Thank you to the Knee Knack­er­ers who did a mock start for Howard, one of the Start line pho­tog­ra­pher on Race day.  As you climbed to Eagle Bluffs enveloped in clouds — yes, another pho­tog­ra­pher appeared out of the mist.  Then as you nimbly ran, slipped, dove (one of you did lit­er­ally) into the mud holes up to Black Moun­tain, yet another pho­tog­ra­pher doc­u­mented your jour­ney.  After descend­ing through snow rem­nants to Cypress Bowl, hey, it’s another photo shoot.  Finally, as you nav­i­gate through the mega-tourists at Lynn Canyon Sus­pen­sion bridge, is that another camera?  No, it is not the paparazzi. 

As y’all are in train­ing, we are also in train­ing.  We want to cap­ture photos show­ing your ded­i­ca­tion, hard work, epic train­ing runs, ter­rain, vari­able weather, the cama­raderie and spirit of the train­ing runs.   We learnt from these train­ing runs:
   • The dif­fi­culty focus­ing on fast moving Knee Knack­er­ers,
   • Hmmm.… this camera and/or lens is too slow,
   • Let’s try chang­ing the shut­ter speed/WB/Fstop/ISO/blah blah blah…,
   • Light (or lack of — espe­cially this year),
   • To keep the camera dry and take photos in tor­ren­tial rains, ask a  Knee Knacker friend to hold the umbrella  (who else would under­stand?)
   • Dis­cover where the friendly mos­qui­toes are found and much more.
Then we will apply it all to the best to our abil­ity on Race day.   Thank you all for your support!

Below are the train­ing run photos from June 20, 2010.

• Start line (Nelson Canyon Park) and Cypress  — Howard Ryujin
• Eagle Bluffs enveloped in clouds — David McKie
• Muddy approach to Black Moun­tain and at Lynn Canyon — Karen Chow

Vol­un­teer Knee Knacker Pho­tog­ra­phy Team