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WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE? We have created a fun community piece for any of our 2020 registered Wild Horse Traverse runners. It's a space to help support and encourage you to stay in touch with your goals and to keep training spirits high as we move through this tough and unprecedented time. It doesn't cost anything and doesn't replace the options offered when we announced the cancellations. We believe strongly in the strength of our running community and in particular the PACE family when it comes to keeping a positive attitude, being kind, encouraging and celebrating one another's accomplishments. This challenge is more a way to help us all stay connected with one another and our goals, whether this means getting out for a 30min run, getting out for hike or setting high benchmarks and digging deep to achieve them. You don't have to run a particular distance to register for the virtual run - anyone registered for the 2020 Wild Horse Traverse can participate, however in order to win prizes, earn your finishers t-shirt and finishers medal, you must run between 35k & 50k. You have between May 15th and June 7th to log your N.H.Y.H. run. (we will announce the prizes on June 8th via facebook watch party live) HOW DO I REGISTER? 1. There is no additional cost to participate in the virtual run. It's part of your 2020 race entry fee and 100% optional. 2. Official registration is through the the No Horse, Yes Horse Google doc HERE. Everyone who registers BEFORE May 15th and completes between 35k & 50k earns a finishers t-shirt and medal which will be mailed after June 7th. 3. Join the private FB group called: NO HORSE, YES HORSE ACCOUNTABILITY CHALLENGE. This is being used as a positive and motivating community space that is totally optional. It's a great way to share training photos, meet new runners and engage with the Wild Horse community for those interested. 4. Tag a picture of your virtual run with one of the following: INSTAGRAM: @pacetrailruns FACEBOOK: PACE SPORTS FITNESS #pacetrailruns #NOhorseYEShorse QUADZILLA CHALLENGE If you log between 35k & 50k, you will still qualify as a Quadzilla finisher and stay in the challenge to earn your Quadzilla finishers t-shirt and a change to win a free entry into the Salomon 4 Trails stage race in Austria or the Trans Rockies Run stage race in Colorado! TELL ME ABOUT THE PRIZES!
We want to thank our sponsors Hammer Nutrition Canada & Salomon for their longtime support. We have decided to allocate our 2020 prizing to all of our virtual challenges this year. So while the real prize is having the health and motivation to get out and put some time on our feet, we also have the following prizes we will draw on Monday June 8th at 12pm PST via facebook watch party live on our PACE Sports Fitness & Mountain Running Camps facebook page. - 3 individual $100 product codes to shop online with Hammer Nutrition Canada. - Salomon Running pack (mailed to the winner) - variety of fun misc. prizes (mailed to the winner) - rolling tools donated by Kits4Therapy We want to extend our gratitude to everyone for their understanding, kindness and support and we look forward to seeing everyone's online action and connecting virtually soon! Big love, Rene & Team Questions? Email us! pacesportsfitness@shaw.ca Thank you to everyone who participated in our No Bear, Yes Bear virtual run challenge and for helping make it such a positive and memorable experience! We want to extend our thanks to our sponsors Salomon & Hammer Nutrition Canada for their amazing support and generous prizes. For anyone interested in ordering Hammer Nutrition products you can use code: PACE20 to get 20% off your online orders. We did a fun facebook live watch video that you can watch HERE with all the details and a special message at the end to help keep you all motivated :) Here are a list of the winners and we will mail out your prizing within the next next or deliver your prizes if you're in Kelowna :) Please email us if you have any questions.
$100 code for HAMMER NUTRITION - Colleen O'Brien - Yekaterina Krivulina - Sarah Hatt Salomon 5 Set Running Pack - Sierra Monroe Salomon Hat - Sierra Ross Salomon women's shirt - Tanya Wilkinson Salomon men's shirt - Shannon Ryan Salomon reusable cup, buff & pen - Melanie Wilkie Free entry into the Nimble Bear Judy Richardson Keep moving and we hope you all stay safe and healthy. Hugs, PACE Team We sent an email out to all registered runners of our August Mountain Running Camp last week to touch base on the progress of COVID-19 and how we will continue to monitor recommendations and how it may effect our camp. Please email me if you didn't receive it. Thank you.
