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The 2025 Vancouver Island Race Series schedule is set. Once again the series continues with eight road races scheduled over 16 weeks. All races happen on Sundays as usual. The order of events is unchanged from 2024. Barring any weather-related schedule changes no races are held on holidays. The series kicks off with the Harriers […]
The Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (VIRA) elected a new secretary and vice president on Saturday in Nanaimo at the 2024 annual general meeting (AGM). Mariah Kelly Mariah Kelly has taken the vacant vice-president’s position on the VIRA board. She was elected in absentia on Saturday. Kelly was a Tokyo Olympic team member as an alternate […]
Coming out of the two most successful years in the 45-year history of the Vancouver Island Race Series, it is time for our VIRA annual general meeting (AGM). Bob Reid, who helped to create the series and the Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (which owns the series and its races) has stepped down. On behalf of […]
So…that’s it for the race series. We started the series with below-zero temperatures at the Harriers Pioneer 8K and ended with 17 degrees Celsius at the Bazan Bay 5K. We had cloudy races, one with a massive downpour and puddle jumping (looking at you, Hatley Castle), and beautiful sunny ones like in Comox and this […]
I brought home my best time ever for a 10km. Nothing about this article has to do with that. Just thought you should know. You should also know the McLean Mill 10K was the Kinder Surprise Egg of the series. Y’all, edge of my seat! In reference to my last post about rituals… there was […]
Katelyn Ayers has run for Canada at the World Cross Country Championships. Daniel Damian runs for the UVic Vikes. Both ran new personal best times over the 5K on Sunday, for the wins. Roslyn Smith set a new Canadian record in the W75-79 category at Bazan, going sub-24. The series was blessed with sunny skies, […]
Update: Season Pass Sale CLOSED. At the Bazan Bay 5K and season finale, the Vancouver Island Runners’ Association will make available a limited quantity of 2025 season passes at a one-time-only discount. The season passes will be available for $150 all-inclusive. No admin fee will be charged and GST will be included (*season passes reduced […]
Three sleeps until the McLean Mill 10K. This is the race I’ve been waiting for. I’ve called Port Alberni home for almost a decade. Leading up to race day I had the same nerves as I did pre-Comox — the last race I participated in. Even though any race starts with jitters, I have to […]
With the half marathon behind us, it’s just a 10K and a 5K race left until the end of this year’s series. In Cobble Hill, you have already set a time to beat, and McLean Mill is a fantastic opportunity to see how much you’ve grown into your race routine. When you look at the […]
