Icebreaker breaks attendance records for the second straight year!
The Steveston Icebreaker hits new highs on pitcture perfect morning.
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Local new runner beats elites at Vancouver Half Marathon
Samantha Jory, 27, started running during the pandemic when her gym shut down and wins her first half marathon.
The 2022 Steveston Icebreaker is BACK!
After one year hiatus due do the COVID 19 Pandemic, the Icebreaker came back strong with its first ever selling and in doing so setting new finisher records
Tokyo 2020 hopefuls Evan Esselink and Malindi Elmore win Under Armour Eastside 10K
Evan Esselink (29:50) and Malindi Elmore (32:44) laid down convincing markers winning Saturday’s Under Armour Eastside 10K ahead of an impressive field of 2,900 participants. Evan made a move at the 8K mark and dropped the hammer at 9K to finish off strong contenders Hofbauer and Preisner. On the Women’s side, Malindi Elmore stormed to an outstanding victory on the challenging eastside course. Malindi was able to hold off Boise Idaho’s Kinsey Middleton for most of the race as well as previous Under Armour Eastside 10K winner Leslie Sexton who came in third. The event attracted a field of 2,900 runners and so far has raised over $26,000 in support of the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, PHS Community Services Society, and Youthco.
Canadians Ben Preisner and Natasha Wodak win in front of a sold out field of 6,440
The 2019 Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon and 5k had many highlights, with $1.2 million dollars being raised for local organizations through the Scotiabank Charity Challenge, capping off a spectacular, record-setting day. Milton, Ontario’s Ben Preisner had an impressive Half-Marathon debut to take the men’s title in 65:41, while North Vancouver’s Natasha Wodak narrowly missed the course record in a time of 71:21. They raced to victory ahead of a sold out crowd of 6,440 participants, who came from 36 countries, eight Canadian provinces and 27 American states.
Napier and Paul Win Under Near-Perfect Conditions at 42nd Fool’s Run
Strong showing for locals claiming 3rd overall male and female spots
The 42nd BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool’s Run presented by Eastlink provided near-perfect racing conditions for the nearly 600 participants who ran, walked and relayed their way from Gibsons to Sechelt on Sunday. A pair of Vancouver runners took the top spots: Chris Napier with a personal best of 1:13:50 and Kendal Paul in 1:26:05. Neither has won at this event before.
St Pats 5k — BC 5km Championships
The St Patrick’s Day 5K lived up to its hype as Canada’s most competitive 5K, despite the late withdrawal of several top entrants. Transplanted Scot, Sarah Inglis, broke the Canadian All-Comers record set by Natasha Wodak as last year’s race. Inglis ran a stunning 15:29, with Wodak also 3 seconds under the old mark having to settle for second in 15:36. Wodak’s consolation was an F3539 Canadian record, and the BC Championship.
Event record prize money was also paid out on the men’s side, as John Gay clocked 14:06, the fastest 5K ever seen in BC, also earning him the BC Championship. Justin Kent out-leaned Kieran Lumb for third, both finishing in 14:13, just a second outside the old record set by Luc Bruchet last year.
Provincial 8k Road Running Champions Crowned at Icebreaker 8k
The Steveston Icebreaker 8k was the first event in the Lower Mainland Road Running Series, second in the BC Super Series and also served as the BC Athletics Provincial 8k Road Championship.
For the 371 finishers, the weather couldn’t have cooperated more for the January race, that marks the kick off of the Road Running season in the lower mainland.
Kevin Coffey came out victorious on Sunday, winning the event with a 24:36 and earning the early season Championship belt. With a time of 29:08 and winning the woman’s championship, Andrea Lee of the Fraser Street Run Club sealed the victory.
Hofbauer and Wodak take the wins in the Under Armour Eastside 10K
Reigning Canadian Marathon champion Trevor Hofbauer comfortably won the sixth annual Under Armour Eastside 10K today ahead of a record 3,200 participants. On the Women’s side, it was Natasha Wodak who took her second victory at Eastside.
Nicholson delivers on prediction of winning memorable Squamish Days 8K
Surrey-based Drew Nicholson, making his first appearance at the Squamish Days 8K and Flashback Mile since finishing second five years ago, won the out-and-back, flat-course race in a sizzling 27:28, beating local favourite Shaun Stephens-Whale by 13 seconds in a spirited showdown. Meg Lewis-Schneider of Vancouver, who won the women’s overall title in 28:02, was equally impressive in the warm morning race, finishing 32 seconds ahead of Vancouver’s Darbykai Standrick.