Monthly Archives: April 2012

Smile! Photography models wanted

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The Knee Knacker photo team is look­ing for a few vet­eran (2 years +) Knee Knacker run­ners to par­tic­i­pate in a photo shoot this week­end! Your photos will be used to pro­mote the race. You must be famil­iar with the BP trail as we’ll use your knowl­edge to find the best photo spot. There are two photo ses­sions: Sat­ur­day, April 28, 2pm-5pm and Sunday, April 29, 8am-11am. We’re look­ing for one or two run­ners per ses­sion. If you’re inter­ested, con­tact Andrew via the Knee Knacker con­tact page (select Trail Day Coor­di­na­tor) and let me know which ses­sion you want to be in.

Let the fundraising begin!

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I am excited and proud to announce that we have launched our highly antic­i­pated fundrais­ing cam­paign for 2012! Please check the fundrais­ing main page and join us in cre­at­ing an even greater com­mu­nity impact and legacy.

Please don’t hes­i­tate to con­tact me if you have any ques­tions. Thank you very much for your support!

Kelsy Trigg,
Knee Knacker Race Director

More renovations — website hoster changing

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Over the next three days, our web­site is moving to a new web­site host­ing ser­vice. You shouldn’t notice any change or dis­rup­tion to the site while the move takes place, and the address won’t be chang­ing. We would like to thank dazil Inter­net Ser­vices for their gen­eros­ity in host­ing our web­site for many years, and wel­come the Werks Host­ing as our new provider.

Runner’s blog — Keith Wakelin

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Keith Wake­lin is a vet­eran Knee Knacker runner. Here’s his 2011 expe­ri­ence. It was his 18th run…and yes, he’s going for number 19 this year!

SNOW WONDER THE TIMES WERE SLOW!

When the guy asked if it was too late for a full refund, Kelsy, the Kneek­nacker race direc­tor, laughed and said that she didn’t mean to ter­rify every­one. Yes, the stark real­i­ties con­veyed at the pre-race brief­ing the night before the race can be alarm­ing. Was it the fact that the run­ners gain 4,000 feet in the first 5 miles and nego­ti­ate a total of 16,000 feet ele­va­tion change over the 30 miles on the Baden Powell Trail? Or was it the fact that there was still at least 7 miles of snow on the course and in places was 8 feet thick? Con­tinue read­ing →

Runner’s blog — Going back with Glenn Pacé

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Here’s Glenn Pacé’s race day expe­ri­ence, all the way back in 2009. Enjoy!

Not exactly my best run.

I had built this one up as a goal race for 2009. It’s a local 50km that is some­what the gold stan­dard in these parts. With a fear­some rep­u­ta­tion as a very tech­ni­cal run that starts with a rather omi­nous climb, it is never taken lightly. You will never hear some­one say “It’s only a 50km” and “Knee Knacker” in the same sen­tence. Con­tinue read­ing →

Salomon presentation with Adam Campbell and Tom Craik

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On April 30, Salomon ath­letes Adam Camp­bell and Tom Craik will give a talk and hold a Q&A ses­sion about run­ning the Knee Knacker race and other North Shore trails. The ses­sion will be at the Salomon Store at Park Royal (West Van­cou­ver), and atten­dance is lim­ited to 30 people. For more infor­ma­tion, visit the Salomon Store web­page or you can RSVP for the event by email.