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Redefining my Goals – Reflections on the 2020 Olympic Postponement

Just over three months ago we were all celebrating the turn of the year. Everyone had goals for 2020 – benchmarks we hoped to achieve, opportunities we felt we’d get, trips and time with friends we were looking forward to. No plans are ever guaranteed, and in planning for our future we inevitably accept some degree of a bandwidth for what our reality could look like, but I don’t think any of u...

Dealing with Setbacks: Jes’ Tumultuous Year of Running

Life is full of ebbs and flows, and running is no exception. Some days you feel like a galloping gazelle, others you feel like a trampling ogre. Some races will result in a defining, glorious PB, others may not. Having the agility to embrace the highs and lows is important because with certainty, we will find ourselves at a low at some point or another.I personally dubbed 2019 as my “Tumultuou...

What to do with your fitness when your races are cancelled

For most of us runners, COVID-19 has put a halt on our race goals for the foreseeable future. Many of us have spent countless hours putting in heavy training weeks, only to find out the big race day isn’t going to happen any time soon. You’ve been looking forward to this race for months, so what are you going to do with all of this built up fitness? Firstly, you’re allowed to feel disappointed...

Healing Through Running

Running has always been in my life, but it played second fiddle to my first love, soccer, for a long time. It was just something I did to keep my fitness up, until 6 years ago when my sister convinced me to sign up for a 25k trail race. I had never run anything like it before, but was up for the challenge. It was through this experience that I came to discover my love for running, and trail ru...

Running With Music

If you've joined us on one of the regular Thursday night Flight Crew runs, you will have heard us say that headphones need to be removed. Part of this is safety, we want you to hear us when we call out oncoming traffic, but the real reason is that we're a pretty social group; how can we have a conversation when there's music in your ears? Well, with group runs of all kinds temporarily on lockd...

Who is Kat Drew? Get to know our VRC Elite Ambassador

We’ve known Kat Drew for a few years now, thanks to her being a founding member of Fraser Street Run Club, and longtime supporter of Vancouver Running Co., so we were stoked to officially welcome her into the VRC fold at the beginning of this year. From humble beginnings as a casual half marathon runner, Kat set the trail world on fire in 2019 by winning the prestigious Chuckanut 50k, bagging ...

Jes’ top tips for staying focused on your running in times of chaos

When social activities, races and events are being cancelled left, right and centre, what is one supposed to do? In these unprecedented times of self-isolation and social distancing, it’s easy to find yourself in a funk and losing motivation, fast. Instead of falling into the abyss of refreshing your news feed for the latest pandemic update, take this downtime as an opportunity to reassess goal...

We're contributing 1% of Ciele sales to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 response fund

We’re happy to partner up with Ciele Athletics to donate to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 response fund through all online sales of Ciele Athletics products. For all purchases we will contribute 1% from each sale with our friends at Ciele matching dollar for dollar. About the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 response fundthis fund supports sending essential supplies to critical ...

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