Salomon Sonofa Gunofa Run III - Saturday July 6th, 2013

Come and join us at this amazing venue with awesome singletrack, views, and forests! This course will not disappoint if you’re looking for some tough climbs, sweet descents, and a whole slew of other goodies including some 'river running' and a few 'off-trail' sections to cook the quads a bit more! After all, it is a sonofa gunofa run! J

NEW for 2013...you'll be running the loop counter-clockwise :)

To get an idea of what you're in for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNGZ5uTXMKI

Date: Saturday July 6th, 2013

Where: Wentworth Hostel

249 Wentworth Station Road, Wentworth, NS

Distance: 12.5km and 25km!

Registration closes Friday July 5th at 12pm.
REGISTER ONLINE: 

http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1090

Race day sign in will start at 8am. Please arrive at the registration check-in around 9am.

Race Start Time: 10am!

Fitz Frenzy Trail Race = Success!!

The 1st Annual Fitz Frenzy Trail Race in Scotsburn, NS went off without a hitch on May 19th! The Nova Scotia Trail Running club had 4 representatives in the mix and we all had a great time! Fun course, great food, and well organized! Way to go Fitz Fanatics!

For more info, check here: https://www.facebook.com/FitzFrenzyTrailRun
and here too: http://fitzfrenzytrailrun.blogspot.ca/

See ya there next year!

Wascally Wabbit III Results

Yee haw...another doozy of trail run to kick off the 2013 Maritime Trail Running Series! Runners from the Maritimes met on the trails in the French Village area to do battle with the all new, and slightly more difficult, Wascally Wabbit III. 

We offered up 4 distances on the 11.7k, P-shaped loop...11.7k, 23.4k, 50k, and 80k. A total of 72 runners started (up from 56 last year) and 6 did not start. Only one semi-DNF due to an injury and not one person went off course! Way to go!

Lots of great memories from today, notably, a number of people who did the 24hr E2C last weekend who came out to run 50k or 80k! Also, Roy Banks used the WWIII as his Vermont 100 mile qualifier race and he did awesome! See ya in VT Roy! Lots of new faces out on the trails and lots of great attitudes flying around like the mud on the course! Very well done to all and thanks for being a part of it!

Pictures: email Jodi at jodi_isenor@hotmail.com I have some good ones and some blurry ones.

Video: Lots of blurry pics early on in the video, but it does get a bit better!

Results: let me know if I goofed up as we've been up for a long time today :)

* denotes a runner who did the 24hr E2C last weekend. They deserve extra credit!

11.7k

1st Darryl Ward 56:30 (2012 Cuddly Coyote 9k winner)

2nd Tony Bowron 59:15

3rd Adam Purcell 59:18  

4th George Creaser 1:03:18

5th David Reid 1:03:51

6th Keegan McNamara 1:03:52 (13 years old!)

7th Ron MacDougall 1:04:28

8th Matt Grant 1:05:50

9th Sarah Slemko 1:06:00

10th Lise Charbonneau 1:06:40

11th Rodger Gregg 1:09:29

12th John Muir 1:12:03

13th Jeff Mitchell 1:13:51

14th Alex MacEachern 1:17:35

15th Andrew Myatt 1:18:11

16th Tara Martin 1:27:52

17th Elaine Smith 1:28:38

18th Heyg Nazaryan 1:34:19

19th Dwight Isenor (my dad's longest run ever...and his 61st birthday) 1:45:35

23.4k

1st Navid Rahemtulla 52:40. 1:45:20

2nd Shawn Lewis 52:42. 1:46:12

3rd Matt Tibbits 56:20. 1:54:34

4th Kevin Gallagher 54:38. 1:55:00

5th Stephen Zwicker 58:24. 2:02:07

6th Darren Kaulback 1:00:14. 2:08:28

7th Frank Atherton 1:05:05. 2:08:43

8th Charles Mandel 1:07:52. 2:12:27

9th Ryan Goodale 1:05:48. 2:16:22

10th Brennon McNamara 1:04:29. 2:16:53

11th Ryan Sasaki 1:04:29. 2:16:53

12th Jack Kelly 1:12:45. 2:33:23

13th Jeff Zahavich 1:12:45. 2:33:23

14th Bruce Murphy 1:17:12. 2:36:50

15th Scott Dorcas 1:20:35. 2:44:18

16th Lisa Noseworthy 1:16:22. 2:49:42 (bumped up from 11.7k to 23.4 during the race!)

