Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 12, 2025
For Immediate Release The 26th running of the Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run (“the Knee Knacker”) took place on Saturday, July 12, 2014, with ideal trail conditions and the beginnings of a heat wave. In fact, the temperature average was a full five degrees hotter than any previous Knee...
Spectacular views and enthuastic Knee Knackerers with a scattering of bugs summed up the experience on Eagle Bluffs on Race day. Herman Kwong (Knee Knacker veteran) race day photos from Eagle Bluffs are here. Note: To ensure he arrived before the first runners, Herman started his hike to Eagle Bluffs at 4:45am!
Pat Malaviarachchi (Knee Knacker veteran) race day photos from Brothers Creek (Hollyburn Chute) are here.
VFK’s race day photos from Cleveland Dam Checkpoint (Midpoint of the race) are here The awards banquet are here.
Kudos to Black Mountain Aid Station crew and course marshals for the “black tie” experience. In addition to carrying water to the Black Mountain, they donned black tie attire, provided champagne glasses, silverware, white table clothes, art décor, and musicians playing a cello and a clarinet. Nathan and Ramsay (aid station co-captains), we were BLOWN...
So, would it be an understatement to say that the weather was a factor in the 2014 Knee Knacker? Look at some of the numbers below, and I’m sure it will be quite obvious. It can also be seen in the updates made by Pat Malaviarachchi to the “Temperatures/Times over the...
