February race lineup sprinkled with love, the barking, the brunch, the racing – Daily Gaming Worlld

They say February is the month of love that includes Valentine’s Day and Random Act of Kindness Day. Unfortunately, it is also the shortest month in our calendar.

But because the B.C. The street racing calendar in Lower Mainland is so full next month that they decided to make 2020 a leap year and add a 29th day – appropriately it falls on a Saturday!

This is going to be a fun month for adorable mutt – RunGos Dash for dogs – and for more history at Fort Langley – LHS Fort Langley Half and Fort 2-Fort 5- & 10-Miler, We will celebrate the tradition – the First halftime – and ask yourself what Mother Nature has in store for us – Vancouver Hypothermic Half,

Some will travel – Additional day 5K and Love her or leave her for Valentine’s Day, both in Seattle, or Rock and roll New Orleans or Freeze your gizzard in Montague, PEI! Some will stay on the couch and do Netflix marathons or selfie shoots!

It’s also a great month to restart (smile) the fitness resolution thing in January and remember: getting in shape is a slow process, but quitting won’t speed it up!

As you prepare for Cupid and chocolates or marmot sightings, we have some events you can look forward to in February. And have fun training:

The last time Gord Kurenoff entered Hypo Half, women in the Running Room in Abbotsford sent him a personalized Christmas card and a “reminder” to actually train! (Sarah Wieler photo)

Hypothermic half

Vancouver

Saturday, February 1, 21.1 km, 16 km

If you haven’t gotten into the sold-out first half or just need a long-distance workout / run, you can use the running room Hypothermic half is the ideal lacing event to satisfy your LSD craving.

The annual Vancouver Hypo includes half and 16km medals, fun finisher medals and a healthy post-race brunch. It starts at 9 a.m. in the Mahoney and Sons Restaurant (601 Stamps Landing).

The new course follows the False Creek Seawall to Stanley Park with a loop of Lost Lagoon and Devonian Harbor Park and then returns on the Seawall the same way back to the destination.

For more information and to enter, click HERE,

Steve Mattina, the busy B.C. Regional Manager for Running Room Canada, had me with the “delicious brunch”!

Mattina plays an important role in tire pumping for epic events like that St. Patrick’s Day 5K in Stanley Park (this year on Saturday March 14th) and the Run for women at UBC (this year on Saturday, May 9th) asked if I wanted a decent medal and a delicious meal at the beginning of February.

The catch? This writer only had to attend the 16K event or half. So, a fool for the punishment, I agreed to the 16K before my Saturday shift! Did I mention the delicious post-race brunch?

The Victoria Hypo Half is February 16, and the Kelowna Hypo Half is February 22,

The participants in the annual first half – now part of the RUNVAN Grand Slam series – race along the sea wall. (Photo by Clarence Chan / RUNVAN)

First halftime

Vancouver

Sunday, February 9, January 21st

Blogger Gord Kurenoff, who tries to stay warm in the first half of 2019, snuggles up with the coach and former Olympian Lynn Kanuka. (Mary Hinze photo)

This is the 31st year in the first half and the second year in a row that RUNVAN has led the event since it was taken over by the Pacific Road Runners, who contacted RUNVAN in 1988 to get the event started!

The race begins at 8:30 a.m. on Pacific Boulevard on Davie Street heading east. The scenic route leads along the sea wall to English Bay, through Stanley Park and back again.

Overall, the best men and women are rewarded with cash prizes ($ 800, 500, 300, 200, 100). Every man or woman who sets a new course record will receive a $ 1,500 bonus. And the big winner is every year Diversity – Children’s Charity,

Dylan Wykes from Ottawa won the halftime last year with 1:05:41, Rob Watson from Vancouver finished second with 1:06:21. The best woman was Robyn Mildren from Vancouver in 1:17:43.

I took part in the first half of last year, leaving a 35-year slump over 12 km behind me! And yes, it took place on the coldest day of the year, two weeks after this writer returned from a two-week vacation at 42 ° C. So sure it was unforgettable! Like the weekend song “Can’t Feel My Face!”

This year I’m lacing up for that Rock and roll New Orleans 5 km half marathon, February 8th and 9th and unfortunately cannot improve my time in Vancouver. Next year for sure!

Other great races in RUNVAN’s 2020 Grand Slam series are: BMO Vancouver Marathon (May 3), Granville Island Turkey Trot (October 12) and Fall Classic Run (October 2020).

