Yearly Archive: 2014

Please re-use your cup on race day!

In our efforts to reduce waste please try to reuse the paper cups at the aid stations. If you have coke or sports drink please ask the aid station volunteer to refill your cup again. This will help us with: Less garbage creation. Less clean-up. Eliminate the opportunity for a...

Observations, reminders and encouragement

Welcome, everyone to the 26th running of the Knee Knacker! With just under 6 weeks to go until race day, I wanted to remind you that we have lots of information on our site and are regularly posting updates to our Face­book page. Based on feedback from our survey last...

June 1 training run: she said

I never tire of Deep Cove. Whatever the season, type of weather or time of day, it has a breathtaking beauty to it. So it was this past Sunday morning when I walked from home in  Deep Cove to Panorama parking lot. Blue skies, placid waters, and silent side streets...

June 1 training run: politeness makes you faster and happier

Yesterday’s Knee Knacker training run couldn’t have been more perfect. A nice blend of laughing, story-telling and hard work. Thanks to everyone who was able to come out and contribute their positive energy. It’s people that make difficult training runs hurt less. On a slightly serious note, please be mindful...

Website response time problem

“”Houston, we have a problem.” Yes, the Knee Knacker website has been very s-l-o-o-o-o-w for the past several days. And it’s not because your internet connection is clogged while you’ve downloading all three seasons of Game of Thrones. We’re investigating and hope to fix the problem in the next few days. In...

May 25 Training run photos – She saw

“”Too warm to complain about the cold, not wet enough to complain about the rain, not enough snow to complain about footing, too many fun people to complain about the company…or anything else. Living life at the apex of the bell curve.”   – He said (Glenn Pace) ““What goes up….....