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.

 

• 2024
  1. Sun. Jan. 1 (New Years Day) – 28^th annual Harriers Memorial 10K Run/Walk – Bob Reid, Race Director
  2. Sun. Jan. 14 – 45th annual Harriers Pioneer 8K (Race #1 of the Vancouver Island Series) – Jeff Beddoes, R.D.
  3. Sat. May 11 – 37^th annual Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras (Canadian 100K and 50K Championships) – Darcy Kernel, R.D.
  4. Mon. Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day) – 28^th annual Harriers Thetis Lake Cross Country 20K Relay – Gary Duncan, R.D.
  5. Sat. Nov. 23 – 40^th annual Harriers Gunner Shaw 10K Cross Country Classic – Gary Duncan, R.D.
  6. Sun. Dec. 8 – 21^st annual Harriers Stewart Mountain 10/5 Mile Cross County Challenge – Gary Duncan, R.D.
  7. Thurs. 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, 2024 - 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 at 10:00 am from the Harriers Memorial Bench (0 Kilometre Marker) at Beaver Lake Park.

PIH is proud to present the 45th Annual Harriers Pioneer 8K Road Race, part of the Vancouver Island Race Series and the BC Athletics Super Series.  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.  Initiated in 1980 by the Prairie Inn Harriers, and staged in Central Saanich for 38 years, the race relocated to nearby North Saanich in 2018.  The new certified 8 kilometre course, is of similar profile to the old course and features an out and back route through rural farmlands just north of the Victoria International Airport along mainly quiet country roads.

DATE Sunday, January 14, 2024 – NOTE Start Time is 11:30 am

Online registration for the 2024 Pioneer 8K and 2024 Island Series is OPEN.

 

• 2024 Pioneer High Performance Application Form
• 2024 Pioneer Complimentary Entry Standards and Prize Money
• Link to 2023 Pioneer 8K Race Results  https://www.startlinetiming.com/en/races/2023/harriers8k/event/8K/page

Complete List of Pioneer 8K Winners by Bob Reid

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

Saturday, May 11, 2024
Registration is now open! 

 

Printable Entry Form will be emailed – Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Prairie Inn Harriers Running Club is pleased to present the 37th Annual Harriers 2:18 Run 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!

 

• 2023 Elk/Beaver Race Results by Bob Reid

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 5, 2023

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 each participants 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 Cross Country Adventure Series including the Harriers Gunner Shaw 10K Classic on Saturday November 25, 2023 and the Harriers Stewart Mountain 10 Mile/5 Mile Challenge on Sunday December 10, 2023.

Remembrance Day – Saturday, November 11, 2023 – The race starts at 1:00 pm SHARP near the main beach.

Online registration for 2023 is CLOSED – see you in 2024

2023 Thetis Lake Relay overall race results pdf & txt

Thetis Lake Relay COURSE MAP

Race on the secondary trails of Thetis Lake Park at the 40th annual Gunner Shaw Cross Country Classic. Bring your trail shoes and expect lots of mud and lots of fun!  This is the second race and is the oldest Harriers-hosted event of the Thetis Lake Cross Country Adventure Series.  It's a classic and a must-do autumn trail experience at Thetis Lake Park.  Just run it!

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The 2023 Gunner Shaw Classic is organized and hosted by the Prairie Inn Harriers Running Club and is subject to current Provincial Health Office and BC Athletics guidelines and approvals.

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Saturday, November 23, 2024 – The race starts 1:00 pm SHARP near the main beach.

Online Registration for 2024 is OPEN briefly through January 7th at a special flash price.

2023 overall race results and photos

Complete List of Gunner Shaw Race Winners by Bob Reid

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 8, 2024

Online registration for 2024 is OPEN briefly through January 7th at a special New Year flash price.

Well wasn't 2023 glorious sploshing fun!

• 2023 Stewart Mountain results (v1.2 updated 2023Dec11): txt by Gary Duncan, original on webscorer by Patrick Burnham
• 2023 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 at the Prairie Inn 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!

NEW is a more TRAIL HANDICAP through nearby parks with a significant steep climb to the summit lookout.

Always on December 26, Boxing Day which in 2023 is a Tuesday.

Online registration for 2023 is CLOSED – See you in 2024

2023 results by placing & time; and photos

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.