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Average Adventure Addict an athlete from Victoria just getting into adventure racing and other athletic pursuits.
Latest Entry:
Happy Canada Day from Hartland
I love big holidays! Everyone was dowtown Victoria and no one on the trails! Kitt and I had everything to ourselves as we rode the awesome singletrack for just over an hour before I had to go to work. It was another big day for me in terms of boosting my riding confidence. I became [...]
More…(Source: Average Adventure Addict - Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:20:35 +0000)
The Running Diva trains and races with the Island Road Racers in Victoria, BC. She uses this blog to document her training and day to day happenings. Archived Postings
Latest Entry:
Double Day 1:17:47
Thursday, July 6, 2008
I ran 30 minutes very easily at CH this morning. My legs felt pretty good but I kept the pace in check. I met up with OCal at his place after work and he introduced me to the loop around Swan lake. I can’t believe I haven’t run there. We did two [...]
More…(Source: The Running Diva - Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:13:22 +0000)
Notes from the Edge , Rob MacKay, an ultrarunner who lives and trains in Victoria, BC.
Latest Entry:
Fading
About once a month I weigh myself - more out of general interest in how I ‘feel’ than anything else. I use the same scale every-time at work so even if the actual weight isn’t accurate (I’m confident that it is), monthly fluctuations in my weight would be.
I feel ’skinny’ right now. I mean skinny [...]
More…(Source: Rob Mackay :: Notes from the edge - Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:21:47 +0000)
Hugh Trenchard , a twice elite competitor in the World Duathlon Championships, shares his training and thoughts in this online journal. Archive postings
Latest Entry:
Caleb Pike mid-week
The Caleb Pike course, 20-25km northwest of downtown Victoria in the municipality of Highlands, is a 2.5km loop of country roads. Aside from the occasional deer crossing, there is very little traffic in the area. This makes for a perfect mid-week course that is minimally disruptive to the locals and a good hard course [...]
More…(Source: Hugh Trenchard - Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:02:51 +0000)
Jarhead’s Running Myths & Misadventures , he’s recently completed the 250 km Gobi March and also takes part in many of the local running events in Victoria and around Vancouver Island.
Latest Entry:
Adjusting
I worked my second shift at MEC this evening and earlier today finished my third run in as many days.  Monday I ran the Breakwater route at lunch, yesterday I ran from home and was able to get out along Dallas turning around at Trafalgar Park and then today I ran the Songhees/Westbay route at [...]
More…(Source: Jarhead’s Running Myths & Misadventures - Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:30:40 +0000)
Tri-ing to Stay Young , musings from a binge athlete learning to Tri! Bill is from Victoria, please give him your support as he strives to complete his first full Ironman this summer in Penticton.
Latest Entry:
Message from a friend
It’s been a while since my last blog. A wedding and the start of 2 months of home renos have given me the excuses that I needed to avoid blogs and training. Unfortunately I have less than 2 months till the big day in Penticton so.
I did my first swim in two weeks today. 4.5Km [...]
More…(Source: Tri-ing to stay young! - Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:16:40 +0000)

Other BC Athlete Blogs:

