Upcoming Vancouver Island Race Calendar

Upcoming race calendar for Victoria, Nanaimo, Gulf Islands, and nearby destination races.

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February

February 23 2025
Hatley Castle 8K
Sunday, 11:00 AM
The Hatley Castle 8K by Frontrunners Athletic Club (FAC) is a character course with an ultra fast start and finish, but a hilly middle, especially the "big one" going up after the 3K mark.

The course offers a mix of asphalt and gravel, ups and downs, and spectacular vistas of Esquimalt Lagoon in the foreground and the Olympic Mountains and downtown Victoria in the distance.

Where else do you get to race on the grounds of a castle? And enjoy the sweeping lawns and heavily forested trails of Royal Roads University?
 (past results)

March

March 09 2025
Sooke River 10K
Sunday, 11:00 AM
The Westcoast Sooke 10K is a popular road race because of the gently rolling nature of the course, great post-race food, plenty of parking, and Westcoast Running club secured a great venue. (past results)
March 23 2025
Comox Valley Half Marathon
Sunday, 11:00 AM
The Comox Valley RV Half Marathon offers one of the fastest courses in Western Canada with many PBs set here.

The course is a beautiful rural, out-and-back event with views of Mount Washington, Forbidden Plateau, and the Tsolum and Puntledge Rivers. The race is known for its tasty post-race food and lots of great draw prizes.

The half-marathon has a history dating back to at least 1986 when it was a 20-kilometre race. Some legendary names won it back then including five-time Royal Victoria Marathon winner Kelvin Broad and 1980 Olympian Mike Creery.

In 1995, the Comox Valley Road Runners (CVRR) extended the course to be a 21.1K half-marathon. It’s fast and with the right tactics, personal bests and qualification standards can be set there.
 (past results)

April

April 06 2025
McLean Mill 10K
Sunday, 11:00 AM
The McLean Mill 10K offers a rustic and beautiful start and finish area at the McLean Mill.

The Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce a new course that is more familiar to runners in terms of distance at 10K with a course more conducive to racing. No longer the Paper Chase 10K, the race is now called the McLean Mill 10K.
 (past results)
April 13 2025
Bazan Bay 5K
Sunday, 11:00 AM
The Bazan Bay course is one of the fastest 5K routes in Canada and perhaps North America. The course is nearly flat with an almost imperceptible incline for the first 2.5K. There is one turn, the 180-degree turnaround, then there is the mildest of downhill returns.

The Series wrap-up and overall awards will follow the race awards.
 (past results)

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