Fun On the Run bloggers Gord Kurenoff and Sandra Jongs Sayer show their medals in snowy Fort Langley. Both ran in the first half of RUNVAN last year and then 5 km in the historic half of Fort Langley. (Fort Langley photo)

Langley historical half

Fort Langley

Sunday, February 16, 21.1 km, 10 km, 5 km, children’s run

One of the cool things about this TRY EVENTS / Langley Hospice Society race is that you can walk in and out of Fort Langley before and after the race and see the impressive facility.

This is the second leg of the 10-Event TRY EVENTS series after the LS Chilly Chase on January 26th.

The race includes a decent finisher medal and a long-sleeved running shirt.

Half starts at 9 a.m., 10 km at 9:10 a.m. and 5 km at 9:15 a.m. The children run around lunchtime.

For more information on other events in the TRY EVENTS series, click on HERE.

On January 26, more than 120 runners registered in the hilly Aldergrove Regional Park for the 4.8 km and 8 km races of Aldergrove. (Katia Stano Photo / iPOLPO)

Fort 2-Fort 5- & 10-Milers

Fort Langley

Sunday, February 23, 16K, 8K

The good people at PEN RUN end their winter Fraser Valley Trail Run series with style and two distances in the picturesque Fort 2 Fort race.

Come out of magnificence Resolution races on New Years Day in “gentle” Crescent Park in Surrey and on Aldergrove Ramble on January 26th in the hilly Aldergrove Regional Park, Fort 2 Fort is the best stage of all in the author’s opinion.

The race starts in the Edgewater Bar in Derby Reach Park near Allard Crescent (8:30 a.m. for the 10-miler, 9:00 a.m. for the 5-miler). There are scenic taxiways that lead up most of the route near the Fraser River and the huge hill of the Houston Trail!

And organizers who are sorry that I missed the food after the race in Aldergrove Ramble – because I slowly reached the finish line on this damn hilly course (not bitter) – promised to save an extra large piece of banana bread and hot chocolate for me! Should mention that the results of the Ramble are now published – they had to wait for me to finish before doing it – and can be viewed by clicking HERE,

For more information on the Fort 2 Fort Click to enter HERE,

RunGos Dash for Dogs will take place on February 23rd in Stanley Park. As this runner’s reaction at Aldergrove Ramble last weekend shows, who doesn’t love dogs? (Katia Stano Photo / iPOLPO)

RunGo Dash for dogs

Sunday, February 23, 10 km, 5 km, 2 km

Stanley Park

Prepare to fall in love with a puppy or two as these guided runs or walks through Stanley Park help raise funds for BC. and Alberta guide dogs.

These fun and non-competitive races take you through the beautiful trails in Stanley Park. After the races there is a social event with pancakes, prizes and good tones! This is an event for people who want to support dogs. You don’t need a dog to run.

RunGo organizers say that guide dogs and “good dogs” are welcome, although they must be on a leash and under control at all times to ensure the safety of working guide dogs.

The event begins at the Brockton Pavilion in Stanley Park. The 10 km roll at 9:45 a.m., followed by the 5 km at 10 a.m. and 2 km at 10:15 a.m.

For more information and to enter, click HERE,

Liam Watson and Courtney McEwen participated in Chilly Chase 5K last Sunday in Stanley Park, with Watson taking first place (20:07) in his age group and McEwen second place in their age group (20:13). (Debra Kato photo)

Kato focuses on Chilly Chase

West Van Run Fun Runner Debra Kato took more than 600 photos from the successful weekend Lookout Society Chilly Chase in Vancouver, where TRY EVENTS started its 2020 street racing series with 10 events.

Distances in the annual event include half, 15K, 10K and 5K.

Click to see Kato’s great summary of the photos HERE,

Katia Stano from iPOLPO reported on the Aldergrove Ramble 2020 for her Fort Langley-based photo company. (Katia Stano photo)

Zoom in on the ramble

Katia Stano will downplay her natural running skills – “can ONLY do 10K in an hour”, but she loves taking photos of races.

The happy woman from Fort Langley who runs iPOLPO photos and the app where you can download photos by time and place in the app was thrilled Aldergrove Ramble and is considering entering next year.

In the meantime, she sent me a selection of the great shots she took and you can see them by clicking HERE,

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