After 10 years running consistently 5km 3x per week, I decided to give a try and signed up for my first half marathon in September.

Today was my longest run so far and I'm so glad that it didn't hurt anywhere and I truly enjoyed this time with myself!

I'm not worried about my pace, I ran most of it in Z3 (I usually run 10km and 5km way faster, but my goal is just running nonstop, so achieved) 🥳

Happy July 13th!

I hope everyone is doing well!

How's training going? Anything that has you fired up? Getting excited or anxious for any races? Any questions for the community that you don't feel like making a thread about? Let fly!

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Hi all!

Does anyone know what month RUNVAN’s “First Half” Half Marathon usually opens for registration?

I recall hearing that this event sells out pretty fast and has limited capacity. I want to make sure to keep an eye out as it would be the perfect half marathon to fit into my race schedule (in between 2026 RVM and 2027 BMO Marathon)

Pulled the trigger, this will be my first marathon. Just did the Beneva Half last weekend (1:42:15 chip time) what time is a realistic goal for this marathon? And any tips training wise?

Hello, wondering if anyone has experience doing the great trek hat trick (half marathon, 10km, 5km) back to back to back. When training for it would it be best to do a marathon training block or similar. I have done multiple half’s and 1 full marathon. So i do have experience with different training plans.

Also for the actual race day I’m planning on running the half probably at marathon pace, and then the 10k at half pace and, and finally the 5 km with whatever I have left.

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How was it? Congrats on the race regardless!

Anything that you loved? Hated?

Anyone with a big goal met they want to brag about?

I've never ran this race, but I've always been curious about how people got to/from it. I saw on the Forerunners Instagram that one of the car drop off spots had a 25 minute walk to the start line??!

Anyone take any good pictures while running this week? Show em' off if you like!

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm new to marathon running and I wanted to sign up for the Vancouver marathon in May 2nd. I can't find a sing-up link or any info on when signup will open on the Vancouver marathon website. I'm hoping not to miss the deadline if I haven't already, so any help would be really appreciated.

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Check your email if you subscribed or ran the marathon in previous years!

Hey all - first off, what a scorcher of a weekend. I had a "easy" workout yesterday that turned into a slow defeated jog back to my house about halfway through. I hope all of your running went better than that this week, and that scheduling allowed you to avoid to midday heat on Saturday and Sunday.

The Beneva half thread posted last week has me thinking about the direction of this subreddit and how without some activity a sub will inevitably die off. I don't love the idea of a daily or weekly thread, but I'm going to revive the Monday check-in unless I get a slew of hatemail about it.

I ended up as a moderator here after I noticed the lack of a dedicated Vancouver running sub and approached the creator of this sub. I'm not a necessarily prolific redditor, nor am I someone that is good at self promotion, but it would be nice to have an active place to discuss running in the lower mainland that is centred on our common geography. If there's anything that a member would like to see here as a regular feature (weekly/monthly threads, etc...) as a means of driving activity, I'm very happy to try and facilitate it in whichever way I can.

Also, I've noticed a small uptick in members every time I mention this sub in other Vancouver or Running based niches on this site. I'm not advocating for the spamming of this subreddit, but if it's merited in a conversation please shill for this tiny subreddit. I have zero interest in becoming a power mod or having this place be anything but a hub for running information and conversation, but it's hard to have that without reaching a critical mass where we're visible and show up regularly through the algorithm.

If anyone has thoughts or contributions, please share! Thanks all for reading, and enjoy the long daylight hours this week.

Anyone training for the upcoming Beneva Half? How's training going? What are your goals? I'm jealous of the activity they have at r/Vancouvercycling compared to the running subreddit. Would love more activity on here!

Hi! I am running the Seawheeze half marathon and my parents are now planning to come cheer me on. I really want them to come to the sunset festival with me. Is anyone looking to transfer their Seawheeze sunset festival ticket??

Is anyone doing this? Did anyone join last year's? This event looks really fun, but I'm already committed for Saturday...

Mainly posting this to see who is out there for local running content. I'm not super active on social media outside of Reddit, but the algorithm fed me Ben Preisner and @savlovesrunning on Instagram and I enjoy both of them. I've also been a long time fan of Jeff Pelletier's work on YouTube, but his videos aren't Vancouver specific, he just happens to be from here. Who else ya got?

I normally run 50 km for my birthday every year, decided to push that to a 100km.

Anyone want to join me ? White rock pier to Stanley park light house ?

Beers at English bay after