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VFAC

Vancouver Falcons Athletic Club

We are the Vancouver Falcons Athletic Club (VFAC). We're a friendly and competitive senior and masters running club based in Vancouver, BC. VFAC offers members weekly coached workouts in a supportive yet challenging training environment. Our club focus is primarily around these weekly workouts, regular post-workout socials, and representing the club in local and regional races on road, track, cross country, and trail. We are also the organizers of the 2022 Summerfast 10km road race and the 2022 VFAC Track Series .

Interested in joining VFAC? You are invited to join us for 2 free trial workouts before making your decision. *In order to participate in club workouts, you need to have basic insurance coverage through BC Athletics ($15.75 - good for the entire year). Contact Coach Kevin O’Connor to arrange trial dates and insurance coverage.

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It’s not part of our organized club activities, It’s not part of our organized club activities, but many of our members get together for Sunday morning long runs every week to build endurance in good company. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yesterday we had multiple groups running 20+km around the Stanley Park Seawall at paces ranging from 4:40/km to 6:00/km. What a great way to finish off a week of training as we enjoy the start of spring.
Awesome day for the club at last Sunday's @vanfirs Awesome day for the club at last Sunday's @vanfirsthalf that featured 26 runners, 14 new pbs, and 2 age group wins! Huge congrats to all of our runners and a big thank you to everyone who came out on a rainy day to volunteer and cheer. #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #vancouver #roadrace #halfmarathon #vancouver #bcrunning #firsthalf #runclub #seawall
Beautiful morning for some intervals in the park. Beautiful morning for some intervals in the park. It was a long hilly workout to prepare for the @vanfirsthalf and the team is looking strong and ready to throw down some new pbs! #vfac #vancouver #yvrrunning #runclub #intervals #workout #teamwork #halfmarathontraining #vancouverparks
VFAC kicked off our season with the traditional cl VFAC kicked off our season with the traditional club handicap 8k. Each member was given a handicap determined by coach @superkrun based on projected finishing time so that everyone had a chance to win. Big congrats to David for taking the win, Dean for being fastest male, Katherine for being fastest female, Stephanie for winning the turtle award for last one home. We also had 12+ runners who achieved a new pb! Thanks as always to our photographer extraordinaire @behnksy for making us look good. #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #vancouver #roadrace #xcountry #vancouver #bcrunning #turtle #runclub #handicaprace
Awesome time ringing in the new year with the Gunn Awesome time ringing in the new year with the Gunner Shaw XC 10k! We had an impressive showing out there with over 15 members racing and wins in 6 of 8 age groups, including sweeping the top 3 women! Thanks to @lgroadrunners for putting on such a great event and @behnksy for the epic puddle shots. #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #vancouver #crosscountry #xcountry #vancouver #bcrunning #happynewyear
Last workout of 2022. Finishing the year off the w Last workout of 2022. Finishing the year off the way we like best. And farewell to Junichi! We will miss you!
No better way to kick off a dreary December Saturd No better way to kick off a dreary December Saturday than with some XC repeats at Jericho Beach to get ready for Gunnar Shaw. The views from the beach are always beautiful in the rain anyways. #runclub #yvrrunning #xc #intervaltraining #clubworkout #getoutside #canadarunning #vfac
Best of luck to Team BC and VFAC’s very own coac Best of luck to Team BC and VFAC’s very own coach Kevin O'Connor at tomorrow’s Canadian Cross Country Championships in Ottawa. Kevin is a member of Team B.C.'s coaching staff and has been lending support in his capacity as the Team Manager. Congrats to Kevin for his inclusion and we look forward to cheering on all the incredible athletes who are representing the province. #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #vancouver #crosscountry #xcountry #vancouver #bcrunning #nationalchampionships #bcathletics
Beautiful morning for a workout in the park. Thank Beautiful morning for a workout in the park. Thanks Breanna from @brooksrunningca for coming out and giving us the opportunity to test out Brooks shoes - very nice! We’ve got our warm up routine down pat! #vfac #running #yvrrunning #teammates #vancouverrunning #workoutsaturday
VFAC’s Summerfast race director, Kyle Kimura and VFAC’s Summerfast race director, Kyle Kimura and VFAC coach Kevin O’Connor visited the McCreary Centre Society to meet with some of the youth and present them with a cheque from Summerfast donations. The McCreary Centre Society does excellent work supporting youth to be healthy and connected through research, evaluation, and community-based projects. We are so impressed by the work of these young people and happy to be able to support them. #summerfast #vfac #running #vancouver #yvrrunning #vancouverrunners #community #givingback #youthleadership
