We are very pleased to announce that we will have Ice­breaker shirts again for Knee Knacker runners.

We’re get­ting another batch of Ice­breaker run­ners shirts for 2013! (Shown here are the 2012 goodies.)

We’re just ten days until race day and there are lots of news and updates to come. Visit the site daily to see if we’ve got some­thing new to tell you (and we prob­a­bly do!). We’ll also be pol­ish­ing some of our exist­ing con­tent, like adding maps and links to make it easier for you to find infor­ma­tion. Finally, our website’s banner photos are now chang­ing every three days to build on the excite­ment of being in the home stretch of the 24^th Knee Knacker race!

Prepar­ing the Ice­breaker run­ners shirts.

Um, yes, this part of the website’s ren­o­va­tions took a while. But the main con­trac­tor and logo sup­plier are per­fec­tion­ists, and they couldn’t install just any logo. This par­tic­u­lar logo was care­fully chosen by them after sev­eral trips to a spe­cial logo foundry in Van­cou­ver. Many ver­sions were made but only this one, cast in a spe­cial black and white plas­ter, was deemed good enough to put over the front door. We hope you like it too.

As a runner, what you expe­ri­ence is a fun, well orga­nized event. But there’s a lot of work that has to be done before we can put up the Start and Finish lines for you to cross. For exam­ple, to hold the race we need approval from var­i­ous munic­i­pal, regional, and provin­cial bodies, as well as pri­vate com­pa­nies. In total, there are eight per­mits and we started apply­ing for them back in Jan­u­ary. Many thanks to all of them, and that’s just one of the many details that goes into the Knee Knacker!

The Knee Knacker web­site is under­go­ing ren­o­va­tions. You may find some con­tent shift­ing about as we rearrange things. We appre­ci­ate your patience while we work to make the web­site easier to use and more infor­ma­tive for you.

Hello fellow trail run­ners & wel­come to the 23^rd run­ning of the Knee Knack­er­ing North Shore Trail Run!  Seri­ously, where does the time go?

Plan­ning is well under­way and we’re gear­ing up for another fun & excit­ing year.  I want to start by thank­ing our depart­ing 2010 com­mit­tee mem­bers, Bonnie Walm­s­ley and Lucinda Igle­sias.  Both Bonnie and Lucinda have been inte­gral to our com­mit­tee and though we wish them all the best in their cur­rent adven­tures, they will be missed.  Join­ing our crew this year are two addi­tions that I’m thrilled to announce — Patri­cia Jensen and Tim Jones.  Many of you know Patri­cia for her out­stand­ing per­for­mances at the Knee Knacker (yes, do check the results ) and with 9 fin­ishes, she knows this run and our com­mu­nity inside and out.  And most people who have spent time on the North Shore know Tim Jones who has a wealth of knowl­edge and leads the North Shore Search and Rescue (NSSR) team.  NSSR is not only a big part of our runner’s safety on race day, they are also the recip­i­ent of our annual com­mu­nity dona­tion.  Wel­come Patri­cia and Tim!  And a big thank you and wel­come back to the return­ing mem­bers of the Knee Knacker Com­mit­tee… Rod Hat­full, Glenn Pace, Andrew Wong, Enzo Fed­erico and Jeff Trigg.  

 But we’re not quite done yet… we are look­ing for 2 more key vol­un­teer com­mit­tee mem­bers for (1) Aid Sta­tion Co-ordinator and (2) Ban­quet Co-ordinator.  If you are inter­ested in either of these posi­tions, please be in touch with me.

Addi­tion­ally, there is a crew of over 200 vol­un­teers that works to make the race a suc­cess each year.  With­out them, it just wouldn’t happen.  If you will be enter­ing the race this year, please do your best to recruit a vol­un­teer.  If you are a vol­un­teer, thank you.

Entry Dead­line

Mark your cal­en­dars! This year the entry dead­line is Feb­ru­ary 28, 2011 – please make a note of the date if you want to enter the lot­tery. Entry info is avail­able at http://www.kneeknacker.com/registration/. You can also check out the entry con­fir­ma­tion page at http://www.kneeknacker.com/registration/lottery-entrants/. We already have 183 entrants which is ahead of this time last year… when we had a record number of entrants!

Entry Require­ment

Please note the entry require­ment of 4 hours of com­mu­nity vol­un­teer work is in place again for 2011. The period to meet this require­ment is from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, and this can be per­formed in the com­mu­nity of your choice. I get ques­tions about this every year; this can be vol­un­teer hours of your choice, not related to Knee Knacker and com­pletely geo­graph­i­cally inde­pen­dent. You don’t need to have anyone ’sign’ for your hours, you just need to fill in the online Vol­un­teer Require­ments Form your­self to meet this require­ment. The Knee Knacker Com­mit­tee must receive all nec­es­sary infor­ma­tion by June 30, 2011.  We rec­og­nize that many people already con­tribute numer­ous hours for many dif­fer­ent causes and we thank you for this.

Run­ners Night and Lottery

Be the first to find out the lot­tery results!  This year Run­ners Night and Lot­tery is Thurs­day, March 3^rd, 2011 – we’re for­tu­nate again to have North Shore Ath­let­ics as Knee Knacker Spon­sor & host of the event. Every­one is wel­come – par­tic­i­pants, friends, family & volunteers. 

Train­ing Runs

Join your fellow KneeK­nack­er­ers for the offi­cial Knee Knacker train­ing runs. These will begin the first week­end in May – there’s no charge and every­one is welcome.

Race Week­end

Race Week­end will be an excit­ing time. Packet pickup will be avail­able on July 7^th & 8^th at North Shore Ath­let­ics with a race brief­ing on July 8^th (manda­tory for first time run­ners).  July 9^th will see the 23^rd Annual Knee Knacker start at 6am, and the Ban­quet will com­plete the evening. We’ll keep you posted on details as we get closer to the day.  The count­down is on…

Com­mu­ni­ca­tions

From time to time, we will send e-mail with Knee Knacker spe­cific updates, how­ever we will more often post key info on the site.  We do have a twit­ter feed so you can get real-time updates.

We’re here to put on an extra­or­di­nary event and help you meet your goals.  If you have any com­ments or ques­tions, please don’t hes­i­tate to con­tact any of the 2011 KKNSTR com­mit­tee mem­bers using our Con­tacts Form or just give me a call.

I look for­ward to seeing you on the trails,

Kelsy Trigg
KKNSTR 2011 Race Direc­tor
604–787-8097.

Yes, your Knee Knacker com­mit­tee is quickly ramp­ing up activ­i­ties for the 2011 race. Stay tuned for fur­ther announcements!

Thank you to all our vol­un­teers — all posi­tions have been FILLED. If you know your assign­ment, please show up at your posi­tion. If you are still unsure of your assignment, please con­tact me and I will put you in touch with one of our coordinators.

Note that as all com­mit­tee mem­bers are racing to get every­one to the start line, we may be respond­ing very late Friday night.

Thank you again, volunteers!

Bonnie Walm­s­ley — 2010 Vol­un­teer Coordinator