This morning we sent an email out to all registered runners of our Wild Horse charity run. Please email me, if you didn't receive it. Thank you.
Hi everyone! My son, Carter and I ran the 25k Nimble Bear race today to show our support for the Nimble Bear community and those of you doing the No Bear, Yes Bear Challenge. (it was also his first ever 25k which was really special). We took a little video for inspiration and to go over the challenge. Please note that I forgot to mention the google doc we have set up for tracking, so I have added that detail (and others) below: WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE? The challenge is a fun virtual run set up for anyone who registered for the 2020 Nimble Bear 50km, 25km or 10km trail race originally scheduled for April 25th. The challenge encourages you to try to run the race distance you signed up for, however it's more important to u that you're staying connected with your goals and healthy right now - therefore if you run between 10k & 50k you qualify for prizes. - The timeframe to log your run is between April 14th & April 28th. - We will announce the prize draw on April 29th. HOW DO I JOIN? We have a Facebook page called No Bear, Yes Bear Accountability Challenge that you can join if you're on FB. It's a community space to share your training and post pictures of your final run. You don't have to be on FB to participate though. HOW DO I SUBMIT MY RUN? - We have set up a google doc where you can add your name, the distance you were signed up for and the distance you ran for the challenge. - You're also welcome to also post a photo, link to your strava move or other creative ways to share your run with your personal social media sites or on the private group Facebook page with the #nobearyesbear - You can also email me the stats from your run if you don't want to post them. - Click HERE to sign up on the google doc. PLEASE NOTE: the google doc is the main way to track and what we will use to make the draw prizes, so be sure to add your name and details to the document before April 29th. TELL ME ABOUT THE PRIZES!
We want to thank our sponsors Hammer Nutrition Canada & Salomon for their longtime support. We have decided to allocate our 2020 prizing to our race challenges this year. (please note we also have a No Horse, Yes Horse & No Goat, Yes Goat challenges). So while the real prize is having the health and motivation to get out and put some time on our feet, we also have the following prizes we will draw on Tuesday April 28th. - 3 individual $100 product codes to shop online with Hammer Nutrition Canada. - Salomon Running pack (mailed to the winner) - variety of fun misc. prizes (mailed to the winner) We want to extend our gratitude to everyone for their support. We are looking forward to the postponement date of October 17, 2020 and we look forward to seeing you in Rose Valley for a beautiful fall Nimble Bear run. Big love, Rene & Team Questions? Email us! Rene: pacesportsfitness@shaw.ca Hannah: hannahpacetrailruns@gmail.com We recently sent out an email to all Wild Horse Traverse & Broken Goat racers announcing our decision to cancel these events for the 2020 season in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and support bending the curve.
We invested hours into our decision making process over the past three weeks and there are many moving parts and factors to our decision. One of our major considerations was that both of these races take place in very small communities and we have a rather large ratio of racers coming from out of province. Broken Goat, for example, would have over 1,000 people with racers, racers friends/family, volunteers, our partners and our team, that would enter the small community of Rossland and approx. 150 of these racers would be coming from out of province. We understand there are a lot of mixed feelings, however we are truly doing what we feel is best to prioritize the health and safety everyone involved. If you didn’t receive an email, please check your spam folder and email us with any questions you have. We will not be answering questions on our social media feeds. Thanks for your cooperation. We know many hearts are breaking right now and ours are too. Just because we can’t hug it out in person right now, doesn’t mean we can’t send out our love. We want to thank everyone who has responded with kindness, words of support and compassion. Hello Wildhorse family,
On behalf of the entire PACE team, we want to thank you for all the unwavering support and patience as we all move through this uncertain time. We are continuing to closely monitor the current COVID-19 pandemic as we are at a very critical time in British Columbia, in terms of the direction the curve will take. Unfortunately, we can now confirm that the Wildhorse Traverse will not take place as scheduled on May 30, 2020. The information we receive over the next week, however, will help us determine whether we postpone or have to cancel the event. For anyone who has made specific travel plans for the May 30, 2020, event we hope this update allows you time to make the necessary adjustments (if you haven’t already) with minimum consequences. Today is simply about reaching out and communicating where we are currently at in this process. By the end of next week, we will send an email to all the racers with more information regarding the direction of Wildhorse but in the meantime, please refrain from sending any emails until we forward further information. We know you all want more answers, however, please understand that there are a lot of moving parts and we are working hard to pull everything together. There is no higher priority for us than the health and safety of everyone involved and that community is at the very heart of the PACE Trail Series. We want to take this opportunity to let you know that we understand everyone is processing and coping with the current pandemic differently. We also understand that people have different levels of support, stress and responsibilities during this time and that not two people are feeling the same way. For today, please accept a big virtual air hug and allow us to pass along our optimism. We believe in the strength of the Wildhorse community and that we will get through this together and be stronger in the end. Rene Unser www.pacetrailseries.com www.pacesportsfitness.com Thank you for all your patience and support. We hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and trying to maintain connections to their running goals. We have been working hard with land owner, our partners, our staff and the community to finalize a new Nimble Bear race date which is now October 17, 2020.
