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Welcome…
We are a BC Athletics affiliated running club located on the Sunshine Coast of BC. We welcome runners of all ages and abilities, from Port Mellon to Lund and everywhere in between. New members welcome: start enjoying the benefits of being part of our club!
Organizing your own event? Equipment rental available.
Club News and Notices
See recent club results/reports/photos — Four Lakes 10k, Blackberry Mile, Richmond Olympic Oval 10k
Club Fat Ass runs on the Sunshine Coast this summer: next one September 11 (NEW DATE) in Langdale, 'Sunshine in September'. Details here
Remember the 2008 GAMM cruise (Alaskan Marathon Cruise)? It's normally every 2 years, so there is one this summer, but the next one will be not in 2012 but 2011, due to high demand! So if you thought of doing it again or for the first time, you don't have to wait another 2 years. www.gammcruise.com
2010 club/BCA memberships are past due. Please let Teresa know you are renewing, then bring payment to the next Saturday run, or mail to the Nightingales (cheques payable to Sunshine Coast Athletics).
Injured? Or looking to increase your mileage without getting injured? Deep water running is a great option. The definitive book on Deep Water Exercise/Running is now available, by a friend of Teresa and Larry's. A competitive distance runner and coach for over 26 years, Mike Moon has perfected this training method and it is now explained in detail in his new book "Deep Water Exercise for High Performance Sport". It may be purchased online at www.deepwaterexercise.com.
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Recent Race Results & Event Reports
Four Lakes 10k, Garden Bay, August 22/10
Nice racing weather compared to last weekend... cool, cloudy and calm, followed by sunshine as we were finishing up the awards. A total of 55 people participated, with 32 in the 10k and 23 in the inaugural 3k fun run/walk. SCA member Marisa Alps was first female and 5th place overall. Full results and photo gallery on the Four Lakes website. Thanks again to our volunteers!
Club results: 48:56 Marisa Alps 1st F40-49 56:39 Helen Sabourin 1st F60-69 1:02:41 Jenny Rasmussen 1st F50-59
Blackberry Mile, Powell River, August 20/10
A very successful inaugural event with 48 participants. It was a nice cool evening in Powell River with no wind. The course was dead straight with a downhill first 2/3 and uphill last 1/3 (flatter at the end but still slightly up!). Great post race treats. Full results are here (PDF).
5:04 Larry Nightingale ($100 - 1st overall) 5:11 Greg Tait 5:34 Alston Miller 5:39 Teresa Nightingale (2nd female) 6:05 Lisa Morrow 6:21 Mattie Bakker 7:01 Alex Nightingale 9:47 Maria Nightingale
Richmond Olympic Oval 10k, August 15/10
This was a tough one, despite being 100% flat. It was HOT and HUMID even at 8:30am, and there was only 1 water station, at 4k. Plus most of the course was on the dyke (gravel surface) with only about 10% on faster paved surface. Photos by Rick Horne.
40:57 Teresa Nightingale 2nd F40-44 43:45 Alston Miller 7th M35-39 44:01 Lisa Morrow 4th F40-44 47:11 Lorne Morrow 8th M50-54
Squamish Days 10k, August 1/10
It seemed like it would be a cool day with cloud cover but high humidity made this tougher than expected for everyone, especially in the last few kilometres. We were all completely soaked at the finish line (sweat!). The Sunshine Coast was well represented in the age group awards, plus an overall win in the Flashback Mile by Alex, who only ran as fast as he had to for the win. Thirteen years old and already strategizing. 10k photos by Rick Horne; Mile photo from Pat Cheung.
10k, Club Results: 36:47 Larry Nightingale 3rd M45-49, 10th overall 40:21 Teresa Nightingale 1st F40-44, 3rd Female overall 43:09 Alston Miller 4th M35-39 43:48 Carl Green 1st M60-64 Flashback Mile 7:06 Alex Nightingale 1st M12-13, 1st overall
Sea Cavalcade Mile, Gibsons, July 24/10
A perfect day with a slight tailwind for fast times. See Sea Cavalcade website for full results and photos (more coming soon). Club members Carl Green and Peter Corbett earned themselves a free SCA race entry by volunteering. You can do the same at the Four Lakes 10k on August 22!
Club results: 4:44 Larry Nightingale 1st M40-49, 2nd overall 6:09 Lorne Morrow 2nd M50-59, 7th overall 6:23 Alex Nightingale 1st M13-15, 9th overall 6:57 Tammy Dean 2nd F40-49 7:25 Litze Boghean 4th F40-49 7:31 Maria Nightingale 2nd F9&U
Halfmoon Bay Trophy Run 5.4k, July 18/10
A great morning for a run, sunny and not too hot. Larry was first and Teresa was second. Frank and Alex also ran. Results coming as soon as we can get them from Sally Benner.
Seek the Peak 16k, West Vancouver (Ambleside to Grouse Peak), July 4/10
Roger's report: The Seek the Peak (Ambleside Beach to Grouse Peak 16 km) Relay was fun with good running conditions and lots of participants. I entered as a solo participant. Despite including the Grouse Grind, this race is not anywhere near as grueling as the Summer Solstice 25km race from two weeks ago. I found that ascending Grouse and then running an additional 19 hilly kms takes more out of one than tackling the Grind at the end of a race. My time was 1:50:00 for 34th overall (278 participants) and third in my age group. Strangely enough my Seek the Peak Grind stage time was one second faster than when I ran the Grouse Grind race a couple of years ago (43:19), this after running 10 kms to get to the foot of the Grind. Goes to show how useful a good warm up is!
1:50:00 Roger Handling 3rd M50-59