runners away from the man when he went down near the one-kilometre mark of the race.

“It appeared that he stumbled” and struck his head, Irvine said.

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Tomorrow (March 6th) is North Vancouver Trail Maintenance Day and your chance to give back and donate a morning of your time to the maintenance of them. Details are as follows:

When: Saturday March 6th
Time: 9am – 1pm
Where: Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve
Contact: Peter@northshoreathletics.com for RSVP and specifics.

As an added bonus all volunteers will receive a Run the North Shore free race entry to either the Iron Knee,
Summer Solstice or Hallow’s Eve Trail race.

Registration for the 2010 edition of the Orecrusher mountain bike race opens in just a few days at noon on March 6th.

The 2010 Orecrusher XC is a lemans-style start, multi-lap classic XC through the Cheekeye Fan single-track trails of Brackendale. The event is held annually to raise funds for the Don Ross Secondary School’s Outdoor Leadership Program.

Check out http://www.orecrusher.com to sign up for this year’s race!

Victoria, British Columbia – The legendary Canadian age-group running phenom, Maurice Tarrant has officially committed to compete in the inaugural ʻQʼs Victoria Track Seriesʼ for the entire 2010 season. The Series begins Saturday, May 1st and continues through to Saturday, August 21st 2010. All 8 meets over this 16-week period-of-time begin at 6:30 PM.

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Registration for the upcoming Dirty Duo race in is up this year and organizers are looking for more volunteers to help fill in the following positions: marshalls, aid stations, sweeps, trail markers (both running and bike routes) and timers.The race takes place on March 13th in North Vancouver.

In return volunteers are offered a free race entry to the Phantom Run in November, a chance to win draw prizes and a bag lunch if you are out for a full day.

If interested please email Heather: heather@dirtyduo.com.

Written by Mihira Lakshman and published in Canadian Running:

Ultrarunner Ray Zahab will embark on a unique journey through the frozen lands of Siberia, followed by another run in Tunisia, covering almost 700K with all his supplies on his back, starting on March 1.

Continue reading…

A new website for The Qʼs Victoria Track Series has been officially launched. The race series website domain names are www.victoriatrackseries.ca and www.victoriatrackseries.com. The new website provides information on the race series, as well as registration, where runners can sign up for races. Site users can also follow the Series on Twitter or join the series Facebook group.

The Series starts Saturday, May 1st and runs through to Saturday, August 21st and includes a total of 8 track races ranging between 800m to 5000m.

The 2010 World Snowshoe Invitational, also recognized as the second race in the Yeti Snowshoe Race Series, takes place tomorrow morning on Grouse Mountain at 10am for the 5k and at 12pm for the 10k.

In addition to the usual crowd of ultra-fit local athletes expected to participate, over 30 elite international athletes from 9 different countries are also attending. Up for grabs are both the Canadian National Champion and World Champion titles.

Racers can expect a very challenging course, especially as the event was unexpectedly re-located to the more challenging terrain of Grouse Mountain from Mount Seymour after a challenging winter of little snow.

• For more info go to www.theyeti.ca
• Click here for the course map
• Click here for incoming international athletes list

The new issue of Canada’s popular Get Out There magazine is now available both in paper format and online. Highlights of the March/April edition include a section on free training plans, an article on BC athlete Jen Segger, and a spring shoe guide.

To view the online edition click here.

Thanks to the Victoria Kayaker blog for this update…

Vancouver Island Kayaker Haley Shephard has resumed her attempt to circumnavigate South Georgia after a series of mishaps delayed her original attempt last month.

You can follow Haley through her blog: hayleyshephard.blogspot.com/

The GORE-TEX® TransRockies Run has just announced a new event for its 2010 lineup – the RUN3, a three-day stage race for solo runners which will take place August 22 to 24 in Colorado.

The RUN3 will run the first three stages of its big brother, the 7 stage GORE-TEX® TransRockies Run. RUN3 will cover a total distance of 59 miles and will offer both Open Men’s and Open Women’s divisions.

For full registration details, click HERE.

The 2010 TransRockies mountain bike events have recently been granted S2 status by the International Cycling Union (UCI). This makes the TR and TR3 only the second mountain bike stage race in North America to gain this status.

S2 status means that elite riders who race in the events can gain world ranking points that count towards competing for national team places and ultimately the 2012 Olympic games in London. A total of 2500 UCI points will be up for offer and are expected to attract top riders from around the continent.

For more information on the TransRockies mountain bike events please visit http://www.transrockies.com/.

The 2010 edition of the Hatley Castle 8k takes place this Sunday at Royal Roads University. The 4th event of the Frontrunners Island Race Series begins Sunday at 11am is widely considered the hilliest race of the Series with the course winding throughout the grounds of the campus.

For more information on the event and to register please visit the Island Race Series website here.

Results from today’s Cedar 12K are now posted here. Stay tuned for race reports…