Yearly Archive: 2014

Unofficial Training Runs Start Wednesday April 2nd

With the gorgeous weather coming around, what better way to kickstart your training (and meet lots of great trailrunners) than by attending the unofficial training runs. Meeting place is the Cleveland Dam parking lot in North Vancouver, on the left hand side of Nancy Greene Way as you head towards...

The Baden Powell Memorial Connector Project

Several people have asked if the Knee Knacker is involved with the Baden Powell Memorial Connector project. We fully support the project’s goal to create a new section of trail to bypass Indian River Road, but the race is not officially involved with the project. If you’d like to support...

We love our Volunteers!!!

Why is it awesome being the Knee Knacker Volunteer Coordinator? Because it’s still more than three months to race date and almost all of the roles for the first half of the course are already filled! Gotta love the Knee Knacker community! http://www.kneeknacker.com/volunteers/volunteer-signup-form/ -Dennis Marchant

Great News Knee Knacker Runners!

We hope your training is going well and you are enjoying the muddy and technical trails around the North Shore – all that running takes its toll on the soles of your shoes! So once again, the West Vancouver Salomon store is offering a discount for runners who are entered...

Photos from Knee Knacker Information Night

Some of the many take aways from Knee Knacker Information Night  held on Monday, March 10th: Do not eat/wear anything new on race day Socks are underrated sports gear Preventative chaffing solutions Train to mimic the race terrain Cross training is good Have a “finger list” before hitting an aid...

Congratulations for getting into the 2014 KneeKnacker Trail Race! So now the fun part….Training and preparing for the run!

We would like to extend an invitation to all runners – both selected and not selected for this year’s race to come to an Information Night at the Salomon Store at Park Royal South. If this is your first ultra, or you have signed up for other ultras this year, come...