Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run
Saturday, July 13, 2024
From here on in, I will shut my mouth about the weather….no need to jinx it again. It wasn’t the worst we’ve ever seen on Black Mountain, but it was far from the best. The clouds, mist, and rain did their best to obscure the view from the almost 100...
Per Glenn’s training run report last week, “I don’t want to jinx the upcoming training runs, so I will not mention how amazing lucky we’ve been with the weather so far”. Fast forward one week. Wet, rain, drizzle, mist, soggy, slushy snow and wind chill summed up this Sunday training run. Below...
I don’t want to jinx the upcoming training runs, so I will not mention how amazingly lucky we’ve been with the weather so far. So…we managed to get everyone to the start of this week’s run at the Cypress Mountain X-country ski area. It is not quite 3/4 of the...
Below are Salvador Miranda’s two photo albums from Sunday training run. First album: Start of the training run at Cypress Cross Country Ticket Booth. Second album: Running across Cleveland Dam. On race day, this is the midpoint of the race. Note: The proceeds of all photo purchase are donated to North Shore...
2017 has been a fantastic ski season. What does mean for the snow conditions along the Baden Powell trail on race day? “The way things look now, it will be nowhere near 1999 unless there are many more serious storms in next few weeks followed by unseasonable cool weather in...
“Nimbly scampering down the rocky section on the other side of Black, careful not to blow out our knees and quads too early at this stage. Gotta save some zip for the rest of the run.” …Sandra Wada, 2 times Knee Knacker finisher.
