Island Adventurer

There’s only one more day to go until we hit the trail for the first annual PureOutside Juan De Fuca run. 47km of sweet ocean-side single track awaits us tomorrow on the trail near Sooke. The nearly 50km Juan De Fuca Marine Trail is hiked by hundreds every hear and provides a moderate way to [...]

Mount Benson is an icon of Nanaimo. Everywhere you go in town, you can see it’s rolling green ridges. The small mountain is a beautiful sight from Nanaimo but the view back down from the top is even better. There are many different ways to get to the top depending on your fitness level, mode [...]

The guys at RaceDay Timing are getting faster and faster at putting the Gutbuster results online. You can see the Mount Doug Gutbuster results from today here: http://www.racedaytiming.ca/gb004long2010.html Today was definitely an off day for me. I’ve been nursing an injury from Ultimate all week and wasn’t sure I was going to run today. I [...]

Earlier this year, I took part in the Gutbuster trail run race at Mount Tzouhalem in Duncan. The first of the Gutbuster series on Vancouver Island for 2010, it was a grueling race. After a winter severely lacking in trail running, the track the Gutbuster crew put together quickly showed me I had some training [...]

A friend of mine from Ultimate is teaching some sailing courses this summer. Here are the details: Calling all Intrepid Adventurers! 1) Intro to Sailing and Recreational Racing – YPro Intro-2 Are you looking for an opportunity to get in on the dinghy sailing action at NYC? This course is sure to get your brain [...]

And what a beautiful day to run the Edge to Edge on! I had the privilege to run the half marathon a couple years ago but didn’t get my act together this year together to sign up before it sold out! It would have been a great day to be running on the beach. You [...]

After years of serving the outdoor community in Nanaimo at their location on Metral by Romeo’s, Valhalla Pure Outfitters has moved. The new location is prime and nestled in next to a few of my favorite stores in Nanaimo. Straight from Mike Allen, Manager of Valhalla Nanaimo: We have successfully moved to our new Longwood [...]

The beautiful weather is just around the corner and so are all the awesome pickup sports starting for the summer. This page is the ultimate resource in finding the best pickup sports in Nanaimo. These are the pickup games going on right now every week. Every week: Goaltimate(like ultimate) – Sundays 10am at Woodlands School [...]

Photo: Triseries.ca Along with the Westwood Gutbuster going on this weekend, the Subaru Western Series Triathlon at Shawnigan kicked off. The results will be available on the Subaru West Coast Triathlon Series site soon but until then here are the first three from each category. Half Iron Distance Male – Overall Results 1 Stephen Kilshaw [...]

Photo: Lorne Collicutt They’ve posted the results of the 2010 Westwood Gutbuster. Both the long and the short course were newly designed for this year and it was a hell of a run. I missed beating my last time by 2 minutes. I’ll call them equal because it was a longer course this year! You [...]