VI Endurance

Just some quick updates. The Trail Dog Races are coming back! More updates on those in a few weeks. BC Parks has denied our request to extend the Cedar Ultra to 36/48 hours but not all hope is lost we are looking in to some other locations that will let us do it. Standby for further.... Our Covid plan for the ultra (and other races) will be available soon. We are taking some great cues from @trailsister and @onetrackmindultra. Their race is in 2 weeks in Duncan. Thanks to them and let’s help sell out. https://raceroster.com/events/2020/35719/one-track-mind #viendurance #cedarultra #24hourrace #runallday #hemerpark #trailrunning #trailrace #onetrackmindultra

Hey Everyone, there is a new ultra on the island, put on by the awesome folks at the Island Trail Series. It's called 'One Track Mind' in Duncan check it out. https://raceroster.com/events/2020/35719/one-track-mind And yes they are following all the social distancing protocols.

Right now we would be right in the middle of setting all this up. But alas no race this year. We will see you all again next year on the first weekend of June! #viendurance #cedarultra #24hourrace #runallday #hemerpark #covid19 #coronavirus #seeyounextyear

First race since 2011. It was a great. Thanks @jay.wright_ for putting on such an awesome event. The route was awesome, dispute my navigation errors and the weather was perfect. Maybe next year I’ll actually train for it! #hillbillyhustle #socialdistancerunning #socialdistancerace @ Mount Benson Regional Park

The mighty X board. The ultimate authority on who is in the lead. It will be back in all its glory in 2021. For the 3/6/12/24/48* races June 4-5-6*. Registration opening mid June. #viendurance #cedarultra #24hourrace #runallday #hemerpark #trailrunning #trailrace #24hrrace #ultrarunning #ultratraining #ultrarunners #ultra #ultramarathon ... *permit pending

Last years 24 hour race start. It was our biggest 24hr race ever with 16 people starting and of course not a single DNF! We had one course record fall, Janet crushed the women’s 24 hour race distance with 146.4km... Luke broke 100miles with 165kms. We had 13 folks at the 100+ km mark. Two at the plus 50miles one at plus 60km. It was a fantastic weekend. We are sad we had to cancel this years race but we will be back bigger then ever on June 4-5-6* 2021. Hope to see you all there. #viendurance #cedarultra #24hourrace #runallday #trailrunning #trailrace #nanaimo #hemerpark *permit pending

A couple of years ago I decided to make a segment for every trail In Doumont. Two things you need to know first. 1. Doumont is forested area just west of Nanaimo that is primarily used for mountain biking. Thus, us trail runners are definitely the minority of trail users. 2. Strava is one of the most popular fitness tracking apps in the world. On it you can take a trail or road (or portion there of) and make it a ‘segment’ so when other people ride or run on it it tracks ev...eryone’s time and you can see where you place against the general public. There were next to no running segments in Doumont so decided to fix that. Here were the rules. 1) The trail had to be on Trail Forks OR 2) It had to be named with a sign at the trailhead 3) It had to be at least 200m long (that is a strava restriction) 4) Downhill only and Mtn Bike only trails were respected (hence no Finer China segment) 5) Only complete trails - no partials or intersection Here are the final Stats: Total Segments Created: 234 - 112 Up and 122 Down Single Track: 190 Segment Double Track: 12 Segments Logging Road: 32 Segments Shortest Segment: Suicide Drop - 120m (yes it snuck in under the 200m min) Longest Segment: Weigles Corridor - 5.94km Crowns: 49 - you get a lot when you're the only one to have done a trail Running Partners: Lucy and Penny for every segment. Time: Well over 2 years - The last 30% in the last 2 months Distance: 1000+km Times Sanity Questioned: 436 Injuries: Many Blood Shed: Litres Fun Had: Infinite As I continue to explore Doumont I will probably find new trails which meet my criteria so I will add them as I go. I will also endeavour to maintain my segments for as long as I can but I am sure they will drift with time as the trails change. What's next? In the short term I'll do 'X' a day in May. Where I pick one thing (usually a distance) and do it everyday in May. In the long term I'm not sure, I'll take the summer to dream up another project! Stay Healthy and get out there and grab yourself a crown or two. I don't mind sharing. #viendurance #trailrunning #traildogs #labsofinstagram #bordercolliesofinstagram @ Doumont Trails