Monthly Archives: June 2012

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Knee Knacker Train­ing Run June 24, 2012

I know, I know….it’s been long overdue.

Here we are at the final stages of train­ing for the 2012 Knee Knacker, & I’m finally man­ag­ing to get down to typing out a “weekly” run report. Apolo­gies to anyone who’s been expect­ing to get their reg­u­lar fix of trail lore.

From the begin­ning of May, our group has grown from about 35 par­tic­i­pants up to 80+. As the runs get longer or the con­di­tions get worse, we seem to pick up more people. Safety in num­bers, or misery loves company…whatever the case may be, we’ve got a great group of vary­ing abil­ity, pace, back­ground, & expe­ri­ence. Con­tinue read­ing →

June 22 trail conditions — Nelson Canyon to Lynn Valley

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If you’re run­ning tomorrow’s (June 24) train­ing run, here are two trail con­di­tion reports you may want to read.

From Scott, unfil­tered and unedited: “we made it to lynn valley in about 6 hours last night. We took our time last por­tion from grouse to my place because of dark­ness. (Isn’t it sup­pose to be the longest days of the year?). Rained off and on pretty much the entire way. Trail good up to the look­out at Black. Didn’t run into snow until we left the look­out. Con­tinue read­ing →

Join the incredible race day volunteer crew!

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With less than one month to go before the race is under­way, we’re busy fill­ing the last of the vol­un­teer spots for the course. All of the aid sta­tion crew and timer posi­tions are full, but there are still a few mar­shall posi­tions that are open. If you can assist with one or more of these posi­tions, please fill out the online request form. This is a great way for friends and family of the run­ners to expe­ri­ence the course first-hand and to help make our event a success!

  • Holly­burn Moun­tain Ranger Sta­tion (7:30am to 10:00am), one person
  • British Properties/Craigmohr (8:00am to 11:00am), one person
  • Sky­line Short­cut (8:30am to 12:00pm), one person
  • LSCR Varley Trail (11:00am to 1:30pm), two people
  • Lynn Canyon Sus­pen­sion Bridge (9:30am to 2:00pm), one person
  • Indian River Road (1:00pm to 4:30pm), one person
  • Pho­to­graph and cer­tifi­cate sorter (at ban­quet, start­ing at 4:00pm), 2–3 people
  • Trans­port crew with pick-up truck or SUV (var­i­ous times during day), one person
  • Trans­port crew assis­tant — no vehi­cle needed (var­i­ous times during day), one person

And don’t forget, our post-race ban­quet needs more vol­un­teers for the set-up and for during the banquet!

Dennis Marchant,
Knee Knacker Vol­un­teer Coordinator

Banquet volunteers needed

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Don’t worry, you’re not expected to cook for 350 guests and Gordon Ramsay won’t be patrolling the aisles cri­tiquing you! The Knee Knacker ban­quet fin­ishes our race for the year, and we need a few more vol­un­teers to help make it an amaz­ing  event for all our guests. There are two ban­quet shifts: 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. for Set-up and 5 — 10 p.m. for Ban­quet serv­ing and clean-up. We need 5–6 people for Set-up and 6–8 people for the Ban­quet shift. You can sign up using the vol­un­teer form. On the form, indi­cate which shift you’d like to work (maybe both!).

Volunteers still needed for June 23 Trail Day

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We still need more vol­un­teers to help fix a sec­tion of the Baden Powell Trail on June 23. There will be coffee and treats from Delany’s. Better yet, you’ll get a sense of accom­plish­ment for a few hours effort. Com­bine that with the nice tingly feel­ing that comes from know­ing you helped to improve the trail and you’ve got major karma points towards race day! Please RSVP by June 21 to Andrew (Trail Day Coordinator) via the Con­tact form. For all the details, see the Trail Day post.