Running

  • NEW! - Steve Osaduik - Running For My Life - Steve is one of Canada’s top middle/long distance runners and has been a fixture with his chihuahua at lower mainland races for a number of years. Steve was attempting to qualify for the Olympics in the marathon until injuries sidelined him.
  • Jesse McClinton: A Marathon Story - a runner from Vancouver trying to get back into Marathon shape.
  • Just. Running. The Road to New York… - the blog of Campbell Willis, an ‘average’ Kiwi now living in Vancouver. Campbell is training for this year’s Knee Knacker and New York Marathon.
  • In the Arena: The Adventures of a Runner… his Dog and… her Monkey - the ramblings of three time National Canadian titlist Mark Bomba who refuses to quit the sport and has somehow moved from an 800m runner to take on the challenge of the marathon before age catches up.
  • Canuck Runner - a fan of the Vancouver Canucks who happens to have running as a favourite activity.
  • Run for One Planet - Matt Hill and Stephanie Tait, both from Vancouver, are currently on an 11,000 mile (17,700 kms) run across North America for one year, determined to inspire environmental action. They began their journey on May 4, 2008.
  • See Them Run - the blog of Victoria runners Reuben Jentink and Erin van Wiltenburg, who are currently running across Africa to raise money for African Education. The pair is running 100 marathons in 120 days.
  • 11 Weeks to Ottawa - the blog of Ryan Day, an elite runner from Vancouver who uses this blog to keep track of his training leading up to the Ottawa Marathon - Canadian Championships and perhaps Olympic Trials.
  • Bruce Bunn - Bruce is training for the New York City Marathon this November.
  • The Crinson Chronicles - the blog of Scott Crinson, an endurance athlete from Victoria who is specializing in marathon-distance running and who hopes to one day complete an Ironman-distance triathlon.
  • 3:10 to Boston - a runner from Cloverdale who has been talked into training to qualify for Boston.
  • The Adventure Runs of Jeff Hunt - Jeff is a teacher and runner from Victoria.
  • Give me a good reason - an athlete from North Vancouver who is now focusing on running longer and in completing in the Gobi March this June and the Knee Knacker this July.
  • The Healthy Bride / The Healthy Goddess - lifestyle fitness for all stages of life.
  • Port Alberni Runner - Kristopher of Port Alberni.
  • Betty’s Blog - a runner from Vancouver.
  • Turing 45 - Lizzie’s Activity & Healthy Eating Blog - from Vancouver, a daily journal for healthy living.
  • Tara’s Huff & Puff Blog -a Vancouverite, Tara shares her training as she prepares for the Vancouver Sun Run.
  • Running Bebe - one Vancouver runner’s honest and boring training log as she gets ready for another marathon.
  • Jennifer, Not just another running blog - a runner and recreational racer from Vancouver.
  • 26Miler.com - Ben’s chronicle of his attempt to complete the marathon.
  • Lies, Stats, and Interesting Facts - Lawrence Behan’s training blog.
  • Trails on the Shore - Kim Steed, mountain biker and trail running from North Vancouver, also founder of Steed Cycles
  • Phil’s Blog - Phil Nicholls has owned and operated Island Runner Footwear for the past 20 years.
  • Run Strong - Eric Langhjelm, runner of both roads and trails from West Vancouver.
  • 215 North Canadian Distance Project - a web-based documentary project chronicling the life and training of select Canadian distance runners as they chase their dream of flying the Maple Leaf at the 2008 Olympic marathon in Beijing. Participating athletes include Victoria’s Jim Finlayson and Nanaimo’s Steve Osaduik.
  • Dirge Rhetoric - Chris Kelsall, from Victoria.
  • Madly Running Around - Brad Cunningham, a high school teacher now living in Vancouver.
  • NomadRunner - Ased, from Victoria.
  • A Runner’s Tale - Michael Lord, from Victoria.
  • Endurance Junky - Scott McMillan, a distance runner/cyclist from Vancouver.

Trail Running

  • NEW! MuddySocks - a community and blog for trail runners of all sorts. The site was started by well known Victoria athlete and trail running addict Adam Campbell.
  • Trailrunning, Races, Adventures and other Trivialities - the blog of Bruce Grant, a trailrunner from Delta. Bruce is also Series Director for the BC Ultra Trailrunning series.

Triathlon

  • NEW! Journey to my first half ironman - a triathlete from Ladysmith
  • NEW! Vincent’s Ramblings - a triathlete and cyclist from Vancouver.
  • Team Polar British Columbia - Polar has just this year started sponsoring community athletes across Canada including eight here in BC. This is the overall team blog, with contributions from each athlete.
  • Comeback Kid? - the blog of Jill Savege, a professional triathlete who lives and trains in Penticton. Jill has captured a number of world circuit titles and won gold at the Pan-American Games.
  • Tri’n Fool - the training blog of Aliso, who started doing triathlons in 2005 and was quickly hooked on the sport. She has signed up for the ultimate challenge - Ironman.
  • Triathlete Tim - the blog of Timothy Moore, a recreational triathlete from Port Moody.
  • Triing in Victoria - the blog for Mike, an amateur triathlete living in Victoria BC and hoping to qualify for Kona in the next 4 years as an age group level triathlete.
  • Endorphins 2.0 : The Healthy Pursuits of a Web Geek - a web professional and recreational athlete from Vancouver.
  • Runninggunner - a runner from Surrey who has recently begun participating in triathlons.
  • Studio YVR - a triathlete from Vancouver.
  • Jasper Blake - triathlete from Victoria, 2006 Ironman Canada winner.
  • She’s Right Fit - Joanne Fox, a triathlete from Vancouver.

Triathlon Canada Team Members who live and train in Victoria

National Triathlon Centre Junior/Development Squad

Offroad Triathlon

  • Racer Girl - Melanie McQuaid, 3 time Xterra champion, mountain and road biker. Quasi blog, personal website, Melanie calls Victoria her hometown.