17th Derek Botma 1:21:33. 2:58:18

18th Rachel Barrett 1:16:39. 3:02:11(bumped up from 11.7k to 23.4 during the race!)

19th Eric Martyn 1:28:25. 3:03:52

20th Wendy Birrell 1:26:56. 3:07:59

21st Callie Cooper 1:26:59. 3:07:59

22nd Greg Jones 1:28:41. 3:21:00

23rd Yigit Aydede 1:44:49. 3:36:38

24th Gordon Warnica 1:44:45. 3:36:38

50k (4 laps plus 1.6k out and back)

1st Andrew Titus 1:02:32. 2:08:02. 3:21:04. 4:34:54. 4:52:23

2nd Dale Block 1:06:59. 2:08:11. 3:15:25. 4:41:24. 4:59:53

*3rd Tom Soehl 1:10:09. 2:20:22. 3:31:26. 4:45:13. 5:01:10

*4th Anthony Bell 1:06:36. 2:13:45. 3:25:29. 4:45:30. 5:05:42

5th Alan Miner 1:10:56. 2:22:55. 3:37:48. 4:58:15. 5:18:22

6th Chantal Norget 1:15:47. 2:32:06. 3:51:20. 5:08:41. 5:26:43

7th Colin Busby 1:06:49. 2:16:25. 3:38:59. 5:20:16. 5:44:45

*8th Lori Parker 1:20:39. 2:42:12. 4:03:36. 5:35:16. 5:56:21

9th Alexander Tomer 1:07:39. 2:12:31. 3:31:41. 5:35:12. 5:56:27

10th Adrian Griffiths 1:21:26. 2:40:22. 4:08:48. 6:04:16. 6:31:14

*11th Tania McNamara 1:21:22. 2:49:37. 4:26:57. 6:07:33. 6:31:39

12th Chad McNamara 1:21:22. 2:49:37. 4:26:57. 6:07:33. 6:31:40

13th Madeleine Berrevoets 1:20:25. 2:48:58. 4:35:33. 6:19:11. 6:43:32 (Team Spirit Award)

14th Joseph Munroe 1:20:25. 2:48:58. 4:35:33. 6:19:11. 6:43:32 (Team Spirit Award)

15th Toni Thompson 1:24:54. 3:02:45. 4:47:47. 6:41:18. 7:08:07

16th Sarah Young MacDonald 1:45:30. 3:47:05. 6:03:30. 8:24:54. 9:03:06

80k (6 laps plus a 4.9k out and back)

1st Nat Couture 55:26. 1:55:01. 2:52:57. 3:54:34. 5:00:04. 6:13:40. 7:11:30

2nd Bernie Doucet 58:46. 2:00:42. 3:05:36. 4:12:13. 5:22:18. 6:35:25. 7:33:23

3rd Michael Gaudet 1:16:12. 2:34:22. 3:57:44. 5:27:36. 7:05:55. 8:38:12. 9:47:21

*4th Mark Campbell 1:17:48. 2:37:30. 4:15:20. 5:43:33 7:06:29. 8:36:22. 9:47:21

5th Dylan McIlvenny 1:09:57. 2:29:20. 3:38:08. 5:27:29. 7:25:02. 9:15:05. 10:31:13