30km tempos done and dusted. Huge shout out to all 30km tempos done and dusted. Huge shout out to all our members running the upcoming @runcim262 marathon for crushing their last big workout of the build! And a big thank you to all the members who gave up time on their Saturday morning to support their teammates, with food, water, encouragement and even some bike pacing. #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #vancouver #workout #marathonbuild #vancouver #bcrunning #runclub #teamwork
Cold and dark and loving every minute of it! Great Cold and dark and loving every minute of it! Great workout tonight at China Creek North Park. #vfac #yvrrunning #runclub #getoutside #intervals #roadrunnimg #vancouver #fartlek #vancouverrunners #yvrfitness
Fall is one of the best times of year because it m Fall is one of the best times of year because it means cross country is back! We’ve had a great few weeks running everywhere from California to Ontario to the Lower Mainland series here in Vancouver. Our only complaint is the weather been a bit too nice 🤔 #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #vancouver #crosscountry #xcountry #vancouver #getoutside #yvrevents
We had a great turnout to our first in-person club We had a great turnout to our first in-person club meeting in over two years! VFAC is a not-for-profit organization and all of our members are encouraged to help determine direction of the club. It’s wonderful to see so many people engaged in the decision making process because VFAC belongs to all of its members. #runclub #vancouver #yvrrunning #runvancouver
A perfect day for a post-workout VFAC BBQ at the b A perfect day for a post-workout VFAC BBQ at the beach. Thanks Sean for organizing! #vfac #running #yvrrunning #runclub #vancouver #teamspirit #postworkoutsocial
#vfactrackseries returns in 2 weeks! Open track me #vfactrackseries returns in 2 weeks! Open track meet for all runners. 10,000m and 1500m races up at UBC on Saturday 6 August from 6pm. Signup at www.VFACTrackSeries.ca (link in bio)
#Summerfast10k Teams Challenge presented by the @f #Summerfast10k Teams Challenge presented by the @freehouse.co @mile2marathon took out our Teams Challenge for the 5th year in a row with both the largest & fastest Age Graded team! Bragging rights for another year! Coming in 2nd was @forerunnersvan & @soleexperience_runningcompany 3rd. Shout out to @esprit.rc and @fraserstreetrunclub 2nd and 3rd fastest Age Graded teams respectively. We look forward to hosting another competitive teams competition again in 2023. See you out racing!
Big congrats to @sjones496 and @saffadavemarsh for Big congrats to @sjones496 and @saffadavemarsh for their great runs at the @kneeknacker trail ultra this weekend! With almost 2500 meters of gain and descent over 48km of highly technical trail, the Knee Knacker is known as one of the toughest races in Canada. Great work guys! #vfac #trailrunning #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #runclub #vancouver #running #runfar #getoutthere
Congrats to the incredible @am.madden for finishin Congrats to the incredible @am.madden for finishing the @wser 100 mile ultramarathon! Anne-Marie finished in 19:38:44, good for 11th overall female. Anyone who knows Western States will tell you it's a huge achievement just to toe the line, let alone place so well (in her first time running the distance to boot!) Well done Anne-Marie. You continue to serve as a source of inspiration to everyone in the club. #vfac #running #canadianrunning #wser100 #ultrarunning #trailrunning #trailrunner #yvrrunning #runclub #vancouver #westernstates #westernstates100 #ultramarthon
We had a great time at the @longestdayrace 5k and We had a great time at the @longestdayrace 5k and 10k road race this weekend. It was awesome to see so many members racing and supporting one another! On a day with lots of new pbs and exceptional performances, special congratulations are in order for @melaneerose on taking first overall woman in the 10k, @lissa2s and @gencauffope for taking 2nd and 3rd in the BC Championships for the 10k, and for @gladders89 who not only finished 2nd overall in the 5k but also broke one of the few club records he didn’t already own in the process with a pb of 14:54!! #vfac #running #canadianrunning #yvrrunning #runclub #vancouver #longestday #roadracing #teamwork
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Recent Posts

  • Read the latest VFAC Race Newsletter: August 31, 2021
  • SummerFast Registration Open August 21, 2021
  • 2021 Summerfast 5k July 25, 2021
  • On Racing and PBs March 16, 2021
  • John Hill Resignation as VFAC Coach after 34 years of Service January 11, 2021
  • 2020 Final Club Rankings September 20, 2020
  • “He dropped me on the final stretch” Kyle Kimura reminisces on his early days in the Sun Run April 21, 2020
  • “I ran my eyeballs out!” Kevin O’Connor shares his best Sun Run Stories April 21, 2020
  • 2019 Club Rankings – Final March 14, 2019
  • VFAC 2019 Handicapped 8k February 16, 2019

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