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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

May is a beautiful time for a race. The weather is starting to improve, summer is just around the corner and you can easily beat anyone who hasn’t been training all winter. You’ve been training all winter, right? Saturday May 8th The Tzouhalem Gutbuster Trail Run in Duncan. Be careful of “the wall” in this [...]

The details for the Vancouver Island Spine relay are now finalized. You can view the schedule at the following webpage: http://www.vispine.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=53 You can register for the Relay at the following website: https://www.zone4.ca/register.asp?id=1117 You can download a PDF presentation on the Vancouver Island Spine Trail and Relay, including maps and distances for all Sections, by clicking [...]

You may not have heard of the Vancouver Island Spine trail that’s in the process of being but right now. Picture this. A trail stretching all the way from Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island right down to the southern end at Victoria. A solid 700km of trail, it will run through [...]