Trail Races for 2011

Yes we have been a little slow out of the gate putting together a few trail running races this year- mainly because it is still snowing out there F#*K!!
We still plan on making two happen though- just later than we hoped for because of the trail conditions.

Our first race will be the 14km Svoboda trails, complete with a whole new single track section that should be completed in the next month. I was hoping for a June race, but looks like July.

The second race will be a "warm up" for those of you considering the 50km Kaslo Sufferfest- which I hope lots of you do, as it will be a fabulous course and a really fun event. The race will be in the Smallwood trails and will be an 11km or 22km loop. Again, the last section of this trail needs to be completed and is still currently under snow. The 22km loop (not sure of the exact distance until the trail is complete) will be a fabulous route- with only a few kilometres of logging road, some ridge top running with views of the Valhalla's and lots of cool forested trails I am really excited to run this course. Tentative date is the beginning of September- four weeks prior to the 50km Sufferfest race which makes it a perfect training run.

If you have any questions or are interested in the Fry Creek trail run June 5th you can e-mail @ randy@spearheadtimberworks.com

Kuskanax Trail Run- Nukusp, BC

After hobbling through the past week recovering from our 30km run through Kokanee Park bike trails (we ran Nutsack and Hitman loops), Lex and I decided to ease it up a bit with a beautiful trail run in Nakusp, BC. The trail is a great way for anyone to get into mountain running as it is an out and back for a total of 21km, or can be done as a 10.5km- one way. Either direction is fun, but is obviously a "rolling up" out of Nakusp and a "rolling down" from the Hot Spring road access.

I figure it could be a good excuse to get the family out too as they can drop you off at the beginning of the trail and continue on to the Hot Springs, while you run up to meet them...every one's happy then :)

There's 3,000' of climbing/descending on the 21km loop, but it really didn't feel that bad as they came in lots of little bursts.

We are trying to get out to other fun trails at least once a month to help us prepare for the 61km Earl Grey Pass Trail in August.

We are planning to run the Fry Creek Trail in a few weeks (June 5th or 12th), so if anyone is interested, let me know. It is an out and back, so you can run as far a s you feel like!....Randy

Randy's wednesday lunch run

Here's Randy's route through the lower Kokannee park trails.
http://connect.garmin.com/player/85019464

Updates are coming!

Springtime is here and Randy, Liz and I have been running the lower trails around Kokannee Park. Doesn't take long to hit the snowline. It looks like we will be putting a race on in the Smallwood Creek area not sure if we will have one or two races after that. Stay tuned for some epic training runs this summer in the Alpine so get off the couch and start training.

If you are coming to town and looking for some running companions or routes drop us a line.

Here's a shot of the cabin at Gibson Lake, scene of the awards at last years Kokannee Park run. Taken April 23/11

Thanks to our sponsors, Spearhead Timberworks, Snowpack Outdoor Experiences, Gerick Cycle and Sports and Whitewater Ski Hill. If you have a race that you want to publicize or want to be included on our e-mail list send us an E-mail. In a week or two some of us plan on running in the Smallwood Creek area so stay tuned for a date and time

Finally thanks to my partner in crime Randy Richmond............

Bill

Strong right to the finish!

Leonard left it all on the run course

Post race cool down with some Virginia's cooking

One of LV Rogers XC team

Congratulations to everyone who articipated in this yars Svoboda Trail Run. It was an awesome day with stellar perfomances from everyone.


Shawn DeGroot 1:03.40
Mathieu Page 1:05.04
Bowen Wang 1:05.50 Ran 8km’s
Mark Klan 1:10.41
Jamie 1:14.52
Guy Lupien 1:16.45
Lex Baas 1:16.55
Gregory Smith 1:18.14
Grant Nichol 1:22.30
Scott Spencer 1:22.36
Luca Sattler 1:24.14
Kiraya Spencer 1:25.58
Leonard Batubara 1:30.52 Fastest Indonesian finisher ever ( National record for this race)
Danica Long 1:32.48
Tyler Exner 1:33.31
Nico Boelter 1:35.39
Oskar Wuestinger 1:36.30
Kari Kroker 1:42.15
Nicholas Albright 1:42.15
BarryLipscombe 1:48.07
Young Jin Yu 2:06.48 Took the longgggggggggg way

Svaboda Trail Run

A terrific run in and around the West Arm Provincial Park. Similar route as last year with a bit of extra length added. 13.5 km's with 2000' of elevation gain on trails, fire roads and double track.

Sunday October 17th at the Svaboda Parking lot. All proceeds to local xc trail builders and Habitat for Humanity.

I ran the course on then weekend with my GPS. See the link below for the course on Garmin-Connect.

See the course map here

Register Online Here

Kokanee Glacier Mountain Run Results

Terrific results from everyone. It was a hard day in the cool rainy weather. Congratulations to everyone and a big thank you to our sponsors SnowPack Outdoor Experiences, Gericks Cycle and Sport and Spearhead Timberworks. Next race is the Svaboda Road Trail Run on October 17.

Our friends in Kaslo also have some trail races coming up on October 3 See http://www.kaslosufferfest.com/ for more information.