Adventure Racing / Multisport

UltruRunning

Road Cycling

  • NEW! - Demian Seale - Demian is a a Cat 3 roadie with a hockey background who didn’t start riding and racing until 2004. He has developed a love for time trials and this year is going to try to expand into triathlon and duathlon (if his ankle can handle the running!). He is also a graduate student in English at the University of Victoria.
  • Cycling // Vancouver - the blog of Luke Woolliscroft of Vancouver who uses it to document his cycling and Canadian adventures.
  • Vancouver to Jasper 2008 - Raising Money for Cystic Fibrosis - the blog of James Zlosnik, a post-doctoral research microbiologist who studies cystic fibrosis (CF) pathogens and who also raises money for CF through cycling.
  • Cape Town or Bust! - the blog of Chris Wille, an athlete from Victoria who recently cycled 12,000 kilometers along Africa from Cairo to Capetown.
  • Vegan Cycling - Dave Noisy, a vegan bike racer and athlete from Victoria.

Mountain Biking / Cyclocross

  • NEW! Catharine Pendrel - currently residing in Kamloops, Catharine is now racing for the world’s top women’s MTB team and is poised to race the World Cup Series, NMBS, and qualify for the Canadian Olympic MTB Team.
  • NEW! Alison Sydor - The legendary Alison Sydor is known around the world. She won her first MTB World Cup and placing fifth at the MTB Worlds in 1991. Since then she has won three MTB World Championships, MTB silver at the 1996 Olympics, 13 MTB World Championship medals, three MTB World Cup Series titles and 17 MTB World Cup victories. Alison lives in Victoria.
  • NEW! Wings of Steel - a blog all about what is takes to conquer the BC Bike Race. Includes information on injury prevention, techniques and positions, training and on the race itself.
  • NEW! Randomly Generated - Doug Walsh, a mountain biker and video game strategy author from just south of the border who occasionally races in BC.
  • Tall for a girl…… - Wendy Simms, a professional mountain biker and cyclocross rider from Nanaimo.

Paddling

  • NEW! Victoria Kayaker - the blog of Gordin Warner, a kayak enthusiast from Victoria.
  • Surfskibc’s Weblog - a blog/resource site for surfski enthusiasts. The site includes listings of events and commentary on the events from race participants and stories of local paddling.
  • Kajak Kanu Drachenboot - the blog of Graham, a surfski’er from Vancouver.
  • Kayak Racer - the training diary of Darrell, a kayak racer from Delta whose goal is to compete at the World Masters Games in Sidney, Australia in October 2009.
  • Kayaking: A connection with Nature and Self - a blog about kayaking along Canada’s West Coast in British Columbia.

Gear

  • The Goat - from backcountry.com. A blog that reviews outdoor gear and occasionally talks about industry happenings and athletes.

Other

  • NEW! - British Columbia Magazine Blog - visit this blog weekly for fresh stories, B.C. facts, travel tips, and insider knowledge from the editors of British Columbia Magazine.

Other Great Blogs (although not BC based)

  • NEW! The Climb - One day on the Tour de France, how hard can it be? - a blog by Robert Mackey, an amateur cyclist who will ride a mountain stage of the Tour de France in July.
  • Riding the Wind - the blog of Anton Krupicka, an up and coming talented ultrarunner who does 100 mile trail races in his Slingshots (10 oz racing shoes), no shirt, and with his long hair flowing in the wind.
  • Lisa Smith-Batchen - one of the best known female ultrarunners in the world.
  • Ray Zahab’s Blog - arguably Canada’s best known ultrarunner, Ray has raced all over the world and his next adventure involves running an ultra distance (80 kms) per day in each and every Province and Territory of Canada.
  • Run Hilary Run - an elite middle distance runner from Ontario.
  • Runonearth.com - a trail running blog that includes news, articles, new product releases and product reviews.
  • The Adventure Blog - news, commentary, and insights on adventures, and adventurers, from around the globe.
  • Dean’s Blog - Dean Karnazes, mega-endurance athlete and bestselling author, blogs about ultra running, life, and the human spirit.
  • A Trail Runner’s Blog - Scott Dunlap’s blog of trail running, ultrarunning, and triathlon racing in the Western United States. This blog contains interviews, research, original fiction, new product ideas, and all things trail running.
  • Back of the Pack - Peter Hadzipetros, CBC News Online’s consumer and health producer shares his take on trends in fitness and health.
  • Ultra Marathon Paddling - Heather and Brandon Nelson, ultra-marathon distance kayak racers and adventurers, published writers and photographers and regular contributors to Sea Kayaker Magazine. Their resume includes overall wins in the 316-mile WaterTribe Lake Michigan Challenge and in the 460-mile Yukon River Quest. They live in Bellingham, Washington.
  • Scott Jurek - ultramarathoner, seven-time champion of the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run, course record holder and defending two-time champion of the Badwater Ultramarathon, and defending Spartathlon champion.
  • Les Stroud’s Blog (aka ‘Survivorman’) - catch Les’s latest adventures while filming his popular series Survivorman.
  • Trail Running Blog - this blog is dedicated to the sport of trail/mountain running. The author attempts to blog about current happenings in the sport, gear, training, races etc.

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