Apply to become a Vancouver Island Race Series ambassador. The Vancouver Island Runners’ Association is seeking a few ambassadors to represent the Vancouver Island Race Series as well as the association (VIRA) and our member clubs. Enjoy all the benefits and social connections while being a series ambassador. Applications are now closed. Eight ambassadors have […]
https://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpg00Christopher Kelsallhttps://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpgChristopher Kelsall2024-07-29 18:55:582024-09-20 10:34:36Become a Vancouver Island Race Series Ambassador
The 2025 Vancouver Island Race Series schedule is set. Once again the series continues with eight road races scheduled over 16 weeks. All races happen on Sundays as usual. The order of events is unchanged from 2024. Barring any weather-related schedule changes no races are held on holidays. The series kicks off with the Harriers […]
https://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpg00Christopher Kelsallhttps://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpgChristopher Kelsall2024-07-19 19:32:342024-07-19 21:47:062025 Vancouver Island Race Series schedule is confirmed
The Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (VIRA) elected a new secretary and vice president on Saturday in Nanaimo at the 2024 annual general meeting (AGM). Mariah Kelly Mariah Kelly has taken the vacant vice-president’s position on the VIRA board. She was elected in absentia on Saturday. Kelly was a Tokyo Olympic team member as an alternate […]
https://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpg00Christopher Kelsallhttps://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpgChristopher Kelsall2024-07-01 20:32:542024-07-01 22:23:11Vancouver Island Runners’ Association elects new VP and secretary, adds two members to the board
Coming out of the two most successful years in the 45-year history of the Vancouver Island Race Series, it is time for our VIRA annual general meeting (AGM). Bob Reid, who helped to create the series and the Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (which owns the series and its races) has stepped down. On behalf of […]
https://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpg00Christopher Kelsallhttps://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpgChristopher Kelsall2024-05-27 21:46:012024-05-27 22:16:40Annual General Meeting: VIRA seeks candidates for vice president and secretary
So…that’s it for the race series. We started the series with below-zero temperatures at the Harriers Pioneer 8K and ended with 17 degrees Celsius at the Bazan Bay 5K. We had cloudy races, one with a massive downpour and puddle jumping (looking at you, Hatley Castle), and beautiful sunny ones like in Comox and this […]
https://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpg00Christopher Kelsallhttps://www.islandseries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-4-300x300.jpgChristopher Kelsall2024-04-16 11:20:272024-04-16 11:20:32A final word from Ambassador Sander on the 2024 Vancouver Island Race Series
Become a Vancouver Island Race Series Ambassador
Apply to become a Vancouver Island Race Series ambassador. The Vancouver Island Runners’ Association is seeking a few ambassadors to represent the Vancouver Island Race Series as well as the association (VIRA) and our member clubs. Enjoy all the benefits and social connections while being a series ambassador. Applications are now closed. Eight ambassadors have […]
2025 Vancouver Island Race Series schedule is confirmed
The 2025 Vancouver Island Race Series schedule is set. Once again the series continues with eight road races scheduled over 16 weeks. All races happen on Sundays as usual. The order of events is unchanged from 2024. Barring any weather-related schedule changes no races are held on holidays. The series kicks off with the Harriers […]
Vancouver Island Runners’ Association elects new VP and secretary, adds two members to the board
The Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (VIRA) elected a new secretary and vice president on Saturday in Nanaimo at the 2024 annual general meeting (AGM). Mariah Kelly Mariah Kelly has taken the vacant vice-president’s position on the VIRA board. She was elected in absentia on Saturday. Kelly was a Tokyo Olympic team member as an alternate […]
Annual General Meeting: VIRA seeks candidates for vice president and secretary
Coming out of the two most successful years in the 45-year history of the Vancouver Island Race Series, it is time for our VIRA annual general meeting (AGM). Bob Reid, who helped to create the series and the Vancouver Island Runners’ Association (which owns the series and its races) has stepped down. On behalf of […]
A final word from Ambassador Sander on the 2024 Vancouver Island Race Series
So…that’s it for the race series. We started the series with below-zero temperatures at the Harriers Pioneer 8K and ended with 17 degrees Celsius at the Bazan Bay 5K. We had cloudy races, one with a massive downpour and puddle jumping (looking at you, Hatley Castle), and beautiful sunny ones like in Comox and this […]