Subaru Shawnigan Lake 1/2 Iron Triathlon Athlete Writeups
Following are some of the athletes write ups that have become available over the past few days. Results are available here. Simon Whitfield – a solid weekend done and done – I love the intervals, long rides with the boys are fun, long runs in the woods are brilliant, swimming is….. meh. I really like the intervals, head to head… Studio YVR – Shawnigan... Read More
2009 Oak Bay Half Marathon Results & Writeups
Results from the 2009 Oak Bay Half Marathon are now posted: Individual Relay A number of athlete writeups are also available: Yan Lyesin – Running portraits from the May 24, 2009 Oak Bay Half-Marathon. Woman on the Run - Race Day – Too fast=long race - If there’s one piece of race-day advice I’ve retained since my first 10K clinic six years ago it’s... Read More
May 24/25 09′ Race Results and Writeups
May 24, 2009 – MOMAR 001, Squamish, BC May 24, 2009 - Subaru Shawnigan Lake International Triathlon, Shawnigan Lake, BC May 24, 2009 - Oliver Sprint Triathlon, Oliver, BC May 24, 2009 - Rhythm of Life Run, Burnaby, BC All athlete writeups from these events will be added to the site as they become available. Read More
2009 North Shore Triathlon Results and Writeups
Results from the event can be viewed here. NEW! Heather Hollman - North Shore Triathlon - Thankfully, lack of sleep and leg stiffness (from the 10 x 1km Run WO on Saturday morning and Crazy Doctor Dancing), didn’t seem to affect my race too much… NTC Development Squad - 2009 North Shore Triathlon Results – Congratulations to our North Shore racers…. Meyrick... Read More
Black Press 5000m Results & Write-ups
By Christopher Kelsall The first Black Press 5000 (5 kilometre) race took place at the Jack Wallace Memorial Track (Oak Bay Track) May 15, under sunny skies and mild temperatures. The main event featured one of Canada’s top runners, Langford’s Ryan McKenzie who runs for Pacific Athletics. Ryan owns an impressive 5000m personal best time of 13:35. He won the Black Press... Read More
5 Peaks Golden Ears Write-up
Chris Price, a Trainharder blogger, has just posted his race report from last weekend’s 5 Peaks trail ran at Golden Ears Provincial Park: ============ I awoke at 6am on Saturday to a beautiful sunny morning. I made my brecky and set to checking some emails before getting myself ready for the trip out to Golden Ears in Maple Ridge. I swung by Feldblooms place and got him... Read More
An Elk/Beaver Ultras Update – Results and Write-ups
Following is an update on the 22nd Annual Elk/Beaver Ultras which occured over the weekend in Victoria, BC. The results has been nicely summarized by race organizer Carlos Castillo on his blog. Click here to read his race report. Rob MacKay writes about his experience competing in the 50 mile category and eventually finishing 3rd overall. His report can be read here. Trainharder... Read More
2009 BMO Vancouver Marathon Results & Write-ups
Results from the 2009 BMO Vancouver Marathon are now posted on the Race Headquarters website. Athlete writeups from the event will be posted here as they become available. Marathon – Overall | Age Groups | Wheelchairs Half Marathon - Overall | Age Groups 8 km – Overall | Age Groups Kids Marafun - Overall ========================== Write-ups we’re found... Read More
2009 Times Colonist 10K Results and Write-ups
From the Victoria Times Colonist – Perfect running conditions reward the thousands at 20th Annual TC 10K; Kenyan, Olympian win – Willy Kimosop, an elite-class runner from Kenya, won the 20th Annual Times Colonist 10K Sunday. Kimosop, who was among almost 10,000 runners who came out for the race, completed the course in 29 minutes and 29 seconds, not a record but the... Read More
2009 Times Colonist 10k Results & Write-ups
Results from this morning’s Times Colonist 10k in Victoria are now availble on the Race Headquarter’s website here. Congratulations to everyone who participated. We will be posting write-ups and reviews from the event as they become availble…..stay tuned. Read More
2009 Boston Marathon Athlete Write-ups
Within the past few days several runners from BC has written about their experiences running in last Monday’s Boston Marathon. Although the race takes place across the continent, we feel they deserve the kudos for training and competing in such a great event. Below are their write-ups from the event…. A Runner’s Tale - 3:15:28… the time it took to capture... Read More
2009 Diez Vista 50k Results and Write-ups
Results from last weekend’s Diez Vista 50k are not yet available, but will be posted soon here. Photos however are available, and can be seen here. Following are three write-ups we’ve managed to find already from the event, with more to be added as they become available… Nicola Gildersleeve – 2 weeks to go…Bring on the Taper – Diez Vista 50km... Read More
3 More Reports from the Chuckanut 50K
Three more race reports from the Chuckanut 50k trail run were posted this morning on the blogoshpere… Darindurance – Chuckanut ‘09 edition - I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from this race other than sore legs for a few days afterwards and in regards to that, the race didn’t disappoint… Team Montrail Canada – Aaron Heidt Race Report (1st... Read More
More Reports from the Chuckanut 50km
A number of race reports from runners who competed in the Chuckanut 50km trail run have been posted: Back to the Edge – Chuckanut 50k – 4:52:26 – In 2006 I ran probably my first real ultramarathon, the Chuckanut 50k. After coming back from the Marathon Des Sables in 2005, I was determined to start running ultras and Chuckanut was ‘the’ race that everyone was... Read More
Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race Race Report
…”there was a flat tire at about 11pm and then some sort of freezing outdoor crazy chilean lamb bar-b-q (for a veggy girl a little frightening but an experience nevertheless)…” North Vancouver adventure athlete Lina Augaitis has just completed an adventure race in Chile called the Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race. The 10 day expedition style event included: A90km... Read More
Write-ups from Last Weekend’s Races
Dirty Duo Trail Run/Mountain Bike Race, March 7, North Vancouver Gary Robbins – Gettin Dirty At The Duo (An Epic Race Experience) – Dirty Duo 2009 however will forever go down as one of my personal breakout races! I have NEVER been pushed like I was at this past weekends race… Steed Cycles – Dirty Duo 2009 – The 10th annual Dirty Duo kicked off Saturday... Read More
Coastal Challenge 2009 | Stage 3 and 4
Donald Peterson’s third and fourth stage reports from last month’s Coastal Challenge Rainforest Run are now posted on his blog. TCC09 Stage 3 – “Feel the Coastal Acid” TCC09 Stage 4 – “Revenge of the Borucas” Read More
TCC09 Stage 2 – “Taste of the Rainforest”
Donald Peterson’s second stage report from last month’s Costa Rica Challenge is now posted on his blog. The first section is included below: =============== On morning two and for the rest of the race the organizers wanted to get us going as soon as it was light enough to run. On this morning, with us being in a fairly deep and dense valley, it turned out to be around... Read More
TCC09 Stage 1 – “From plantations to the Hidden Valley”
Check out Donald Peterson’s first stage write-up from the Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica… ========== It was an early morning on day one the buses were scheduled to leave at 4:30am and it was a 4 hour trip to the start line. I tried to get some more sleep during the bus ride and was mostly successful. We ended up starting the race at around 10:00 in a small town called... Read More
2009 Hatley Castle 8K Results
Results from yesterday’s 4th Island Race Series event at Victoria’s Hatley Castle are now posted. Over 440 runners participated in the 8K, with Scott Simpson finishing first (25:19) on the men’s side and Cheryl Murphy (29:55) finishing first among the women. The full results are posted here. Write-ups from the race will be posted here shortly. Read More
