Leading an active lifestyle, and having fun with fitness, is just one reason why Shannon and Cy decided to open Play Kelowna nearly nine years ago. Play is a premier athletic footwear and apparel store, catering to those who love living actively. It was a missing component in Kelowna’s retail market, and Shannon and Cy,… Continue reading Play – IRA Gold Sponsor
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Tips to Structure your Running Season – May15
Free Zoom Lecture with JF Esculier, physiotherapist, PhD
Midsummer Speech
IRA 40th ANNIVERSARY Speech at the Midsummer 8K First, congratulations to all who ran today. Whether you came in first or last in your age class is not important. Just finishing is important, as it means that your fitness and your health, is miles ahead of the average person. Forty years ago, a group of… Continue reading Midsummer Speech
IRA TREASURER OPPORTUNITY
This post is to give notice of an opportunity to become the IRA’s treasurer starting November 2022. The IRA treasurer commitment is usually 5 – 10 hours per month. The treasurer should be familiar with typical financial practices related to commercial operation of a business. These practices include budgeting, bookkeeping, invoicing, and customer relationship management.… Continue reading IRA TREASURER OPPORTUNITY
2022 BC Road Race Championships
Find all the 2022 BC Road Race Championships and Canadian Road Race Championships here:
Date Change – Conquer the Lake 1/2 Marathon
Due to scheduling conflict in the Lake Country Community, the Conquer the Lake 1/2 Marathon’s date has changed. It is now June 19th.
NEWS RELEASE!
This year, there is a new logo on the IRA Road Race bibs – Mamas for Mamas! The Interior Running Association decided to promote a non-profit organization for the IRA Road Series. We chose to partner with Mamas for Mamas to bring awareness to the running community of their non-profit organization. Mamas for Mamas is… Continue reading NEWS RELEASE!
Canadian Red Cross Donation
We want to give a HUGE thank you to all the participants of Interior Running Association’s inaugural Virtual Winter Running Series. In total 114 participants registered for this series and completed over 500 runs of distances between 5 km and 20 km throughout the region. We are pleased to announce that you have raised $714.10 and that… Continue reading Canadian Red Cross Donation
BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
The Interior Running Series races are sanctioned by BCAthletics and we recommend IRA race directors and participants to continue to practice all required health and safety protocols. We also encourage race directors/organizers to follow BCAthletic’s Current Best Practice for their events. https://www.bcathletics.org/Content/covid-19-updates/199/ As of February 1, 2022, the current BCAthletic’s Best Practice for in-person races are… Continue reading BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS
Your Interior Running Association 2022 Executive:)
The Interior Running Association held their Zoom AGM, December 9th at 6:00 pm. There were 12 in attendance:)All of your 2021 IRA Executives continue their positions for 2022 and we have a couple new additions.Your 2022 IRA Executive is:Returning President – Cindy Rhodes Returning Vice President – David GussReturning Treasurer – Dave DennierReturning Secretary –… Continue reading Your Interior Running Association 2022 Executive:)