A-Life BC Travel Blog

By Bri Wilson

Admit it: when you’re out for a walk or a run and you come across a big muddy puddle, there’s a part of you that wants to splash through it like a five-year-old in gumboots.

The only thing holding you back – besides having to deal with dirty shoes, socks and uncomfortable feet – is likely the strange looks you’d get from passersby (who would probably just be jealous of all the fun you are having, by the way).

Luckily for us, every November at Victoria BC's Thetis Lake, the Prairie Inn Harriers running club hosts a race that makes it perfectly acceptable to get dirty while you exercise outdoors.

I joined nearly 300 runners in this year’s annual Harriers Gunner Shaw Memorial 10K Cross Country Classic, which was held on Saturday (Nov. 19) at Thetis Lake Regional Park. Although the sun was out and the rain stayed away, there had been enough stormy fall weather leading up to the event to make the trails nice and muddy for race day.

By Bri Wilson

A-Life's Victoria-based writers (Neil, Jessica W. and I) will now be regular contributors to Tourism Victoria's Going Local Blog!

A-Life posts on Going Local will be posted every two weeks, so check back often to find out what events and activities you should be checking out during your visit to Victoria, BC.

The A-Life team's first post, Downtown Victoria's Best Small Bookshops by Jessica Woollard, was posted on Going Local yesterday—go check it out!

By Bri Wilson

Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa's Prana at Parkside Yoga Retreat was featured in an article in the Times Colonist today!

Times Colonist reporter Amy Smart attended the first yoga retreat held in June 2011 at Parkside, hosted by Liz Zdunich of Namaste Inspired Athletics.

If you're wondering what a yoga retreat is all about or are thinking about trying yoga for the first time, you'll want to read this article!

Parkside will be hosting another Prana at Parkside Yoga Retreat with Liz on January 6 - 8, 2012, so mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details.

By Bri Wilson & Neil Judson

We’re excited to announce the addition of five local travel bloggers to the A-Life blog!

Get out and explore downtown Victoria and the rest of beautiful Vancouver Island with help from Ross, Jessica W. and Holly. Meanwhile, Jessica G. will be your guide to all things Okanagan, and Michael will bring you travel tales from around the globe.

We're looking forward to fresh posts by our new bloggers and more great content from our original A-Life team.

Even though Bri has a degree in Anthropology and wanted to be Jane Goodall when she grew up, she feels pretty lucky that she gets to combine her passion for travel, writing and social media as part of her job as the Communications & Marketing Associate at Aviawest.

When she's not kickin' it in the marketing department at Aviawest or enjoying the great outdoors on Vancouver Island, she's perpetually training for triathlons, marathons and cycling tours, all while blogging about it over on her personal blog, briwiblog.wordpress.com.

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