An email has been sent out today, to all registered racers of the 2020 Nimble Bear outlining the different registration options. We really appreciate the outpour of support from the Nimble Bear family, so far and we continue to wish everyone extra perseverance and kindness to make your way through this unsettling time. There will continue to be solutions to the challenges we face over the coming weeks/months, so let's use this time to support one another and also hit the trails, if only momentarily to clear the mind. On behalf of the PACE team, we wish you much health, love and positivity! We are here to help move through this together and look forward to seeing you on October 17th. Air hugs! Hello Nimble Bear family,
On behalf of the entire PACE team, we want to thank you for all the unwavering support and patience as we all move through this uncertain time. There is no higher priority for us than the health and safety of everyone involved and that community is at the very heart of the PACE Trail Series. Based on the uncertainties around COVID-19, in conjunction with BC recommendations regarding public gatherings, we have made the heart-breaking decision to POSTPONE the April 25, 2020, Nimble Bear. Please understand that this decision did not come lightly. Having said that, we have done our best to keep informed and feel assured this is the right thing to do. We realize that there will be mixed emotions around this decision. We appreciate that you have invested months into your training, some or all of your annual race budget, and that some have invested into travel commitments such as flights and accommodations. We are trying to maintain a strong sense of community and not just looking at this as a postponement, but creating a community piece that we hope will support, encourage and help keep spirits (and training focus) high as we move through these tough and unprecedented times. We have started the planning process for a replacement date but this is contingent on several factors including new permitting approvals. We are targeting the fall of 2020 and will keep you up-to-date as we learn more. For anyone wondering about the May 30, 2020, Wildhorse Traverse, we are working on a contingency plan in the event changes are required and will update accordingly. In the following week, we will send an email to all the racers with more information regarding your registration, deferrals etc. There are a lot of moving parts and we are working hard to pull everything together, so please refrain from sending any emails until all the information is received. Bringing people together on the trails, making new friends, giving hugs, high-fives, eating homemade apple pie, strawberry jam and celebrating all the hard work and camaraderie are just some of the things we hold dear to our hearts and why we created this race series. While the upcoming weeks and months are likely to be uncertain, we are committed to making this experience as positive as we can for everyone. It’s our goal to embrace this change and proceed with the same level of compassion, positivity and hard work that we put into all of our events. Nothing would make us happier than to see you at the new race date and for the opportunity to gather and celebrate together. Smiles and much love, Rene Unser PACE Trail Series Race Director There is no question that the world is feeling a little unsettled with all the uncertainty around Covid19 (Coronavirus).
The PACE team wants to stay true to our values and keep a strong sense of community during this time and also ensure we do our part to help stay ahead of the curve in order to keep people safe. We are continuing to monitor the ever-changing status of the Coronavirus and will keep you informed with any changes to our events as we go. Accordingly, updates will be posted here. In the meantime, we hope that you’re able to stay healthy and connected with your running goals and we want to thank everyone for their support as we rally together through this uncertain time. Please click the links below for information and updates from BC Health and Canada Public Health Services: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/coronavirus-(novel) https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html#faq |
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