Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 10, 2021
To summit Black Mountain, the runners had to resist the Dark Side of the force and face down Darth Vader. Once successfully passing Darth Vader and the lone Stormtrooper, they were greeted by Luke Skywalker, Yoda and Princess Leia, who refueled them with refreshments and sent on their way with...
“As a volunteer photographer at the finish line, you witness a very wide range of emotions and the way runners express them: joy to the point of jumping, pain while trying to run those last few metres, tears as a result of the sense of accomplishment of something very difficult,...
“It was great to see how happy (or slightly daunted) everyone was having finished the first climb of the route and setting off down hill. So many big smiles! Congratulations everyone.” …Chris Bellamy, photographer Chris Bellamy’s race day photos from the Dark Side of Black Mountain in this photo album....
One of the highlights at Panorama Park was hearing the cheers getting louder as each runner race to the finish line before the 4pm cutoff. The loudest was given to Ken Nakano as he crossed the finish line with 8 seconds to spare! Karen Chow’s race day photos from Panorama...
Runners: you were not having illusions when you think you saw Salvador throughout the course. He was at the Start line, at the descent from Black Mountain and at the Finish line from 10:30am to 4pm. Salvador (3 times Knee Knacker finisher) did the photographer’s version of the Knee Knacker....
The results for the 2019 Knee Knacker can be found at the link below. To see the splits for every quarter, click the + sign to the left of the runner’s name. https://www.sportstats.ca/display-results.xhtml?raceid=103627
