For Sunday the Nov. 4

Please meet at the Shawnigan Lake Post Office at 9 a.m. for the “legion” route…

Sunday 30Sep2012

We ran 9.1 kilometers in Sunday! Check it out on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/23595918

This Sunday: Hope to see you there!

Hi there! Whew! The beautiful weather continues…. Let’s check out the fall colours on the TC trail ( which side is open for debate!) So meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Renfrew Road parking spot and we’ll figure it out… Hope to see you there!

Sunday is the Terry Fox Run!

I'm not sure if we're meeting for a regular run on Sunday, since its the annual Terry Fox Run. In Duncan, the time and place is 11AM at the BC Discovery Forest Museum. There will be a 6k and a 1k. There's no entry fee or minimum donation, but they're looking for support, including volunteers. Here's a link to the Duncan event.

Reminder: Shawnigan Half and Half-a-Half

Monday 10Sep2012 is the last day to get "Regular" pricing on the 2012 Shawnigan Half and Shawnigan Half-a-Half races: http://www.ceevacs.com/shawnigan/shawnigan-marathon.shtml

Thursday Run - 13Sep2012

Joerg has another committment for his evenings in the coming weeks, so I'll be solo unless someone steps up to the plate. I'll likely run from my place (Countryside Place), leaving around 5:30PM, and go around Rat Lake and back ... this works out to 10km or more.

Tuesday Run - 11Sep2012

Meet at Kerry Park near the recycle bin at 6:15PM for the regular 8km route.

Sunday Run - 09Sep2012

Meet at 8:30AM at TC Trail where it meets Renfrew Road. We'll decide at that point which direction to go.

Longer run today

Longer runs in preparation for the half marathons. We plan a Mill Bay loop: starting at Jorge's place on Noowick, up past Serious Coffee, past Rat Lake, along Haul Road until it connects with Mill Bay Road, and back around to Jorge's place. Approximate distance: 14km. Approximate time: 1hr15min. Start 5:30pm Finished by 7:00pm Meeting at the corner Noowick Rd./Huckelberry Rd. Parking at the playground.

Tuesday run

Kerry Park Recreation Centre 

( parking at the recycling container ) at 07pm. 

Kerry Park Recreation 1035 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd. P.O. Box 7 Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P0

Burnt Bridge starting point

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday - How about meeting at the Burnt Bridge starting point – drive out past the TC trail meeting spot about 5 km (it becomes dirt road) and park in the obvious parking space… 8:30 a.m. Hope to see you there! 

(Request from Jörg: Please comment for directions, Is it easy to find? thanks - Jeff can you post a map?)

Wed (05Sep) instead of Thu (06Sep)

I would like to keep Thursday night as our "longer and faster" run night, but I can't make it on 06Sep2012 ... Kate and I are donating blood and then going out to dinner with friends ... we'll try for Wednesday night (05Sep2012) instead. Same place and time. Everyone welcome.

05:30pm Thursday evening

Longer runs in preparation for the half marathons. We plan to start this Thursday evening (30Aug2012) with a Mill Bay loop: starting at Jorge's place on Noowick, up past Serious Coffee, past Rat Lake, along Haul Road until it connects with Mill Bay Road, and back around to Jorge's place. Approximate distance: 14km. Approximate time: 1hr15min.

Start 5:30pm

Finished by 7:00pm

Meeting at the corner Noowick Rd./Huckelberry Rd. Parking at the playground.

After the run, there is lemonade in my house!

Today do not miss

Kerry Park Recreation Centre 

( parking at the recycling container ) at 07pm. 

Kerry Park Recreation 1035 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd. P.O. Box 7 Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P0 

(See map below Tuesday run)

Longer runs on Thursdays

Jorge and Jeff need to do some longer runs in preparation for the half marathons coming up in October. We plan to start this Thursday evening (30Aug2012) with a Mill Bay loop: starting at Jorge's place on Noowick, up past Serious Coffee, past Rat Lake, along Haul Road until it connects with Mill Bay Road, and back around to Jorge's place. Approximate distance: 14km. Approximate time: 1hr15min. I will map this with Google Maps (when I get the chance) to show the route and distance. Let anyone and everyone know who might be interested in joinging us. Let Jorge or I know if you plan to join us and we'll tell you the exact time and place.

Next Sunday

Happy more sunny days! Hoping that a suggested meeting at the TC trail spot is a good one…8 :30 a.m. -  3 possible routes from there! Renfrew Rd. Parking spot at the Trans Canada Trail

Patience!

Free Tip: The most important rule for beginners: patience! The body has to get used to the sport.

Today the Tuesday run

Kerry Park Recreation Centre 

( parking at the recycling container ) at 07pm. 

Kerry Park Recreation 1035 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd. P.O. Box 7 Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P0

Free Tip: Helpful are running clubs. Since there is motivation and expertise.

We look forward to next Tuesday

This Sunday we run the Cobble Hill. It was a good idea! (Mostly shady!)  We met at the Burnam Park parking spot at 8:30. The map shows roughly our way. 9.5 km and about 60min.

We look forward to next Tuesday at the 

Kerry Park Recreation Centre 

( parking at the recycling container ) at 07pm. 

Kerry Park Recreation 1035 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd. P.O. Box 7 Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P0

Welcome to the South Cowichan Running blog. This is a place where runners from the South Cowichan area can get together to plan group runs or post information about organized running events. Our little group has been running (pardon the pun) for several years now and has sprung out of the TC10K training clinics that are held at the Shawnigan Lake Community Center Jan-Apr every year in preparation for the Times Colonist 10K in Victoria.

There is a cost associated with the clinic, but there is no charge to join or participate in our running group and you don't have to take the clinic to join our group. The group accepts anyone of any ability (including walkers), but currently we are mainly comprised of 40-something and 50-something women (and a couple of men) who typically run 8-10 kmh for 8-10 km at a time. We typically get together Sunday mornings (either 8:30AM or 9:00AM) and Tuesday evenings (either 6:15PM or 7:00PM), year round, regardless of weather.

This blog is an attempt to avoid most of the email traffic that planning a run can generate. You can instruct the blog to notify you by email of posts, but it's a central repository for time-and-place discussions and running summaries. Feel free to put up your comments, even if it's just "That was a great run today!".