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Over 240 people come out for classic cross-country running event

While Squamish was playing host to a Super Spartan race this past weekend, the apogee of the series — the 13-mile (21km) Vermont Spartan Beast was playing out in Vermont.

On Tuesday, the countdown clock for the Sochi 2014 Games ticked down to 500 days — 500 days of training, preparing and competing for spots for Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Canada's goal this time around is a little more modest.

After almost no major changes in almost a decade, the municipality — after consulting skateboarders — removed the wood ramps at the entrance to the park earlier this year and replaced them with a wood "manny" pad with a wood deck, coping

This year's induction ceremony into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame was a somber affair in some ways, with one of the inductees missing.

International competition attracts competitors from Arizona to Prince George

Three podiums at four races in South America

In the 19-year history of the Westside Wheel Up, Mike Boehm figures he has raced in the event 15 times. "I haven't missed this in 15 years," Boehm said at the event finish line near Rainbow Park after he took top honours in the race on Saturday.

The first of two Phat Weekend races hosted by Whistler Blackcomb took place this past weekend with a $1,500 prize purse and a fast race down Fantastic, Upper Whistler Downhill and Lower Whistler Downhill.

Classic cross-country race offers mix of distances, family run and a relay