Saturday, July 12, 2025
“Up! Up! And Away! From just above sea level to the top of Black Mountain in less than five kilometres! Crazy! It really is quite a spectacular feat when you consider that this is typically a whole race for some people. With Knee Knacker, it’s only the beginning of an amazing...
“Nimbly scampering down the rocky section on the other side of Black, careful not to blow out our knees and quads too early at this stage. Gotta save some zip for the rest of the run.” …Sandra Wada, 2 times Knee Knacker finisher.
“At this point of the race (approaching Cypress aid station), you will notice how clean we were emerging from this traditionally mucky section of the race. This was primarily due to being power washed by the rain and the rushing creeks up and over Black Mountain. I witnessed one of the runners...
“Slowly, runners appeared out of the dense fog on Hollyburn Mountain – tiny dots of colour against a gray backdrop. They hurtled down the chute, muddy and exhilarated.” …Hilary Matheson
At just before the 3/4 mark aid station most folks are looking a lot worse than this. In fact, Claire, Cindy and Matt are looking quite incredible on this punchy little staircase exiting Varley Trail. Or are they? Perhaps they have firmly taken grip of the seasoned advice of our own Gary Robbins, “Fake...
Due to an unfortunate IT issue, some of the volunteer form submissions didn’t make it through to me. If you previously registered to volunteer and have NOT received an email reply confirmation from me, please re-submit your form or send me an email/Facebook PM so I can get you signed...
