Yearly Archives: 2012

Mark Your Calendars! Knee Knacker 2013: July 13!

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Hello, Knee Knacker Community.

Wel­come to the 25th Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run! It’s
almost a ‘reverse hiber­na­tion’ that hap­pens around this time…the
weather changes and the Knee Knacker Com­mit­tee starts to gear up with
plan­ning for the next edi­tion. This year is a par­tic­u­larly spe­cial
mile­stone, so mark your cal­en­dar for July 13, 2013!

Over the next few weeks, we will update the web­site to reflect 2013
dates, plans and info. We are tar­get­ing the reg­is­tra­tion to be open
by Novem­ber 1st and to com­mem­o­rate this mile­stone year, we will have a
very cool, custom KKNSTR jacket for pur­chase through the online entry
form. If you are not enter­ing this year, there will still be an option
for you to pur­chase a jacket — keep your eye on our Face­book page and
web­site for more info.

A few key dates to note:

  • Reg­is­tra­tion — will close Feb­ru­ary 28, 2013
  • Lot­tery Draw — will happen live on Face­book, first week of March (date TBD)
  • Race Brief­ing — July 12, 2013
  • Race Day — July 13, 2013

Please be in touch — I look for­ward to hear­ing from you and seeing you
on the trails.

Kelsy Trigg,
Race Director

Can you walk on mud?

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We didn’t have time to finish every­thing, but what we did finish will keep you from get­ting sucked into a bog next year. Yes, there are new bog bridges on Black Moun­tain, cour­tesy of the trail work party on Sep­tem­ber 15. To see what hap­pened on that won­der­fully sunny day, here are some photos by Enzo and Andrew. (And to answer the ques­tion: yes, you can walk on mud…as long as there’s a bridge over it!)

Enzo’s photos
Andrew’s photos

Trail elves: Enzo Fed­erico, Patri­cia Jensen, David Jensen, Hannah Jensen, Bruce McArthur (Friends of Cypress Provin­cial Park), Jan Snow, Rob Wilson (BC Parks), Andrew Wong, Jeff Young (BC Parks)

September 15 Black Mt. Trail Day details

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Six vol­un­teers. That’s all we need for the Saturday, September 15 trail day at Cypress Provin­cial Park, where we’ll work with BC Parks to build board­walks and make trail repairs in the Black Mt. area. The group will be split into two crews to cover the mul­ti­ple sites that BC Parks has iden­ti­fied for repairs and upgrades.

The work­day will be 9am-3pm (approx.) No spe­cial skills are needed for this event, just enthu­si­asm — no matter what the weather!

Please RSVP to Andrew by Friday, Sep­tem­ber 14.

[Sep­tem­ber 13 update: One spot has opened up for this Saturday’s work party!]

Boardwalks — not just to keep your feet dry

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The Black Mt. board­walks we helped build last year do more than just keep your feet dry or reduce the odds of you being pho­tographed, half buried in a mud hole. Their main pur­pose, of course, is to pro­tect the bog from being tram­pled into sub­mis­sion by every­one look­ing for the driest route through the area. Yes­ter­day, BC Parks found drag­on­fly larvae crawl­ing around the peat right next to the board­walks. With­out those bridges, the drag­on­flies could have been stomped by way­ward feet.

With that little segue, we’re announc­ing that another trail day is planned for Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 15 to build more board­walks on Black Moun­tain. This is a con­tin­u­a­tion of last year’s efforts. We’ll be work­ing with BC Parks and the Friends of Cypress Park, and we hope to see a dozen Knee Knacker folks vol­un­teer for this great project. More details will be posted in early September.

 

 

More Race Day Photos from “She Saw”

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Some run­ners trot­ted by drenched from head to toe.  Was it due to the sauna-like con­di­tion around the Sey­mour Grind or the Cold Sponge Spa treat­ment at Hyan­nis Aid Sta­tion?  To find out, check out Karen Chow’s photos from Sey­mour Grind to Hyan­nis Aid Sta­tion.

Escap­ing the heat, humid­ity and espe­cially the mozzies at Hyan­nis, the photo shoot con­tin­ued at the rel­a­tively “cooler” tem­per­a­tures around the Sey­mour Aid Sta­tion.