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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 Egmont and everywhere in between. New members welcome: start enjoying the benefits of being part of our club!
Club News and Notices
See recent club race results — Scotiabank Vancouver Half
The Sechelt Canada Day Mile, July 1st will NOT be held this year due to time commitments. It might be back in 2010, we'll see! Numbers have been diminishing in the past couple of years anyway and it's always difficult to keep the roads clear for the runners.
Club Saturday runs are now at 8:00am for the summer months. Come to Kinetic Fitness in Sechelt (Mermaid St.) for an easy group run. New members always welcome.
We now have a Facebook page!
Got some time? Read full version of Teresa's story from the Great Alaskan Maritime Marathon Cruise! With photos...
Recent Race Results
Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon, June 28, UBC to Stanley Park
It was a gorgeous sunny day, about 14 degrees (though it felt a little too warm along Spanish Banks, but cool breezes after that). Helen obliterated the competition in her age group, winning the F65-69 division by nearly 20 minutes! Chip times shown here:
1:36:29 Carl Green 4th M60-64 1:39:24 Teresa Nightingale 16th F40-44 1:52:44 Helen Sabourin 1st F65-69 2:11:30 Frank McKenna 8th M70+
Sandcastle City Classic 10k, June 7, White Rock
35:55 Larry Nightingale 4th Overall, 1st 45-49 57:02 Frank McKenna 1st M70+
Shaughnessy 8k, May 31, Vancouver
This was a challenging run with more hills than I remembered, and on top of that a very warm morning! We had a good club turnout with 6 members running and Alex N. volunteering. Three medals won. Lots of draw prizes but only Helen's name was drawn from our group - 3 minutes after she had left!
28:52 Larry Nightingale 2nd M45-49 34:30 Teresa Nightingale 2nd F40-44 41:55 Helen Sabourin 1st F65-69 42:59 Tammy Dean 10th F35-39 46:17 Susan Blair 10th F45-49 47:17 Frank McKenna 4th M75+
Iron Knee 25km Trail Race, May 31, Grouse Mtn, North Vancouver
A very enjoyable course on a great sunny day. Maybe more of us will try this one next year. There's a 12k too.
2:01:16 Roger Handling 3rd M50-59
May Day 4km, May 16, Pender Harbour
We all woke up early and headed out to Madeira Park for this annual fun run. Not the biggest turnout at 31 participants (maybe because it wasn't sunny yet?) but hey, we each got a draw prize, and there were leftovers! Don't ask about the weird age categories, it's some tradition passed on. The group photo was taken by William Jans. Click that one to enlarge. Beside it is a shot of Maria getting her 3rd place certificate.
13:41 Larry Nightingale 1st M46+ and overall 19:39 Tammy Dean 2nd F26-45 and female overall 20:01 Liz Dilasser 1st F46+ and 3rd female overall 20:36 Susan Blair 2nd F46+ 22:22 Frank McKenna 5th M46+ 23:03 Alex Nightingale 2nd Boys under 12 35:15 Maria Nightingale 3rd Girls under 12 35:15 Teresa Nightingale* * 17:00 solo run later, self-timed
Mother's Day 5k Spring Classic, May 10, Port Moody
Record numbers turned out for this one, nearly 400 finishers including lots of kids. Perfect temperature for racing with warm sunshine continuing for the outdoor awards ceremony. Tammy's son Andrew surprised us all with a very fast 24:34, leaving Tammy in the dust! There were 31 boys in the 16 and under division. Alex ran nearly 3 minutes faster than last year, while Teresa was just 1 second faster than 2008. However, it was Larry who came first in his age group. Maria had fun in the kids 1km, finishing much farther up in the field than last year. Overall results | Age group results. Photos by Warren McCulloch (sorry no good ones of Larry or Andrew).
17:24 Larry Nightingale 1st M45-49 (10th overall) 20:38 Teresa Nightingale 3rd F40-44 24:34 Andrew Dean 14th M16&U 25:01 Tammy Dean 6th F35-39 26:47 Susan Blair 5th F45-49 30:54 Alex Nightingale 24th M16&U Mother/Child Competition (46 teams): Tammy and Andrew: 4th Teresa and Alex: 7th Kids 1km fun run: Maria Nightingale (no times recorded)
Vancouver Half Marathon, May 3
1:59:15 Helen Sabourin 2nd F65-69
TC10K, April 26, Victoria
A beautiful run in a beautiful city, with perfect weather (cool and sunny). We just didn't run that fast... travel legs?
36:51 Larry Nightingale 4th M45-49 43:13 Teresa Nightingale 5th F40-44
Boston Marathon, April 20, Boston
Helen placed 5th in her age group!
4:24:06 Helen Sabourin 5th F65-69
Vancouver Sun Run, April 19, Vancouver
Tammy got a personal best - way to go!
50:55 Tammy Dean 98th F35-39 56:42 Dave Bromley 217th M55-59 56:49 Lindsay Hatloe 234th F40-44
Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run Half-Marathon, April 5, Gibsons to Sechelt
A record number of registrants and a glorious sunny warm day made it our best year yet! The new start and finish worked out very well. See race report for full story.
Pl. Category Pl. Name Time ============================================ 25. 1/19 M55-59 Roger Handling 1:30:50 44. 5/17 M40-44 Brian Fournier 1:36:34 124. 6/21 F35-39 Marisa Alps 1:50:44 173. 8/21 F35-39 Tammy Dean 1:59:15 198. 1/3 F65-69 Helen Sabourin 2:02:22 212. 3/10 F60-64 Liz Dilasser 2:05:07245. 19/33 F40-44 Lindsay Hatloe 2:09:34 298. 16/19 M55-59 Dave Bromley 2:19:33 300. 19/30 F50-54 Jenny Rasmussen 2:20:35 325. 21/30 F50-54 Pamela Knowles 2:29:22
Dave Reed Spring Classic 5k, March 28, Stanley Park
Report from Teresa: Just me at this one. The rain held off until after the race, fortunately. The conditions were actually fine for racing. Same course as the St. Patrick's 5k except starting and finishing at Lumbermen's Arch and with some extra distance overlap between start and finish - about 30 seconds longer due to the way it was measured (cutting tangents on the bike path). Despite the extra distance my time was a bit faster, surprisingly! And even more of a surprise was winning 3rd female master and $50 cash! The event was a fitting memorial for Dave Reed and his brother generously donated the masters prize money.
20:35 Teresa Nightingale 2nd F40-44, 3rd F40+
St. Patrick's Day 5k, March 14, Stanley Park
Just Crystal came along with Teresa for this one. It was a great day, cloudy with the tiniest bit of rain before the start, nearly 1000 people registered!
20:40 Teresa Nightingale 21st Woman, 8th F40+