by Louise Hodgson-Jones

March 24, 2014, Victoria, BC (ISN) – The sixth race in the Frontrunners Island Race Series – Comox Valley RV Half Marathon – took place yesterday. The race – hosted by the Comox Valley Road Runners – featured six age group course records.

Local runner Derek Vinge from the Comox Valley Road Runners won in 1:11:59. Second was Thomas Holme (Prairie Inn Harriers) in 1:13:43 and third was Nicholas Walker (Frontrunners Athletic Club) in 1:13:55. Top female was Claire Morgan (Prairie Inn Harriers) finishing in 1:19:52, second was Kristin Smart (Vancouver Falcons Athletic Club) in 1:23:41 and third was Christy Lovig in 1:24:08.

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by Christopher Kelsall, Athletics Illustrated

…The 2014 BMO St. Patrick’s Day 5k took place today under cloudy but mild conditions. Winners were Martinson of Victoria, who finished in 14:24, Rachel Cliff of Vancouver with her 16:15. Both are new course records. Masters winners are a pair of Vancouver runners (40-plus), Catherine Watkins with her 17:11 and Kevin O’Connor with his 15:28.

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by Christopher Kelsall, Athletics Illustrated

Victoria’s Geoff Martinson and Nanaimo’s Erin Burrett both won the 2014 Synergy Health Bazan Bay 5k today under filtered sun and mild conditions. Meanwhile Victoria’s Craig Odermatt and Vancouver’s Catherine Watkins won the masters division.

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The Timex BC Road Running Series travelled to the Okanagan for the fourth race in the 2014 series, the Penticton Lakeside 5K, which was also the second race in the Canadian Tire Interior Road Race Series hosted by the Penticton Pounders.

Snow flurries and a chill wind greeted participants, but underfoot conditions were good as nearly 200 runners took off from the start. And a little over 16 minutes later, the winners returned.

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