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Pacific Spirit Ultramarathon
Date: March 24th, 2024 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Alex Beauchemin, Ine Østmo, Maiya Callister, Sean McKay TRIP REPORT: On March 24th, 2024, five VOCers set out to cover every trail in Pacific Spirit Park in a single push. No one in … Continue reading
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Tagged Pacific Spirit, Running, trail running, ultramarathon
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Garibaldi Lake Run – Sept 15, 2018 (aka Plan B to the Annual Cheakamus-Rubble Creek Traverse)
The Cheakamus-Rubble Creek traverse is a breathtaking backcountry route through Garibaldi Provincial Park, stretching from the Cheakamus Lake parking lot to the Rubble Creek parking lot. After meeting at a VOC trail running version of the traverse in 2015, Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, day trip, fall, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, rain, Running, trail running, traverse
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Stepchild of Trail: From Trail Beginner to Ultra Winner!
For those who have never been trail running before, there are a couple of important, fundamental points about the activity that are often misunderstood. The first, and perhaps most important, is that you do not run the uphills. Unless you’re way … Continue reading
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Tagged EC Manning Provincial park, Feast, Mid Group, trail running, Weekend
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Will run for pulled pork: 3rd Annual Harvest Hustle & Post Run Feast
The 3rd Annual Harvest Hustle was a throw back to the inaugural event. In other words – rainy, wet, and totally typical of Vancouver. I spent the entire week leading up to the run checking the weather forecast and silently … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, autumn, Baden Powell trail, Bridle Path, day trip, Fisherman's Trail, Intermediate, Mid Group, Mount Seymour, Old Buck trail, Rainy Day, trail running
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Black Tusk Trail Race: The Sunny Rendition
Sept 21, 2016 Short Summary and Beta: Geneviève Savard and I (Elliott Skierszkan) did a trail run up and down Black Tusk with fantastic weather. The roundtrip took 5 hours. Beta: there is lots of it online, but the jist … Continue reading
Running from Cheakamus to Rubble Creek – Just Your Average Anniversary Activity
Running from Cheakamus to Rubble Creek – Just Your Average Anniversary Activity by Hannah Jensen On September 19, 2015, I met my boyfriend, Michael Stone, doing the VOC “Black Tusk in a Day” trail run. This year, we took over … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, day trip, Garibaldi Park, Helm Creek, Rainy Day, Small Group, Taylor Meadows, trail running
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Trail Running and Donuts
Five brave and donut hungry runners gathered downtown this past Saturday, March 27th at 9:24am to catch the #210 to Lynn Valley. The lead was a trail that the trip organizer had scouted out on a hike two weeks prior. … Continue reading
Adventure of the drowned turkeys (Thanksgiving, VOC style) Oct 10th
“No one’s going to like me after this,” I bemoaned as Michael, Taylor and I trekked our way up the longest hill section of the run, “No one is going to want to come over afterwards because everyone is going … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, autumn, Baden Powell trail, Bridle Path, Dale's Trail, day trip, dry, Fisherman's Trail, Good Sir Martin trail, Harvest Hustle, hike, Intermediate, Mary Kirk trail, Mid Group, Mount Seymour, Mushroom Parking Lot, Mystery Creek, North Vancouver, NS High School League Trail, Old Buck Connector, Old Buck trail, trail running
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The Black Tusk Trail Race: 25k of fun (but wet) running!
Black Tusk Trail Race [Sept 19, 2015] By Birgit Rogalla, Elliott Skierszkan and Micheal Stone Intro: While many of us VOC’ers spend our weekends rambling about the mountains, there is a select few of us who decided to join Artem … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, autumn, beginner-friendly, Black Tusk, Chekamus, daytrip, Garibaldi Park, Mid Group, Mud, rain, trail race, trail running
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