Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Below are the training run photos from Nora and Ivan. Nora’s training run photos: From the Nelson Canyon Park (start line) are here. Descent from Black Mountain are here. Ivan’s training run photos descent from Black Mountain are here.
Thank you Knee Knackerers for the mock start for the Race Day Start Line photographers. You must have thought you ran into the Trail Paparazzi when you descended from Black Mountain. Thank you for your smiles. Karen Chow’s training run photos: From the Nelson Canyon Park (start line) are here. Descent from Black Mountain are here. Note:...
We carried stuff. We hammered stuff. We critiqued everyone’s hammering technique. We looked for rocks. We dug. We tested. We found lost racers. We drank coffee and ate muffins. We built stuff! Yes, it was another fantastic Knee Knacker Trail Day. (Longer report to come.)
It’s a fine Friday afternoon and a weekend of final long runs is upon us. I’ve had a few questions regarding this weekend’s run from the start at Nelson Creek to Lynn Valley: Meet at Lynn Canyon Park (Suspension Bridge) at 7:30am. It’s off Lynn Canyon Rd., North Vancouver. Look...
You’re running on the Baden Powell when you stumble into a group of people moving dirt and rocks, digging trenches, carrying lumber, whistling, and eating muffins and drinking coffee. Are they: constructing a tree fort for Habitat for Humanity; creating a new section of trail to make the race-day route...
Runners talk about gear (shoes, packs, fitness trackers, fuel (food) etc.) Similarly, photographers talk about gear (manufacturer, DX versus FX, zoom/wide angle versus fix lens, flash, etc.) So when a friend generously offered the use of his Nikon full frame camera with wide angle lens for the first half of last Sunday’s training run, the...
