Saturday, October 23, 2021 – Beaver Lake Park, Victoria, BC

Thank you all for a very successful event!

• BC Athletics report and race champions
• individual results including Masters age-graded, team results and JD Championship scoring pdfs
• complete online race results (10 races) by Race Day Timing
• photos by Sarah Kempler | photos by Joseph Camilleri
• Athletics Illustrated story by Chris Kelsall: John Gay and Sarah Inglis win 2021 BC Cross Country Championships
• 10 interviews and two stories on Athletics Illustrated by Chris Kelsall

The 2021 BC Cross Country Championships were organized and hosted by the Prairie Inn Harriers Running Club and BC Athletics subject to Provincial Health Officials and BC Athletics current guidelines and approvals.

• 2025
  1. Wed. Jan. 1 (New Years Day) – 29^th annual Harriers Memorial 10K Run/Walk – Bob Reid, Race Director
  2. Sun. Jan. 12 – 46th annual Harriers Pioneer 8K (Race #1 of the Vancouver Island Series) – Jeff Beddoes, R.D.
  3. Sat. May 10 – 38^th annual Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras (Canadian 100K and 50K Championships) – Darcy Kernel, R.D.
  4. Tues. Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day) – 29^th annual Harriers Thetis Lake Cross Country 20K Relay – Gary Duncan, R.D.
  5. Sat. Nov. 22 – 41st annual Harriers Gunner Shaw 10K Cross Country Classic – Gary Duncan, R.D.
  6. Sun. Dec. 7 – 22^nd annual Harriers Stewart Mountain 10/5 Mile Cross County Challenge – Gary Duncan, R.D.
  7. Fri. Dec. 26 (Boxing Day) – 26^th annual Harriers Boxing Day 10 Mile Handicap – Gary Duncan, R.D.

Calculate Frontrunners Island Race Series points, race times, race paces, equivalent race performances and estimated VO2max and lactate threshold running paces.

In honour of Harriers who left us too soon. Leave your watch at home and predict your 10K time.  A prize is given to the runner that finishes closest to 0 on the clock.

Jan. 1, 2025 - Run or Walk  

2020 Photo Album Compliments of Joseph Camilleri

Complete List of New Year's Day Race Winners to 2019 and Attendance Record

First runners start around 10:00 am from the Harriers Memorial Bench (~50m north of 0Km Marker) at Beaver Lake Park.

The Pioneer 8K is moving back to the Saanich Fairgrounds in Central Saanich.

We are returning the 47th Annual Harriers Pioneer 8K Road Race, part of the Vancouver Island Race Series, to its old and familiar home at the Saanich Fairgrounds after eight years in North Saanich. While that course was great, the separation from the pre- and post-race event venue was not.

We look forward to hosting all the activities related to the race in the Main Hall at the Saanich Fairgrounds. The newly designed compact race course will start and end near the hall and loop around the fairgrounds to quiet country roads to the north. Parking will be available on the fairgrounds propery and at nearby Stelly's Secondary School.

Initiated in 1980, the event has a rich history of outstanding performances attracting many Olympians and world record age category athletes.  Several Canadian Records have been set at Pioneer.

DATE Sunday, January 11, 2026 – NOTE Start Time is 11:30 am

Online registration for the 2026 Pioneer 8K and 2026 Vancouver Island Race Series is OPEN

• 2026 Pioneer Complimentary Entry Standards and Prize Money
• 2026 Pioneer High Performance Application Form (pdf) or doc
• past Pioneer 8K Race Results

 100K , 50 Mile, 50K  and 40K Ultra Walk

Saturday, May 10, 2025
Registration opens April 1, 2025!

The Prairie Inn Harriers Running Club is pleased to present the 38th Annual Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras.  The fast and flat 10 kilometer trail circuit around Elk and Beaver Lakes is considered as one of the premiere races of its type in North America.  Runners complete 10 laps for the 100K division, 8+ laps for 50 Miles and 5 laps for 50K while walkers complete 4 laps for 40K.  The venue is all trails, very flat, has good footing, and is in excellent condition. It is definitely a runner-friendly, P.R. type of course!

