I’m really pleased to announce we have two new Knee Knacker Com­mit­tee mem­bers this year — Wendy Mont­gomery and Mark Grist. Many of you will already know Wendy and Mark from their involve­ment over the years with a number of local races and we are thrilled to have their knowl­edge and exper­tise. Wendy is the cur­rent Race Direc­tor for Diez Vista, and Mark holds the dis­tinc­tion of not only com­plet­ing the Knee Knacker 16 times, but being the youngest ever to get to that number!

I look for­ward to another excit­ing year. As always, please be in touch.

As we head full swing into 2013, I want to take a few min­utes to sin­cerely thank Rod Hat­full for his count­less vol­un­teer hours and 13 years on the Knee Knacker com­mit­tee. Rod’s decided to step down from the com­mit­tee this year, but he’ll con­tinue to be around and involved lead­ing up to race day. I am already going through with­drawal, but Rod assures me we’ll all be fine

Rod’s first Knee Knacker was in 1995 (he’s done 9), and he got involved in the train­ing runs in 1998. Rod’s first offi­cial year on the com­mit­tee was in 1999, so he’s second only to Enzo as longest serv­ing com­mit­tee member. With Enzo, Ken, Paul, Mike & me as RDs during this time, Rod has been a big part of the con­ti­nu­ity and his­tory of our race.

I will miss Rod’s awe­some sense of humour, care, deep knowl­edge and will­ing­ness to jump in how­ever needed.