West Coast Trail Speed Record Attempt – A Report from Gary Robbins
North Vancouver trail runner Gary Robbins is on a bit of a hot streak of late – including a win at the H.U.R.T 100 miler in January in Hawaii, a 6th place overall at the prestigious Western States 100 mile Endurance run, and speed records for two of Canada’s most popular and rugged trails, including our very own West Coast Trail. The two speed record attempts are a... Read More
Hiking the West Coast Trail – Part 2 of 4
Here’s part 2 of our 4 part Hiking the West Coast Trail series. For part 1 of 4 of this series click here. Though we didn’t trust it. Our second day on the trail started out bright and sunny. Two words not often used to describe the WCT. Alana developed a certain affinity to the luxuriously appointed solar outhouses along the trail. This one was her favourite, and... Read More
Hiking the West Coast Trail – Part 1 of 4
A few years back a group of friends hiked the West Coast Trail and wrote a photo essay for Trainharder.com. That photo essay for years remained one of the site’s most popular features. So we’ve decided to bring it back. Over the next few weeks we’ll be publishing this photo essay in four parts, starting today. After this, other photo essays will follow as a special... Read More




