Category: Community

Thumbs up!

Last year these fine folks got 5 of out 6 thumbs up by Cleveland Dam.  That’s a lot of “Like”.  This year’s lottery will be hosted on Knee Knacker Facebook Page, February 5th at 7:30pm PST.  Give us a “thumbs up like” if you hope to see your name on that entrants...

Black Mt. Biergartan aid station early morning service

Black Mountain aid station is always a treat.  In 2017, the runners were greeted by the Black Mt. Biergartan aid station crew who donned dirndls and lederhosen to provide liquid refreshments and other treats.  What will the runners experience in 2018?    Photo by Nathan Starzynski. Reminder: Knee knacker lottery closes  January 31st, 11:59 PST....

Shane Collins, Knee Knacker co-founder (1950-2017)

I met Shane Collins in early 1989, via a mutual ultrarunning friend. Over the next few months, we collaborated on a project that was one of the most significant of my life – the inaugural Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run on June 24, 1989. Shane passed away earlier this...

Greg Dines (1957-2017)

The Knee Knacker extended family is saddened by the loss of Greg Dines, who suddenly passed away last week on August 1. Greg was an early Knee Knacker pioneer, running his one and only KK race in 1990, the first year the race was open to the public. He finished...

Race day photos of the 2017 Knee Knacker volunteers

This is the last set of 2017 Race Day photos. It’s a photo gallery of some of the 228 Knee Knacker volunteers as they: Provide a Bavarian feast with refreshments on top of Black Mt Biergarten; Cheered and smiled despite the blanket of bugs covering Cypress Provincial Park; Ran Cleveland Dam...

Greenwood Road (West Vancouver) race videos from Alice Mathieson

“As we start crossing the streets of the British Properties we know we are about to complete the first half, and we nervously check the time.  We more or less guess the time we’ll cross Cleveland Dam, multiply that times two, and guess the time we’ll cross the finish line.  But...