Participate or volunteer (bring the family!) in our club-hosted events:
VOLUNTEER for free entry: Club members, if you volunteer for 1 or more club hosted events (on the lower Coast) in a given year, you will get free entry into one of the other club hosted events (on the lower Coast)! Your next opportunity will be the BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run on April 1st.
Fun run on New Year's Day. Come to Porpoise Bay Park for a 2k to 10k run or walk (using the 2km loop from the Fall Tune-Up), starting and finishing in front of the beach. Choose your distance. Start time 12 noon. Entry fee $2 per person includes post-race refreshments. Sign up race day 11:15-11:45am. Enjoy a fun run to get your year started off on the right foot (or left foot!). Display clock will be set up so you can see your time.
Challenging and fun trail run in Powell River. Big climb in the middle of the 10k but well worth the effort for the long decline on the far side of the loop. Great post-run breakfast on site. See Avid Fitness website for more info.
A Sunshine Coast fixture since 1978 (35th annual). 640 registrants in 2011. Starting at the Gibsons Community Centre, finishing at Mission Point Park in Davis Bay. Finisher medals for individuals and relays. Cash prizing for top 3 overall and top 3 masters M&F. Unique souvenir awards for age group top 3. Event #4 of the Lower Mainland Road Race Series. Event records 1:06:23 (Ryan Day) and 1:18:03 (Keddi-Anne Sherbino). www.foolsrun.com.
Our mid summer July mile, 10th annual. Fast net downhill course to start the Sea Cav parade, with cash prizes for the overall winners and awards to age group winners. Great crowd to cheer you on! www.seacavalcade.ca/events/mile.htm
A scenic, 'back to basics' summer 10k run in Garden Bay from Katherine Lake to Hotel Lake and back, passing Garden Bay Lake and Mixal Lake along the way. The 3k Family Fun Run/Walk includes 3 of the lakes. Details at www.foolsrun.com/4lakes/.
3rd Annual Mile hosted by our Powell River club members! During the Blackberry Festival in Powell River, this is a Friday evening run at 6pm followed by festivities in the downtown streets and fireworks at dusk. Cash prizes for the overall winners, draw prizes, refreshments. More info on Avid Fitness website
Second Annual Marathon and Half on Texada Island! Single loop course (marathon) with the half marathon using the second half of the route. Rides available from the ferry to start/finish and back. First 50 registrants guaranteed a race t-shirt. Entry fee only $30 (minus $3 for BCA members). More info on Avid Fitness website
A beautiful trail run in Powell River, on a dead flat 13.2 kilometre wheelchair accessible trail around the very edge of the lake. It starts and finishes at a fully serviced campground with a full-time caretaker. Where else in coastal BC can you run on 13+ kilometres of wide manicured trail around a lake without even a bump? The biggest single gain of elevation — The Hill — is about 8 to 10 vertical feet!!!!! For those wanting to run a shorter distance, there is the Anthony Island 7k — an out & back utilizing the final 3.5k of the full lake trail — again, dead flat. See event web page for details.
Fun XC meet for all ages on the trails and campsite roads in Porpoise Bay Provincial Park. Bring the whole family. Race distances from 1.3k for 8 & Under, to 6k for open/masters. www.falltuneup.com