Lunenburg World Heritage Site 5 Kilometer Road Race and Muffin Festival - Provincial Championships

The 2008 Lunenburg World Heritage Site 5K Road Race and Muffin Festival will take place Sunday, June 8, 2008. This year the Lunenburg 5K is also the Run Nova Scotia 5K Road Race Championships! Also note that this years race is a Run Nova Scotia points race, the "Go Active RNS Running Series Event #4" and "Timex Event #2".

You can enter the race on line at Atlantic Chip Timing. You can find the 2007 resultdson line here. Or you can go to the Atlantic Chip Timing list of race events.

You can view a map of the Lunenburg World Heritage Site 5K Race course here.

You can find previous years' Lunenburg 5K race results here.

Spartan 5K on April 6, 2008

The Spartan 5 Kilometer Race at the North Queens Rural High School in Caledonia, Nova Scotia on April 6, 2008 was won by Terry Morris. Karen Towes won the womens race.

Other Local Races Osprey 5K, Field of Dreams 5K and Privateer Days 5 Mile

On Sunday May 4, 2008 is the Field of Dreams 5K Run and Walk in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

Then on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 10 a.m. is the Osprey 5K Run and Walk at the Riverport Elementary School. Contact Tania Strowbridge Phone: (902) 766-2400

On Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. be in Liverpool, Nova Scotia for the Privateers 5-Mile Road Race. Contact Jacqueline Crosby ajcrosby@eastlink.ca at (902)-354-3903.

Bluenose Striders Group Runs on Saturdays

The Bluenose Striders have group runs each Saturday in Bridgewater at 10 a.m. from the YMCA on High Street, attached to the Nova Scotia Community College. Why not join us? Contact striders@getalive.com for more details.

Our Club's E-mail List

The Bluenose Striders have an E-mail list for the latest running news in our area:

Cabot Trail 2004

The Over the Hill Gang, the running team for the Bluenose Striders, competed once again in the Cabot Trail Relay! They have competed in every Cabot Trail Relay Race since its inception. In 2003, we won the Master Runners title with every runner over 40 years old. Read more about that here. In 2004 we lost the title to a team from Ontario despite a better showing in the overall standings. More on that here.

This fun event takes place Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 10 a.m. Contact Rick Chataway rbchataway@sympatio.ca at phone number (902) 677-2508. 44 Years for Bert Corkum Race!

The 44th Bert Corkum Memorial 5 Mile Road Race will take place on Saturday, August 16, 2008 starting at the Lunenburg High School in the Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. For more information please follow this link

The 43rd Bert Corkum Memorial 5 Mile Road Race took place on a rainy Saturday, August 18, 2007 in Lunenburg. It was still a great success. You'll find the race results here. You can also look at the map here too.

Read about the history of the Bert Corkum Road Race here.

Picture of Bluenose Strider Victor Nickerson of Liverpool at the 2003 Rum Runners Relay.

More Road Races

More Nova Scotian road races can be found on the Run Nova Scotia Running Calendar.

Triathlon in the South Shore?

Interested in Triathlon? Learn more about the Bridgewater Triathlon Club at their new website serving Lunenburg County.