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Thanks to the efforts of Neil Macdonald and Scott Buchanan, the BB10K returned to the schedule after a one year hiatus. This early fall race offers a flat, two loop course which should afford a good shot at a PB, and I heard of several, but unfortunately, the new Wine Country Half in Kelowna the… Continue reading Bike Barn 10k race report

All results including the cumulative for 10 races are on Results page. Thanks to all that made this a successful event.

Many of you remember Ron Sherk, he was our web guy for many years. He is now on an adventure, read all about it on his blog at www.nomader.ca

For the second time this year, the Road Race series ran two races within a week, and for the second time, Hans Aabye (M35-39) won both of them to extend his winning streak to six. Hans has won seven of nine IRA starts this year and has never finished lower than third. He also ran… Continue reading Midsummer 8K – 2013

The long-running Peachland Beach Run joined the IRRS for the first time this year, and attracted 192 finishers, well up from last year. It was a very hot day, despite the 8:30 start, and the time of most racers was affected, but the lake felt great afterwards! The IRA apologizes for the problems with the… Continue reading Peachland Beach Run 10K

All results including the cumulative for 9 races are on Results page and also there is a link to Dirk’s photos. Thanks to all that made this a successful event.

The IRA apologizes for the problems with the results of the Peachland Beach Run. Both the scoring 10K and non-scoring 5K were timed with the same program, however, despite a test run, the results did not sort properly at the event. Hans Aabye and Emily Allin were first across the line for men and women.… Continue reading Peachland Beach Run

Hans Aabye of Merritt finished third overall in the Vancouver, Washington Marathon on Father’s Day in a time of 2:43:49. Congratulations Hans!

After some checking, Hans Aabye’s time in this year’s race is confirmed as a new record for the course beginning at RL Clemitson Elementary School. The women’s course record is held by Cindy Rhodes, who has never been beaten on that course, at 1:00:29 in 2002. Rhodes’ victory this year also makes her the oldest… Continue reading Addendum to Blackwell Dairy Run race report

Hans Aabye has done it again. Running like a man with supreme confidence in his fitness, Aabye (M35-39) destroyed the field on the tough, hilly Barhartvale course in a time of 51:29 which may well be a course record. We are checking the records and will confirm this if we can. He also captured the… Continue reading Blackwell Dairy 15K Run 2013