Cobble Hill 10K Results & Writeups
Results from this morning’s race in Cobble Hill are now available on the Prairie Inn Harriers website here. Participant race reports will also be added here within the next few days, for now here’s the first one: Triing in Victoria – It was hard!!! Haha. It was actually pretty funny, on the way up we were discussing the course, and were saying we remembered it... Read More
Prairie Inn Pioneer 8K Results & Writeups
Results from today’s first event of the 2010 Frontrunners Island Race Series are now posted on the Praire Inn Harriers website. Steve Osaduik was the first male in the 8K with a time of 23:35 and Natasha Wodak was the first female with a time of 27:51, coming in just three seconds in front of long time Island Race fixture Lucy Smith. The men’s race was equally as close... Read More
Thetis Lake Relay Race Reports
Several race reports from the Thetis Lake Relay have appeared on the blogosphere: NTC – Last Wednesday NTC rocked the 4×5k Thetis Lake relays! Myke LaBelle – Kamal, myself, tyler and new found Lief put together a team for the thetis lake relay today… Chris Callendar – It was awesome to get out racing again! Shane Ruljancich – I think I mentioned... Read More
Shawnigan Lake 1/2 Marathon Results
Results from last weekend’s Shawnigan Lake 1/2 Marathon are now posted on the RaceDay website: http://www.racedaytiming.ca/shawnigan2009.html Also check out Jeff Hunt’s write-up from the race here. Read More
2009 BC Athletics Cross Country Championships Results & Writeups
Results are now posted for the BC Athletics Cross Country Championships race, held on Halloween at Vancouver’s Jericho Park. Juvenile, Junior, Open & Masters Junior Development Junior Development Team Athlete Writeups The Running Diva – BC XC Championships! 20:32 (56:52) – We were lucky again this year with the weather for BCs… Nick Best – BC... Read More
Around the Lake 30k Results & Writeups
The 30 kilometer trail race around Chiliwack’s Cultus Lake drew a small but determined crowd last weekend, despite the torrential rain. Results are posted here, as well as photos here. We’ve found three write-ups so far: Nicola Gildersleeve (who was first female and 4th overall), Darin Bentley (who was first male, 1st overall), and Heather Vestergaard (who was second... Read More
RVM Athlete Write-ups
A collection of write-ups gathered from around the world-wide-web. Any more? Let us know… Woman on the Run – Race report: Excitement+pain=endorphins – “Endorphins” – (definition) – Endogenous opioid polypeptide compounds produced by the pituary gland during strenuous exercise, excitment, pain and orgasm.” I won’t say today’s... Read More
2009 Trans Rockies Challenge
Last month a number of BC runners took part in the TransRockies Run, a 113 mile, 6 day stage race through the Colorado Rockies. a It has taken a little time to compile these reports but here are the ones we’re aware of: Adam Campbell (3rd along with partner Aaron Heidt in the Open Men category): Quickie – Just a quick recap while I sit at the airport. Talk about highs... Read More
A Few More Good Race Write-ups
Following is a small sample of other great race reports from a variety of recent events…. all experienced and written by local athletes. Enjoy! Jeff Hunt – 56K Great Lake Ultramarathon – Leading up to this run, I was a little uncertain of what exactly would transpire on race day… Cheak Challenge – This weekend was a full on race weekend. Two big races... Read More
2009 Ironman Canada Race Writeups
Loreen Pindera – Conquering the Ironman: Never so tired, never felt so good – “Loreen Pindera, you are an Ironman.” As I was struggling to find it in me to make it up one more hill in the back half of the 42.2-kilometre marathon, I imagined that to be the sweetest line in the world… Triathlete Tim – IMC – It wasn’t pretty but I got... Read More
Victoria Duo Complete West Coast Conquest
Victoria runners Jeff Hunt and Bob have recently become the first people to run all four major coastal trails on Vancouver Island – the North Coast Trail, the West Coast Trail, the Juan de Fuca Trail and the Nootka Trail. The pair completed their quest with the Nootka Trail, completing the 40km distance along the west coast of the island in just under 6 hours. A recap of the... Read More
Recent Triathlon Writeups
Lifesport Westcoast Vancouver Sprint Triathlon Heather Hollman – The First Half Ironman Experience – Well, here I am, sitting on my couch and sipping on my hot almond milk, recovering from one of the most intense weekends of my life… Runninggunner – Lifesport Westcoast Vancouver Sprint Triathlon – Sunday was my first race of the season and after 4.5... Read More
Misc Race Reports from the Past Few Weeks…
Squamish Triathlon (Olympic distance triathlon held on July 5th in Squamish) FCH Life & Triathlon – SQUAMISH TRIATHLON Race Report – Olympic Distance – 05.07.09 Tri’n Fool – Squamish Tri (Relay) Whistler Running – Squamish Tri 2009 Triathlon of Compassion (Sprint Triathlon held on July 5th in Esquimalt) Mj’s Tri Blog – Tri of Compassion... Read More
UPDATE – BC Bike Race Results and Writeups
The BC Bike Race is over with participants finishing the 7th and last stage in Whistler this morning. Results are posted here. So far two participants have posted regular updates from the race. Kim Steed on his blog here, and Selene Yeager on her blog here. If you are at all interested in the race and in perhaps trying it out then these are good posts to check out: VeloNews –... Read More
Canada Triathlete Write-ups from the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup
Following up from last weekend’s Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup, here are links to write-ups from Canada’s athletes which have been published so far: Simon Whitfield (winner of the men’s race) – and then that happened – well I’m home. and seeing Pippa launch herself at me for a hug when I arrived with “daddy daddy” was priceless.... Read More
2009 Scotiabank Half Marathon & 5K Results & Writeups
Writeups (more to be added as we become aware of them): Madly Running Around – Scotiahalf – This is going to be short, but not because of anger or frustration, but just that time is seeping away from me… Running Gay - Goal Accomplished! I ran the Scotia Bank Half Marathon today and had a wonderful result. I was 8th overall with a 1:09.05. Results: Half Marathon: Overall... Read More
Kusam Klimb Results and Writeups
The Kusam Klimb trail running race took place this past weekend at Sayward, located on the north end of Vancouver Island. The Kusam Klimb is an epic endurance event and includes over 1500 meters of elevation gain over very challenging terrain. This year saw Shane Ruljancich, men’s winner from the past two years, head up again to Sayward to race the event and attempt a 3-peat.... Read More
63.5k Great Walk Race Reviews
The Great Walk was this past weekend and two Victoria ultra runners, Jeff Hunt and Myke LaBelle, have written great reviews of the event on thier blogs: The Adventure Runs of Jeff Hunt & Myke LaBelle – It doesn’t get any better than this. The Great Walk is a 63.5 kilometer point to point foot race between the Vancouver Island towns of Gold River and Tahsis. The... Read More
North Shore Bike Fest XC Writeup
Finally a writeup from someone who rode the marathon XC! Kim Steed has just wrote about the event on his blog, the first part is included below: =========== Finally, a bike race on the North Shore for the first time in years!!! With all the amazing trails we have, it took James Wilson’s passion and organizing skills to put together an incredible, exciting event, which will... Read More
Iron Knee/Tender Knee Trail Race Results & Writeups
Results from this past weekend’s Iron Knee 25K and Tender Knee 12K trail races are now posted on the Race Headquarters website: Iron Knee 25K overall results Tender Knee 12K overall results In addition, several write-ups have been posted by athletes who participated in the event: Brad Cunningham - This was the race that started it all. I had been running trails before... Read More
