Food to fuel a healthy, balanced lifestyle

Intelligent food choices and regular physical exercise will help runners – and others – achieve peak performance By Diane Clement, Vancouver Sun August 31, 2009 Whether we’re elite athletes training to make an Olympic team or regular folks who exercise to maintain a healthy lifestyle, we all need fuel to keep us going and [...]

Cross-country running benefits the body and the soul

Trail running is great for building balance, ankle and leg strength and a beautiful setting can awe your senses By John Aalberg In the early 1970s, Americans discovered running and its numerous physical and mental benefits. Trail running, in the car-crazy American society, became a daily meditation for many. As the Incas and other cultures [...]

The Whistler Spirit Run and the joys of cross-country running

By Thelma Wright for the Vancouver Sun, August 17, 2009 Perhaps the ultimate benefit to trail running races is the freedom to run in the beautiful trails and parks our cities have to offer. The loneliness of a long distance runner does not apply to cross-country runners. Unique in its team concept, cross-country running affords [...]

Register early for your chance to WIN!

Register before September 20, 2009 to win one of two early bird registration packages including 1 room for 2 at the Pan Pacific Mountainside Resort the night of September 26th. Registration fees for 2 will also be reimbursed. All registrants will be entered to win the Grand Prize. Two early season 3-day lift passes at [...]