Monthly Archive: April 2016

Knee Knacker Champions Profile – Patricia Jensen!

Patricia grew up in Deep Cove with the North Shore mountains right in her backyard. Patricia’s family explored Indian Arm and the Sunshine Coast on their boat in the summers, and spent the other seasons on the skiing and hiking. Patricia learned how to ski on Mount Seymour and her...

Knee Knacker Champions Profile – Keith Wakelin!

Originally from New Zealand, Keith’s family immigrated in 1974 when he was 16. They moved to Vancouver Island and Keith and his brother had to travel to Vancouver to run races as there were only a handful on the Island. Keith began running on logging roads and developed a love...

Knee Knacker Champion Profile – Peter Findlay!

  Up next in our panel profile is none other than endlessly inspirational Peter Findlay… the photos from 1991 are of Peter crossing the suspension bridge (in the classic course) and the finish line en route to setting the course record that stood until 2003! Peter has always had a...

Knee Knacker Champion Profile – Chris Jones!

Chris got his first taste of running in 2013 when he and a friend started jogging the Seawall before work to stay in shape. Those morning runs snowballed into running the Bagel Chase, the Sun Run, and then the BMO Marathon. In July 2013 Chris ran his first ultra, the...