Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 12, 2025
With race day just over two weeks away, we figured this is the perfect time to share some inspiration. A huge thank you to Jeff Pelletier for putting together another fantastic Knee Knacker video and to Dave Melanson for capturing footage from our 2014 event. Enjoy!
Unlike the May 24 training run in the clouds, runners were rewarded with views as they went down Cypress. Karen Chow’s photos from Nelson Canyon Park (Start line area) and Cypress are here.
Running in the clouds around Hollyburn Lodge area. Karen Chow’s photos are here.
The rock slab below Eagle Bluffs is one of the steep sections to Black Mountain. Thank you for your smiles as you nimbly traverse up this pitch. Apologizes to Laura, Clive and Marc who missed their photo moment when the camera battery died. 🙁 Karen Chow’s race day photos from the rock slab are here.
Spectacular views and enthuastic Knee Knackerers with a scattering of bugs summed up the experience on Eagle Bluffs on Race day. Herman Kwong (Knee Knacker veteran) race day photos from Eagle Bluffs are here. Note: To ensure he arrived before the first runners, Herman started his hike to Eagle Bluffs at 4:45am!
Kudos to Black Mountain Aid Station crew and course marshals for the “black tie” experience. In addition to carrying water to the Black Mountain, they donned black tie attire, provided champagne glasses, silverware, white table clothes, art décor, and musicians playing a cello and a clarinet. Nathan and Ramsay (aid station co-captains), we were BLOWN...
