News!
The next RofC Victoria meeting will be held at Lambrick Park School on Monday September 10th, over dinner.
New members welcome - come out and help plan our fall activities, including the Royal Victoria Marathon.
Please RSVP to Peter (peter at oceanriver.co)
Click on the image below to see pictures from this year's Triathlon of Compassion.
Our next meeting will be held as follows: Monday July 23rd @ 6:00 PM at Oaklands Community Center which is at 2827 Belmont Street (corner of Ryan & Belmont attached to Oaklands Elementary School).
We are giving this new location a test drive – it will still be a potluck at 6:00 and meeting at 7:00 format. Thanks to Juliana for setting this up.
Please make an effort to pay your membership dues as they are now due! May 31st marks the end of our fiscal year so please send in your $20 membership dues as soon as you are able.
Print the brochure available at the link below and mail it to us: http://runnersofcompassion.com/site/membership.
Remember, these dues are an important part of our funding and help out with our sponsored projects.
July 15, 2007
The fourth annual Triathlon of Compassion race to raise money for the Victoria Womens Sexual Assault Centre was hosted at Naden CFB Esquimalt this morning. The event was organized by Runners of Compassion, with race director, Andrea Carey at the helm of over 100 fabulous volunteers.
The event featured 40 first time triathletes, and 244 participants tackling a 500m swim, 19km bike ride, and 5km run. The triathlon also has a youth division with a 100m swim, 6.8km ride and 1.6km run.
Come on out to our Annual General Meeting at 6 p.m. in the upstairs private dining room at The Penny Farthing on Oak Bay Avenue. Come one, come all - we'd love to see you! Dinner will be from 6:00 - 7:00, with the meeting starting at 7 p.m.
Please RSVP Rob at rob@frontrunnersfootwear.com so we will have an idea of how many to expect.
Urgent
Plan to come on down for a short meeting over coffee at Bean Around the World on lower Fisgard Street to discuss the upcoming Mt. Douglas GutBuster that we are hosting (June 2nd). If you can't attend this meeting, please e-mail Peter Erikson at peter@oceanriver.com and let him know if you will be available to volunteer.
For Rumon Carter and Michael Lord of Victoria, it was about the triumph of spirit yesterday at the massive 2007 London Marathon. For Steve Osaduik of Nanaimo, it was about trying to triumph in under 2:15...
Read the Times Colonist story HERE.
The next RofC Meeting will be held at Rob's house, 2519 Orchard Street, Oak Bay. Here's a map. 6 PM pot-luck dinner; 7 PM meeting.
New Members Welcome!!
