Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Here are Karen Chow’s videos and photos from the first half of the Knee Knacker. Video at the Start: The energy of the group at Nelson Canyon Park. Thank you runners for the enthusiasm. ? Black Mountain videos: Runners demonstrating snow running technique during the descent from Black Mountain. Missed some runners because the “record off”...
From here on in, I will shut my mouth about the weather….no need to jinx it again. It wasn’t the worst we’ve ever seen on Black Mountain, but it was far from the best. The clouds, mist, and rain did their best to obscure the view from the almost 100...
I don’t want to jinx the upcoming training runs, so I will not mention how amazingly lucky we’ve been with the weather so far. So…we managed to get everyone to the start of this week’s run at the Cypress Mountain X-country ski area. It is not quite 3/4 of the...
Below are Salvador Miranda’s two photo albums from Sunday training run. First album: Start of the training run at Cypress Cross Country Ticket Booth. Second album: Running across Cleveland Dam. On race day, this is the midpoint of the race. Note: The proceeds of all photo purchase are donated to North Shore...
Today was Shuttle Day! The first training run of the year where we meet at the finish area, and shuttle to the beginning (in this case, Cleveland Dam to run the last 1/2 of the BP). Many were initiated into the ways of coordinating nearly 70 runners into a variety...
After several weeks of getting familiar with the section between Grouse and Mountain Highway, this week we turned things around and headed West from Cleveland Dam. The plan was to head up the Baden Powell to Hollyburn Mountain, and run back. We knew there would be snow higher up on...
