By Andy Smith
Ten STARR runners drove to Cedar for race three in the Vancouver Island race series and were rewarded with clear skies, low wind, and 7 degree temperature. Perfect conditions to run a 12k road race! The Cedar race is sponsored by the local Bastion running club. The course starts and finishes at Cedar elementary school (south of Nanaimo). It’s an undulating out and back route on (mostly) quiet roads with an uphill section before the turnaround.
Bruce placed fifth in his age category. Photo courtesy of Ross Palfrey
With two of the eight VIRA races under our belts racers have already started to identify our age group competitors. The long sightlines on the Cedar course keep the competition in sight!! Three hundred and eighty five runners completed the course with strong representation across the age groups. The awards ceremony featured food and door prizes.
Jonathan Behnke (M30-34) from the Vancouver Falcons running club won the men’s race in a time of 40:06. Melissa Ross (F35-39) from the local Bastion running club won the women’s race in a time of 46:15. STARR had two medalists and 5 runners received ribbons for placing top ten in their age group. A fine result for the club. Congratulations to all our participants! Special thanks to Andrea White for the photos and cheering.
