2014 Canadian Tire Interior Road Race Series Complete

The Canadian Tire Interior Road Race Series consisting of 11 races, starting back in February at the Starting Block 10K, wrapped up with the Peak to Beak 18K in Kelowna. 

63 individuals contested the minimum of 5 races required to qualify for series awards, with a maximum of seven races counting towards an individuals points total.

Susan Templin, Janice Bradshaw, Kathryne Flannery, Melvin Doherty, Stephen Joyce, Garry Bell and Markus Heinrichs all ran every race. For Doherty this was his 21st consecutive year of accomplishing this feat, representing about 250 Interior Series races without absence.

Series age groups winners were:

F20-29  Kendall Cowley
F30-34  Jennifer Spencer 
F35-39  Delilah Topic
F40-44  Marie-Josee Bedard
F45-49  Susan Falkenholt 
F50-54  Caroline Raine
F55-59  Cindy Rhodes
F60-64  Sandra Thomson 
F65-69  Diane Leonard
F70-74  Karen Willies
F75-79  Liz Borrett 

M20-29  Ryan Pidhirniak
M30-34  Timothy Mundall
M35-39  Jeff Vogt 
M40-44  Randy Goncalves 
M45-49  Sergio Pio
M50-54  Stephen Joyce 
M55-59  Lance Zablotney 
M60-64  Roly Muller 
M65-69  Brian Rourke 
M70-74  Peter Pollhammer 

In addition, the Series age-grades the results of each race, and maintains age-graded standings. Liz Borrett convincingly defended her title, beating runner-up Cindy Rhodes in five of their head-to-head competitions, with last year's runner-up Diane Leonard third. On the mens side, Sergio Pio also successfully defended his title, but by just four points over Brian Rourke as they split head-to-heads 3-2, with Bill Faulkner third. 

Complete Series standings can be found on the Interior Running Association website: http://www.interiorrunningassociation.com/ 

Next up for athletes in the Interior is the Starting Block Cross Country Series, which gets underway on September 28, at Campbell Mountain near Penticton.