Yearly Archive: 2016

Black Mountain race day photos from Herman Kwong

Herman joined the witches and warlords for their early morning hike to Black Magic Mountain.    Even with the challenging wet conditions,  he adeptly captured soaked runners as they crested Black Mountain. Herman Kwong’s race day photos are in this photo album.

2016 Race Results

Congrats to all starters/finishers in this year’s wet, challenging conditions. Results are now available in 2 formats: Overall with splits (web format) Overall with splits (text format) A few additional statistics/observations/comments: 221 starters 207 finishers Finishing percentage of 93.7%, which is an exact match for the historical average from the...

Black Magic Mountain “Aid” Station photos from Herman Kwong

The runners encountered witches and warlords at the Black Magic Mountain “Aid” station.  They witnessed these witches and warlords displayed their spells and magic so ferociously, even the sky cried with heavy tears.  Their elixers, which were bubbling with white smoke, gave the super power of descent to each runner.   Runners, who downed their potions, arrived...

Race day photos and video from Start line from Salvador Miranda

“The Year of the Squall” was coined by Kelsy Trigg, Race Director.   10+ photographers roamed the race course today.  They experienced challenges with torrential rain, lighting conditions, mosquitos and keeping their camera dry.   A few photographers took photos in 2 or more stations and experienced the variety of weather patterns along the North...