The 6th race of the Island series,the 21st Annual Comox Valley RV Half Marathon, was held 19 Mar. The weather was ideal…6 deg, calm and sunny. There were 347 finishers ( 2016 419 ) covering the out and back course. The Overall Winner (OA) was Dusty Spiller (25-29) in a time of 1:15:23. The top Female was Melissa Ross (30-34) with a 1:24:52 and 19th OA. The top Male Master was Vince Brotherston from the host CVRR with a time of 1:18:52 and 40th OA. Meghan Stothers (50-54) was the top Female Master with a time of 1:29:44 and 32nd OA. Eight runners from the Sooke area were competing in this half-marathon. STARR had 2 entries in the field. First in was Jonathan Dvorak (40-44) hitting the mat with a 1:41:50. He was 8th in a field of 16 and 101st OA. Bruce Hawkes (75-79) was our other finisher. He was in with a 2:15:06 and was 3rd in a small field of 4 and 292nd OA. Well done fellas. A big thank you to all the volunteers who were out on the course and at the centrefor some long hours. Back in the series, the Port Alberni Paper Chase 10k will go on 2 Apr. This the 1st time since 2000 that the series returns to Port-Alberni. See you all there.