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If you missed the GutBuster Ascent at Mt Washington you can have another shot this weekend as Mt Washington hosts their annual Sprint to the Summit race this saturday at 10:30am. Its a hard trail up but the views from the top are amazing!
Next weekend we our bringing back the Juan De Fuca Duathlon after a year off. The race which is a run-bike-run multisport event offers a kids race and an adult race. Details can be found at www.duathlon.ca.
If you aren't much of a biker you can take part in the annual Great Sooke Footrace 12.3km. The race starts and finishes at the Sooke River Campground and is run on a mix of road and trails. Details can be found on our events calendar.
Metchosin Days 5km
The 15th Annual Metchosin Days 5km took place this morning as part of the Metchosin Days Festival. This years race saw a record number of Metchosinites and friends out running with 140 runners/walker/wheelers registering for the event.
The event which offers up local produce for the top age category winners is always a local favourite thanks to the energy of race director, Andy Mackinnon, and his crew of loyal volunteers.
For full results and pictures of the event read on.
This past weekend a group of 11 runners headed out to the China Beach to tackle the challenging 47km Juan De Fuca Marine Trail. A few of the the runners had done the trail before and had their eye on the course record of 7hr15mins set by Rumon Carter a few years back. With great weather on their side and the help of some comaraderie a group of three set off at record pace and had a great morning of running. Shawn Nelson, Jeff Hunt, and Rafael Albert ran together from China Beach to Sombrio Beach which covers most of the hilly sections of the run. The next 20km from Sombrio Beach to Botanical Beach is mostly rolling hills covered in technical root footing and lots of mud! Shawn started to put some distance between himself and his running partners along this section and held himself together really well over the last part of the run to finish in an amazing time of 6hrs15mins to chop 1hr off the previous course record! Jeff Hunt had his best ultra run to date with his time of 6hr25mins which bested his previous time of 7hr40mins set earlier in the year. Rafael also ran under the previous course record with a great run of 6hr33min.
For a full report on the run check out Jeff Hunts blog here.
Two Frontrunners Run Club members reached their goals of completing Ironman Canada this past weekend in Penticton, B.C. Lance Hurrell and Ron Schick both crossed the finish line after almost a year of training focused on this one goal. In the process of training for Ironman both Lance and Ron were able to run personal bests in many of their running events this year and both had excellent races at Ironman with Lance finishing in 12:09:06 and Ron finishing in 12:50:03. Both have earned themselves some well deserved time off and we look forward to seeing them back out in a few weeks recovered and ready to go again!
Looking for an event to do this fall? Check out our 
This past weekend a group of 11 runners headed out to the China Beach to tackle the challenging 47km Juan De Fuca Marine Trail. A few of the the runners had done the trail before and had their eye on the course record of 7hr15mins set by Rumon Carter a few years back. With great weather on their side and the help of some comaraderie a group of three set off at record pace and had a great morning of running. Shawn Nelson, Jeff Hunt, and Rafael Albert ran together from China Beach to Sombrio Beach which covers most of the hilly sections of the run. The next 20km from Sombrio Beach to Botanical Beach is mostly rolling hills covered in technical root footing and lots of mud! Shawn started to put some distance between himself and his running partners along this section and held himself together really well over the last part of the run to finish in an amazing time of 6hrs15mins to chop 1hr off the previous course record! Jeff Hunt had his best ultra run to date with his time of 6hr25mins which bested his previous time of 7hr40mins set earlier in the year. Rafael also ran under the previous course record with a great run of 6hr33min.
Two Frontrunners Run Club members reached their goals of completing Ironman Canada this past weekend in Penticton, B.C. Lance Hurrell and Ron Schick both crossed the finish line after almost a year of training focused on this one goal. In the process of training for Ironman both Lance and Ron were able to run personal bests in many of their running events this year and both had excellent races at Ironman with Lance finishing in 12:09:06 and Ron finishing in 12:50:03. Both have earned themselves some well deserved time off and we look forward to seeing them back out in a few weeks recovered and ready to go again!