6th Kristin Gough 1:25:30. 2:55:01. 4:27:35. 6:00:10. 7:33:33. 9:10:27. 10:31:24

7th Nancy Neatt 1:21:21. 2:49:20. 4:26:09. 6:05:16. 7:37:06. 9:27:53. 10:56:31

8th Joseph Shipley 1:26:20. 2:57:23. 4:29:47. 6:06:38. 7:49:04. 9:41:42. 11:19:25

9th Roy Banks 1:25:54. 2:59:26. 4:36:07. 6:15:36. 7:59:25. 9:51:48. 11:27:12

10th Jeremy Davidson 1:30:21. 3:04:23. 4:50:38. 6:37:57. 8:27:29. 10:24:59. 12:25:18 (did 7 full laps vs the 4.9k out and back).

11th Blair Mann 1:20:35. 2:37:30. 4:03:00. 5:35:31. 6:32:51

A huge shout out to all of our super awesome volunteers...Karine (timer/registration/micro-manager extraordinaire), Becky, Steve(helped until after 5pm!), Andrew, Patrick, John, Michelle and Matt...and to Salomon for all of the prizing once again! 

Thanks for coming out!

Jodi and Karine 

Sent from R iPad

Wascally Wabbit Ultra III

Hey trail runners!! 

Just over a week away from the 3rd Annual Wascally Wabbit Ultra! 

Everything is falling into place as the day approaches quickly. Hopefully we have some good weather to make it an extra special great day for all of those who are about to run their first ever trail run...or their longest run ever, and anything/everything in between!

Sponsors!! We have a ton of support this year from various businesses around the Maritimes with SALOMON being the major sponsor once again! They'll be providing all of the great prizes like shoes, packs, t-shirts, etc, etc! Thank you Salomon! 

In no particular order, here are the other sponsors that will be listed on the 238 t-shirts, they'll get 2 free entries into any of the NS series races, and they're invited to set up shop at all of the races to promote their business! Drum roll please...

Kinesio Sport Lab, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Driftwood Park Retreat, Natural Selection Adventure Racing, Aerobics First, Bike&Bean Cafe, Hub Cycle, CB Wetlands & Environmental Specialists, Nova Scotia Power, Sporting Intentions, Maritime Chiropractic, Liverpool Adventure Outfitters, Advanced Wellness Centre, Xerox Paperflow, Young-Kempt Physio, and Shoppers Drug Mart

A few reminders:

1- The race starts at 7am sharp. Please check-in around 6:00-6:15am. If you are late, the race will still start at 7am because everyone shouldn't have to wait for a tardy trail runner :)

2- Sorry, but please leave your dogs at home. 

3- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Right now we could use 3 more people for part of the day (starting at 6:15am). If you know of anyone that would like to help out, please pass this along! Thanks!

4- Course Markings- the only things that will be used to mark the course will be white spray chalk dots on the ground, pink/black flagging tape, sticks/logs to block off other trails, and a few arrows. No other color flagging or spray chalk will be used. The course should be quite easy to follow...assuming you pay attention 5% of the time :)

5- Aid Station- at the start/finish area we will have a Euro style aid station. This will include: bread, salami, salted cucumber, salted cherry tomatoes, potato chips, cookies or cake, water, and gatorade. Please bring your normal race food/drink as well.

6- You can access your own stash (in your car/cooler, etc) of food/drink/gear anytime you come through to finish a lap.

7- You can register here if you haven't done so already: http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1089

8- As usual, a donation will be made to a local charity! We have a few in mind...and the more runners we get means more money that goes to the group we choose! :)

9- I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I'll let you know on race day!

10- Rest up!

Thanks and see you soon!

Jodi

Pre-E2C 2013 RESULTS

What a nice and fun day in the woods of St. Margaret's Bay! Everyone seemed to enjoy the day  as most teams used the full 6 hours...and then some :) Thanks to everyone for coming out to play and a big thanks to Chad for helping set up the course, help with trail building, for hanging out all day AND for helping clean up the clubhouse after everyone left! Also, thanks to the St Margaret's ATV Association for renting their clubhouse and to Karine for helping tally the points (no, she didn't add up her team's points :)

Start time was 9am, so the cut off time was 3pm sharp. The time shown is the time of day. Total points on course = 6300.

