Tamara Zavarise is our winner for week five of our weekly challenges; “500m of Elevation in One Ride!”. Tamara’s route took her up the Benson View Road climb to Witchcraft Lake, and she packed most of the required 500 meters in to the first half of her ride.

Tamara wins a $50 gift card to Burnt Honey Desert Company!

This week’s challenge is Strava Art, and we’re really excited to see what everyone comes up with!

The winner of our fourth MIVA Challenge, “3 selfies on 3 beaches” is Jaymi Dumper! Jaymi’s 114 km route from Nanaimo to Comox took him past many more beaches than the required three.

Jaymi wins a $50 gift card to The Bee’s Knees Cafe.

Remember our weekly winners are chosen at random from all the successful entries. This week’s challenge is to get 500 meters of elevation gain in one ride.

The winner of our Glen Oaks Hill Climb weekly challenge is Lee Zavarise. Lee displayed huge mental fortitude by integrating the hill climb segment into his commute! He wins a $50 House of Kiyo gift card.

Remember our weekly winners are chosen at random from all the successful entries. This week’s challenge is to take 3 selfies on 3 different beaches.

The second of our MIVA weekly challenges was simply to ride 45 km in one ride. Our weekly challenge winners are chosen at random from the successful entries.

The winner for the second MIVA challenge is...Mark Schilling!!

There was initially some suspicion of the legitimacy of Mark's entry due to the attached photos. However, after reviewing the elevation and speed data on Strava, we have concluded that neither a fighter jet, nor a helicopter were involved in completing the required distance.

Hopefully Mark likes southwestern food, because he's won a $50 gift card to Delicado's!

This week's challenge is the Glen Oaks Hillclimb.

We are extremely happy to announce that the random number generator has made its choice, and the winner of the first weekly challenge prize is Stephen Mohan. He rode up from Duncan and had a somewhat fraught ride to complete the segment in 8:44. Remember, however that speed is irrelevant and taking part is what counts. I will give a quick shout out to Jaymi Dumper though, who took the segment KOM this week in 6:23.

Stephen wins a $50 gift card to the Milton Street Public House.

Stephen’s win also gives me another chance to remind you all that Stephen is raising money for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. At the time of writing he’s raised over $11,000, and he and his supporters are well on their way to completing his “Virtual Tour Divide”. We can all help by riding and donating at the link above.

This week’s challenge is simply to ride 45 km in one ride. Good luck to all.