Cycling Vancouver Island

(Paperback)

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Key Selling Points

• John Crouch is a highly respected and well-known cyclist, runner, and walker
• This new guidebook highlights 45 tours throughout Southern and Norther Vancouver Island, including single day and multi-day trips
• Tours range from easy to strenuous; 12km (Port Alberni South loop) to 524km (Victoria to Port Hardy)
• Packed with colour maps and photos
• Key Place Names:
• Vancouver Island
• Victoria Highlands
• Saanich Peninsula
• Galloping Goose Trail
• Lochside Regional Trail
• E & N Trail
• Royal Roads Trail
• Metchosin
  
• East Sooke
  
• Otter Point
  
• Jordan River
  
• Shawnigan Lake
  
• Cameron Taggert
  
• Genoa Bay
  
• Duncan
  
• Cowichan Valley
  
• Kinsol Trestle
  
• Lake Cowichan
  
• Crofton
  
• Chemainus
  
• Ladysmith
  
• Nanaimo
  
• Lantzville
  
• Nanoose Bay
  
• Parksville
  
• Errington
  
• Qualicum Beach
  
• Port Alberni
  
• Cherry Creek
  
• Beaver Creek
  
• McCoy Lake
  
• Courtenay
  
• Comox
  
• Cumberland
  
• Mount Washington
  
• Oyster River
  
• Miracle Beach
  
• Campbell River
  
• Gold River
  
• Port Hardy
  
• Port Alice
  
• Parksville
  
• Ucluelet
  
• Tofino
  
• Sunshine Coast

Marketing and Promotion

• National, regional, and subject-specific print features, excerpts, review coverage, broadcast and television interviews
• Social media campaigns, blogger outreach, digital collateral for online use
• Publicity and promotion in conjunction with author's speaking engagements
• Outreach to subject-specific organizations, markets and festivals
• Excerpts available
• Electronic ARCs

Author Bio

John Crouch is a well-known athlete and writer who has published four successful guidebooks: Bike Victoria, Walk Victoria, Hike Victoria, and Cycling the Islands, along with a memoir, Six Highways to Home: A Cycling Journey from Whitehorse to Victoria. For ten years he was the editor of a professional medical journal, the BC Massage Practitioner, and was founding editor of Island Runner magazine. He has also worked with CBC Radio promoting walking and hiking in the Victoria area. Johns physical and athletic pursuits embrace a number of disciplines. As a hiker and climber he has summited Mount Rainier, Mount Whitney, Mount Baker and Vancouver Islands highest peak, the Golden Hinde. As an athlete John has competed in 16 marathons and countless shorter races. His accomplishments include winning the World Endurance Duathlon Championship in the 60+ age category in Holland in 2001 and coming second in the 2007 event in Richmond, Virginia; winning the 60+ category in the American Masters Marathon Championship in Napa, California, in 2004; and was on the podium in his category in his first Ironman Canada in 2005. He lives with his wife, Lorinda, in Victoria, British Columbia.