About the Qualicum Bay Race
26km Long Course / 11km Short Course
The Frontrunners VITRS is Vancouver Island’s premiere trail running series that takes runners off the roads and on to some of the most amazing trail networks in Western Canada.
We’re in Qualicum Bay for this Vancouver Island Trail Running Series finale and Series Finale Banquet. We have a fast and furious finale for you!
Series Finale Banquet
Tickets for our famous Series Finale Banquet will go on sale starting 2 weeks prior to race weekend!
Halloween Costume Contest
Dress up in your best Halloween costume and be eligible to win some great prizes from Frontrunners!
We’ll be giving prizes for:
Funniest Costume
Best Costume at the Banquet
Best kids Costume (taking part in the kids race)
Best group Costume
You will need to run the whole race in the costume to be eligible!
COURSE DISTANCES
Gutbuster Long Course – ~26k – 345m Vertical Gain
Sport Short Course – ~11k – 135m Vertical Gain
We will have aid stations at the 5km mark (short and long course) and 18.5k (long course only). A cut off for the long course participants will be at the Short/Long course split at 6.3km at 55 minutes and another cut off at 18.5k aid station at 3 hours.
PARKING AND GETTING THERE.
We will have parking volunteers to assist you with parking in the parking lots. Please follow their direction.
PARKING AND GETTING THERE
The event takes place at the Lighthouse Community Center, on Lions Way in Qualicum Bay. (Map here)
We would also recommend you carpool! You can meet new friends and also reduce your carbon footprint!
PACKAGE PICK UP
*** Note: this race starts later than our other races***
As we tend to get a large number of participants registered and to ease the congestion with parking, we stagger the bib pick up times. Package pick up will take place inside the Lighthouse Community Hall. The race start and finish line are up on the field behind the hall.
- Long Course participants can pick up their bibs starting at 10:00am until 11:00am.
- Short Course participants can pick up their bibs starting at 10:45am until 11:30am.
AID STATIONS – No CUPS!
There are two aid stations for the long course and one aid station for the short course. There will be no cups so please bring your own. The Aid Station will have water, Gatorade and snacks! Everything you would normally expect to see at a Coastline Endurance Running and Vancouver Island Trail Running Series event!
