Prairie Inn Harriers Racing Team

Prairie Inn Harriers (PIH) is a running club founded in 1978 and described as Vancouver Island's largest, based in the Greater Victoria area of British Columbia. It supports running for fitness, fun and competition, running weekly training sessions year round plus its own races such as the Elk/Beaver Ultras, Pioneer 8K and Thetis Lake Trail Series. Typical sessions are an after-work interval workout, a Saturday morning social trail run where groups are sorted by pace, and threshold or long runs, with coaching available from club members.

Weekly sessions include Tuesday Night Workouts (interval sessions at 17:15, meeting at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre from November to April and at Mount Douglas, Beaver Lake or other locations from May to September), Saturday morning trail runs at 08:00 in Thetis Lake Park and Francis King Park (main Thetis Lake car park at the end of Six Mile Road from October to April, Prior Lake on Highland Road from May to September), a Thursday 09:00 group in Greater Victoria that is now mainly walking with some running and usually ends at a cafe or restaurant, and Threshold Thursdays, structured 90-minute to two-hour aerobic runs on the Lochside regional trail north of McKenzie Avenue, meeting by Tripp Station Park at 18:00 (18:30 in weeks with longer daylight). Club members also run additional paid sessions, including Perseverance Running small-group workouts on Thursday evenings at 17:30 on road, trail, track or stairs, with a drop-in fee of $5. Visitors can drop in to a training session and introduce themselves; the Saturday trail run is free and open to non-members. Membership, race entry and coaching details, and contact details, are on the club website. Athletics Canada affiliated club (via AthleticsReg; Cross Country, Marathon & ½ Marathon, Road Running, Trail Running).

• 🗓  Every Tuesday at 17:15
• 🗓  Every Thursday at 09:00
• 🗓  Every Saturday at 08:00
• 📍  Saanich, BC, Canada