1st Natural Selection AR. 2:48. 6000pts
2nd Pam and Brian. 2:57. 5500pts
3rd Karine and Tania. 2:46. 4500pts
4th Bruce, Conor, and Jeff. 2:55. 4300pts
5th Anthony and Tim. 2:53. 3700pts
6th Erin, Monica, Maggie, Rob, John. 2:56. 3100pts
7th Suzanne and Jason. 2:56. 2600pts
8th Roxanne and Glen. 1:53. 2300pts
9th Scott and Duncan. 2:53. 2000pts
10th Emily and Colin. 2:48. 1700pts
11th Sarah, Janet, and Robert. 2:57. 1300pts
Geoff, Dave, and Scott. 3:05. 3500pts
Bridget and Robert. 4:05. 3000pts
Brennon, Jack, and Steve. 3:35. 2900pts
Ellen, Ellen, Kim, and Jim. 3:00:30. 2400pts
Amanda and Jackie. 3:37. 2100pts
Heidi and Danny. 3:11. 1700pts

Let me know if I've goofed up and I'll get things fixed up! Thanks again and rest up!

Jodi

April/May/June Races!

Hey trail/woods people!

Just thought I'd keep you up to speed on the upcoming trail races!

April 21st- the 8th Annual Pre-E2C Orienteering Event
6hr orienteering race
http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1094

May 11th- Wascally Wabbit Ultra III
12, 24, 50, and 80k trail running race
http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1089

May 19th- Fitz Frenzy Trail Race
A brand new 7 and 14k trail running race 
http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1153

June 1st- Who's Your Daddy 8hr Adventure Race
http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1150

June 1st- Muffin Run
7.5k and 15k technical trail running race
http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=1165

Hope to see you there!

Thursday Night Run Schedule!

Every Thursday at 6pm!

April 4- Ballfield Road- drive 2.1k down Peggys Cove Road from Tantallon. Turn left on Ballfield Road. Park at the bottom of the hill before the gate.

April 11- Islandview Drive- from the Bike&Bean Café, drive 7.8k towards Hubbards. Turn right on Islandview Drive and continue driving for 1.2k. On the left is an outdoor skating rink and on the right is a small dirt road. Park here, either on the dirt road or the shoulder of the paved road.

April 18- Wright Lake Run in Westwood Subdivision- drive in 4.4k in from Hammonds Plains Rd, turn left on Wright Lake Run. Drive another 1.2k and park at trailhead on right hand side of road).

April 25- Beech Hill Road- drive 9.7k down Peggys Cove Road from Tantallon. Beech Hill Road will be on your left. Park on the shoulder of Beech Hill Rd at the beginning of the road (near #11377 Peggys Cove Road).

May 2- Station Road- from the Bike&Bean Café, drive 3.5k towards Hubbards. Turn right on Station Road. A parking lot is at 15 Station Road on the right hand side.

May 9- Bluff Trail- The civic address for the Parking lot is #2890 St. Margarets Bay Road in Timberlea, next to Bay Self-Storage. (GPS: 44.666577,-63.762932.) There is also a Bluff Trail Parking sign on the main road.

May 16- Ballfield Road

May 23- Islandview Drive

May 30- Wright Lake Run

June 6- Beech Hill Road

June 13- Station Road

June 20- Bluff Trail

June 27- Ballfield Road

July 4- Islandview Drive

July 11- Wright Lake Run

July 18- Beech Hill Road

July 25- Station Road

August 1- Bluff Trail

August 8- Ballfield Road

August 15- Islandview Drive

August 22- Wright Lake Run

August 29- Beech Hill Road

September 5- Station Road

September 12- Bluff Trail

September 19- Ballfield Road

September 26- Islandview Drive