Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Sun Mountain 50km

                                                       Feeling pretty fresh at the finish
                                              Some fun Hillbilly tunes at the finish party

Wow what a fun race the Sun Mountain 50km was. It is near the town of Winthrop Washington about a 4 1/2 hr drive from Nelson. The race is a part of the Rain Shadow Running Series which has many awesome events all over the state. Carolyn and I headed down to meet up with her sister and my buddy from the coast and get a good run in as it is time to up the mileage a little. The weather was absolutely perfect- 18 degrees and a slight overcast. The trails were fast and flowing for the first 7-8km until the first of 3 climbs came at you. At the 12km mark I felt like I had run a long time and was thinking the next 38km were going to hurt. Shortly after I hit the first aid station and left it feeling like I hadn't even started running yet!...Running is a weird thing. All I know is, that you will inevitably go through many ups and downs, so just persevere during the lows and almost always you'll get to love life during the highs. At 40km the last and biggest climb of the day begun. Although I still felt great, I was careful not to blow up so close to the finish. I got up to the lookout feeling great and started the long descent to the valley bottom. The wild flowers were out in full force, I was picking runners off quickly, the finish line was coming up fast and I was feeling awesome...when i got to the bottom of the descent at 48km I think  I gave it a little too much as the last 2km uphill to the finish definitely hurt. Even though my goal of finishing strong wasn't exactly accomplished, I really had a great race finishing in 5hrs16 in 18th/100. Carolyn came in not too long after in 5hrs40 in 39th/100, but she looked as though she could have kept going. I would definitely recommend this race as the beautiful location, challenging, but not too challenging terrain and the time of year makes it worth the effort...

Well the snow is melting fast higher up and the alpine running is only a month or so away. We've been tossing out the Wildhorse Pass route from Nelson to Ymir as our next fun run, so if anyone is interested, let me know.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Pilot Bay 22 km results


Joly
Scott
1:57:00
22Km
1
Baetzel
Juergen
1:57:10
22Km
2
Kalabis
Sacha
2:07:30
22Km
3
Francis
Jon
2:09:50
22Km
4
Moore
Gerry
2:10:30
22Km
5
LeBlanc
Lisa
2:11:20
22Km
6
Smith
Greg
2:14:20
22Km
7
Baas
Lex
2:23:30
22Km
8
Donnelly
Carolyn
2:23:31
22Km
9
Weigeldt
Francine
3:33:00
22Km
10
Reusz
Aladar
3:33:01
22Km
11

Pilot Bay 12 km results


Paetkau
David
1:18:45
12km
1
Sander
Tim
1:19:00
12km
2
Moscalenko
Henry
1:22:44
12km
3
Uhrynuk
Denise
1:23:30
12km
4
Hausleitner
Doris
1:24:20
12km
5
Daczewitz
Kelly
1:35:40
12km
6
Khosla
Rahul
1:36:10
12km
7
Shippey
Wesley
1:36:50
12km
8
Ward
Peter
1:37:05
12km
9
Edwards
Liz
1:39:00
12km
10
Bouchard
Yogita
1:39:35
12km
11
Miles
Natasha
1:40:00
12km
12
Stamm
Doug
1:40:15
12km
13
Best
Sharon
1:45:10
12km
14
Dobell
Sarah
1:45:55
12km
15
Winters
Jill
1:46:00
12km
16
Baker
Robin
1:50:55
12km
17
Wolferburg
Sarah
1:50:58
12km
18
Williams
Scott
1:53:55
12km
19
Crooks
Catheline
1:55:19
12km
20
Weigeldt
Mark
1:55:20
12km
21
Hauck
Travis
1:58:20
12km
22
Ridge
Tobi
1:58:25
12km
23
Uhrich
Maureen
1:58:30
12km
24
Maytom
Barbara
2:02:15
12km
25
Bibby-Fox
Kathryn
2:02:16
12km
26
Baker
Sandy
2:06:20
12km
27
Baker
Kristian
2:06:25
12km
28
Goodwin
Kim
2:06:40
12km
29
Abraham
Marianne
2:10:00
12km
30
Jones
Gail
2:17:00
12km
31
McGillivray
Martien
2:17:10
12km
32
Brinkman
Irene
2:17:50
12km
33
Anderson
Fiona
2:17:55
12km
34
Makortoff
Willow
2:28:02
12km
35
Messinger
Laura
2:31:30
12km
36
Rykman
Kelly
2:31:30
12km
37
Danyluk
Carole
6:15:00 *
12km
38

Monday, May 7, 2012

Pilot Bay Trail Race Wrap up

 Thank you to everyone who came out for the Pilot Bay Trail Race. It was an amazing day as we had some warm sunshine, great trails and lots of big smiles. I really didn't know that the 10km route was  more like 12km until I ran and flagged it the day before the race- Really :)...
I'm glad you all rose to the occasion and challenge as everyone completed both the 12km and 22km  race routes- with big smiles too!
A big thanks to Sandra and Taz from the Tipi Camp who put in a lot of time to help make this race possible and to Liz and Janis who saved me from doing the registration.
The Tipi Camp is considering using this spring race as an annual, so let me know your feed back- both good and bad.
The best surprise was 33 out of 50 runners were female!!! It's great to see the girls out on the trail and rockin' it too!
We'll have a early fall race in Nelson to help those get ready for the awesome Kaslo Sufferfest the end of September as well as some organized fun run days this summer, so check back on this site in the "Up Coming Event" section.
I'll have the results posted Wednesday.
Scott Joly- Winner of the 22km race




































Post Race burgers and drinks

Marianne with her faithful companion