2025 – preliminary Results ◊ Splits ◊ Report

The Victoria Goddess Run is a PIH-supported event under the leadership of Harriers Race Directors, Cathy Noel and Tami Tate.  The twelfth annual Victoria Goddess Run includes a 10K and a 5K Run/Walk which start and finish at Beaver Lake.  The run creates an opportunity for women to come together in a non-competitive, friendly, social environment to celebrate the power that they can embrace when they work together to reach their goals.

Race Day:  Sunday, March 2, 2025

For online registration and race information, please follow the link to the Victoria Goddess Run website:  http://goddessrun.ca/

Prairie Inn Harriers and 2:18 Run proudly present the fourth edition of the Harriers Bob Reid Magical Mile taking place on Labour Day, Monday, September 6, 2021 on a NEW race course using the E&N paved Rail Trail.

2021 Magical Mile Printable Entry Form

 2021 Photographs by Joseph Camilleri   https://photos.pih.bc.ca/Harriers-Bob-Reid-Magical-Mile/

 2021 Official Magical Mile Race Results by Bob Reid

2018 Official Magical Mile Race Results by Bob Reid

2018 Magical Mile Photographs by Joseph Camilleri

2018 Magical Mile Medal Winners Photo by Dawn Wilson

Complete List of Magical Mile Winners

It is easier to complete the race with team mates but you can run it solo if you choose. Teams of 4 participants each run one 5K lap of the main trails looping Thetis Lake. This popular relay, always held on Remembrance Day, is the first race in the Harriers Thetis Lake Trail Series including the Harriers Gunner Shaw 10K Classic on Saturday November 22, 2025 and the Harriers Stewart Mountain 10 Mile/5 Mile Challenge on Sunday December 7, 2025.

Remembrance Day – Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – The race starts at 1:00 pm SHARP near the main beach.

Online registration for 2025 is CLOSED – see you in 2026

complete 2025 overall race results with fastest laps and age grading – v1.0 2025Nov30 by Gary Duncan

Thetis Lake Relay Course Map

Race on the secondary trails of Thetis Lake Park at the 41st annual Gunner Shaw Classic.  Bring your trail shoes and expect lots of muck and lots of fun!  This is the second race and the oldest event of the Harriers-hosted Thetis Lake Fall Trail Series.  It's a classic and a must-do autumn trail experience at Thetis Lake Park.  Just run it!

41st Annual – Saturday, November 22, 2025 – The race starts 1:00 pm SHARP near the main beach.

Online Registration for 2025 is CLOSED.  See you in 2026.

• 2025 Gunner Shaw results: txt by Gary Duncan
• 2025 Gunner Shaw photos: on PIH SmugMug by Joseph Camilleri
• 2024 Gunner Shaw Course Map

A fall challenge on character trails. Often muddy, wet and slippery. Two distances to choose from, with a classic climb to the summit of Stewart Mountain on the long course.

Sunday, December 7, 2025

Online Registration for 2025 is CLOSED.  See you in 2026.

• 2025 Stewart Mountain results: original overall on WebScorer by Patrick Burnham
• 2025 Stewart Mountain photos: on PIH Smugmug by Joseph Camilleri

This amazing, staggered start handicap race where anyone can win often attracts an international field competing for fame and fortune.  Ok, it's just people here for the holidays and some locals competing for quirky prizes and socializing after, but it's a club tradition centred at our founding and namesake venue.  Oh, and it's free and almost everyone gets a prize!  This is your chance to beat the fastees!

As well as the traditional double and single lap road option there is a trail option through nearby parks with a significant steep climb to the summit lookout.

Always on December 26, Boxing Day which in 2025 is a Frisday.

Online registration for 2025 is OPEN

2024 results by placing & time

Read on for more information and the latest assigned start list.

Calendar of upcoming Vancouver Island races from PIH and others can now be found on:

RaceStats.org: Upcoming Vancouver Island Race Calendar

For more races throughout BC see the BC Athletics Calendar.

Find results for recent races or use our popular Island Race Series Results Search.