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Ryder Hesjedal takes overall lead in Giro d’Italia race
Ryder Hesjedal from Victoria. BC has taken the lead of in the Giro d’Italia after finishing 5th in the 202KM Recanati to Rocca di Cambio stage. 14 stages to go. Can he hold on? Read more here courtesy of CBC. Read More » -
Age Category Prizing?
Okay very few of us reading this article run, cycle or triathlete (okay wrong grammar there I know!) to win prizes – we do it to keep fit, to challenge ourselves, to enjoy ourselves, etc. But still, is it wrong of us to want some reward if we are lucky enough to have improved enough [...] Read More » -
Mixed Relay Triathlon
The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will have the latest triathlon craze as one of its new sports – Triathlon Mixed Relay. The event comprises of 2 men and 2 women and entails each completing a super sprint of swimming, cycling and running and by all accounts is a fantastic sport for the spectators to [...] Read More » -
Whose side are you on? Simon Whitfield’s or Lance Armstrong’s?
Two massive names in endurance sport were caught in a war of words via twitter…….yes twitter seems to be the place for arguments these days…..are people to scared too argue face to face now! Canada’s top triathlete Simon Whitfield and the seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong have been ‘arguing’ about the merits [...] Read More » -
London Marathon death inspires $1 million in donations
A death during a marathon is a terrible tragedy but the recent death of Claire Squires this weekend near the end of the London Marathon has inspired a nation. The London Marathon is the world’s largest sporting event for raising money for charities and Claire like so many of her fellow runners was doing just [...] Read More » -
London Olympics – Kenya name their Marathon Runners
One of the hardest jobs in sport was completed today when Kenya named their marathon runners to compete in this year’s Olympics. Kenya is undoubtedly the top country in the world for marathon runners and have hundreds of athletes who have made the marathon qualification time but each country can only pick three men and [...] Read More » -
Should the COC make an exception for DuChene and Marchant?
After Krista DuChene and Lanni Marchant narrowly missed out on the Olympic marathon qualification time at the weekend in Rotterdam they would have realised their London Olympics dreams were over. However it now appears that the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) may make an exception and indeed allow them on the plane along with the Coolseat, Gillis [...] Read More » -
Wykes joins Coolsaet and Gillis on the plane to the London Olympics
Great day for Canadian men’s marathon running – Dylan Wykes ran an awesome time of 2:10:47 in Rotterdam, Holland. This is a time well within the qualification time of 2:11:30 and almost 2 minutes faster than his personal best. After the disappointment of missing the time in Toronto and Japan it shows great resilience by [...] Read More » -
Wykes and Watson to run Rotterdam
So far Canada has two male marathon runners who have qualified for the London Olympic Marathon: Reid Collsaet and Eric Gilles. But potentially after the Rotterdam Marathon on April 22nd, Canada could have four runners with the qualification time. It now looks likely that Dylan Wykes (so unfortunate not to make the qualification time at [...] Read More »