The 23^rd annual run­ning of the Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run took place on Sat­ur­day, July 9, 2011, with clear skies and mild weather a marked improve­ment from the show­ers and damp­ness in the days lead­ing up to the race. Course con­di­tions were gen­er­ally excel­lent, but the remain­ing snow­pack on the peaks of the North Shore moun­tains pro­vided an addi­tional chal­lenge along the 30-mile trail and demon­strated why the race is known as the “knarli­est” in Canada and one of the most dif­fi­cult ultra-marathons in North Amer­ica. Con­tinue read­ing →

For Imme­di­ate Release

West Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia – The Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run is at hand once again, bring­ing together a field of some of the world’s top ultra-marathoners to run 30 miles on the trails of West and North Van­cou­ver. The twenty-third edi­tion of the Knee Knacker takes place on Sat­ur­day, July 9, 2011, start­ing at Horse­shoe Bay and ending at Panorama Park in Deep Cove. Con­tinue read­ing →

Green­wood smashes Knee Knacker Women’s Course Record and new­comer Camp­bell takes Men’s title

West Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia – Sat­ur­day, July 10^th marked the twenty-second annual run­ning of the Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run (a.k.a. “Knee Knacker”). Good weather greeted the run­ners and vol­un­teers on this occa­sion with clear skies in the morn­ing and warm tem­per­a­tures through­out the day. Course con­di­tions were excel­lent, with min­i­mal snow in the high coun­try and lim­ited patches of mud, how­ever the 26C heat and high humid­ity were likely a factor. Con­tinue read­ing →

For Imme­di­ate Release

West Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia — The second Sat­ur­day of July is coming up, and that can only mean one thing for a grow­ing number of enthu­si­as­tic long-distance trail run­ners — time for the Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run (the “Knee Knacker”). The race tra­verses the trails of West and North Van­cou­ver, and the twenty-second edi­tion takes place on Sat­ur­day, July 10, 2010. Con­tinue read­ing →