Sarah Inglis and Geoff Martinson win the Under Armour Eastside 10K
Geoff Martinson cruised to a comfortable victory in 30:00 at this morning’s Under Armour Eastside 10k in Vancouver. Falkirk, Scotland’s Sarah Inglis claimed a surprise win in 33:45 in a thrilling women’s race. A sold-out record crowd of 2,800 runners toured historic Gastown and the streets of Eastside Vancouver under sunny skies and perfect 13 degrees Celsius weather. …more at canadarunningseries.com
Kangogo & Tessier take tactical wins at 2017 Scotia Half
Lethbridge’s Kip Kangogo (65:35) and Toronto’s Lyndsay Tessier (77:00) raced to emphatic victories in the 19th edition of the Scotiabank Vancouver Half marathon, presented by Asics, ahead of 4,229 participants this morning. Another 2,506 took part in the accompanying 5K. …more at canadarunningseries.com
Speedy Kenyans steal the show, but hundreds bask in Sunday’s fun Shaughnessy spotlight
On a brilliant Sunday morning, nearly 200 runners gathered in front of Kerrisdale Arena for one of the more challenging runs on the B.C. road race circuit. The host Lions Gate Road Runners, who have been promoting the sport since 1971, attracted some of the finest runners in the country in the likes of Kimugul, Jonathon Chesoo, Benard Koske, Gladys Tarus, Christian Gravel, Robyn Mildren, Sabrina Wilke and Bilal Shamsi. …more at vancouversun.com
Record Number of Participants as Kimugul and Murage win 40th BMO April Fool’s Run
The 2017 BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool’s Run presented by Coast Cable was the largest in the event’s long-running history. A total of 651 runners, walkers and relay team members registered for the 40th edition of the half marathon, surpassing the previous all-time high of 641 set several years ago. …more at foolsrun.com
Proudfoot and Pidhoresky Prevail at St Patrick’s Day 5K
The competition lived up to the hype Saturday morning, as Ross Proudfoot edged Luc Bruchet in a photo-finish at the St Patrick’s Day 5K, second race in the 2017 BC Super Series. And Dayna Pidhoresky demonstrated she is fully recovered from injury, to outlast the rising stars. …more at BC Athletics
Icebreaker attracts a fast, cool crowd in sunny Steveston
Christian Gravel of Vancouver won the race in an impressive 26:09, edging Coquitlam’s Brendan Wong to the finish line by five seconds. Jeremiah Ziak of Vancouver (26:23) and North Van’s Jeff Symonds (26:55) were third and fourth, respectively. The top woman was Sabrina Wilkie of Vancouver in 28:46. Runner-up Jen Moroz of Vancouver clocked in at 29:37, while Vancouver’s Jillian Fong was third in 30:26. …more at Vancouver Sun
Eric Gillis and Leslie Sexton win 4th annual Eastside 10K
Eric Gillis, who recently finished tenth at last month’s Olympic marathon, won today’s 4th annual Vancouver Eastside 10K, a Canada Running Series event. His time of 30:16 was enough to hold off BC Endurance project runner, Justin Kent, who put some pressure on Gillis between the 6-8K mark. On the Women’s side, it was first time Eastside 10K runner, Leslie Sexton who managed to beat out Vancouver locals Dayna Pidhoresky and last year’s winner, Olympian Natasha Wodak. …more at canadarunningseries.com
Kip Kangogo runs to victory, marking his fifth win at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon
Over 6,500 people took part in the 18th annual Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5k on Sunday, June 26. The event raised more than $860,000 and counting for 81 local charities through the Scotiabank Charity Challenge. This amount is a significant contribution to the $50 million raised nationally in the lifetime of the Scotiabank Charity Challenge since its inception in 2003. …more at canadarunningseries.com
World Age Best for Lenore Montgomery at the BlueShore Financial Longest Day 5K
Apart from the unexpected appearance of a vehicle as the race was about to start, the BlueShore Financial Longest Day Road Race went very much to plan at UBC on Friday evening. The forecast thunder showers never materialized. The new course proved to be fast. The race favourites emerged the winners. And the post race barbeque and entertainment was as good as ever. …more at bcathletics.org
A hill-side story of Shaughnessy speedsters, my coach’s cookies, cronies and a cool contest
Play Palace, that’s what parents in one of this city’s nicest neighbourhoods call Kerrisdale Arena during the spring and summer.
…Of course, the other thing that will take your breath away in that inspiring area is running up and down the freakin’ hills and undulating streets in the annual Oasis Shaughnessy 8K and TNT 5K Poker Walk, which more than 200 keeners — and this blogger — did Sunday morning. …more at vancouversun.com