Notes from Dan the Trail Guy #30

Trail Bits

Boy what a busy weekend it was in Nanaimo. I hope everyone survived the rigors of trail running, dragon boating, volunteering, family time and/or beer gardening? It was a test of endurance.

This coming weekend – July 16 & 17th there will be two runs available: one on Saturday (Duomont Trails) and one on Sunday (Strathcona Trails). Take your pick or do the double. I am in need of leaders for Saturdays Duomont Trail run if any of you feel like leading….let me know.

Saturday – Duomont Trails – meet at 7:00am by the yellow gate. This will be a ONE HOUR run, as I am hoping to do the double. If you need driving directions to the Duomont Trails, please email me back.

Sunday - Strathcona Park Trail Run – we Leave Chapters at 6:30am - We will meet in the parking lot between Chapters and Pier 1 Importers and arrange the car pooling. We will drive up to the Nordic Lodge at Mt. Washington (most – but not all - elevation gain is done by car). From the lodge we will set out on the trails that lead through Paradise Meadows, up to Helene Mackenzie Lake, Kwai Lake, Battleship Lake and back to the lodge. There are hills to run, but no mountains to climb! The run will be split into two different groups – one group will be doing around two hours and the other around 80 minutes. You will need to bring water and a snack. We should be back in Nanaimo by around 1:00ish unless you choose to stop for lunch. I really need an email response from you if you are planning on coming up to Strathcona. Just in case there is a change in plans or something.

A message to pass along from Andrea Beiner of North Ridge Fitness. The Gut Buster was such a well organized event. It was fun being part of it. I would like to take this opportunity to invite the ROC group to enjoy a one week free membership @ North Ridge Fitness Centre. Fitness is more than running, even though running often seems like it's enough. If you would be so kind as to pass this along that would be awesome. They can contact me thru email or call me @ Northridge to book an appointment to activate their one week membership. It would be great to see you @ the centre as well. Once again, a great effort $680.00 raised. Looking forward to being involved in future ROC events. Keep Running and Keep that Core Strong...Andrea Andrea’s email is andreabiener@hotmail.com Thanks Andrea for the offer to the membership.

Harbour City Half Marathon – James Williams has graciously agreed to be in charge of recruiting course marshals for the event which takes place September 11th. James is asking those of you who are able to commit to volunteering as a course marshal of in any other capacity to please e-mail, James Williams, at jfwilly@shaw.ca or telephone him at 250-390-3738. Thank you so much for your consideration of his request!

GutBuster Race Results – are now up at the GB Website www.gutbustertrailrun.com

Early Warnings: Frosty Foot Race - December 4th, 2005, Bowen Park, Nanaimo, 10 am start, registration 9:15, 10km Run, 5km Run or Walk, 1km Tot Trot