Trail Bits 2006 #6

Trail Bits 2006 # 6

Congratulations to Wendy Simms & Steve Osiaduk on being named the Female & Male Athletes of the Year for 2005 at the inaugural Nanaimo SportsAchievement Awards held this past Saturday night at the Coast Bastion.

Once again this past Saturday the faithful gathered together in the WestwoodLake parking lot prior to heading off for a run of the Saddle in conditions that were described as "the storm of the year" by the News stations. Over 30 hearty soles ran in conditions that were somewhat ugly to say the least! BigWinds, lots of rain, lots of mud, lots of wind fall lying across the trails and oh, did I mention a lot of water in the streams. One stream crossing was reported to be thigh deep. Not only was the water deep but it was alsoreally cold due to the snow that was on the mountain. Sadly/luckily I had to wait at Starbucks for the reports to come in. One by one people came in to Starbucks with big smiles and big tales to tell. It seemed that as each person came in the water got deeper, the winds got stronger and the temperature got colder. The only thing that remained consistent were the smiles. Even though I didn't get to run, I can tell you that everyone had a blast. Sadly the rest of us are all going to have to listen to them bragabout how wet, deep, cold and windy it was for a long, long time. Thank Godthey don't fish!

This is the weekend to run the Nanoose Trails with Lynn and Kathy. Details are below.

Bastion now has enough volunteers ..thank you!!!!

1. Island Relay - The organizers of the Subway Island Relay are still in need of one or two bodies that would be able to commit to being the Trouble Shooters on the day of the event. May 27, 2006. They need someone to stay on top of everything, putting out fires and any last minute panic's. You will have a list of all contacts, a vehicle with a courtesy driver and generally be everywhere fixing race day problems & checking things are set up correctly. If you would like more information on this, please email me.

2. Snow Shoeing - remember to email Kathleen Richardson if you want to come.Only $27.00 for a fun filled morning.

The RUN Details - Nanoose Trails - Back by very popular demand.People raved about the run that Kathy and Lynn took everyone on last time. It will take you about 10 - 15 minutes to get from Chapters to the Trail Head so please allow yourself enough driving time. Here are the Long driving Directions.
1. Head towards Parksville (hopefully that is a given) and turn right atthe Petro Canada station.
2. Follow the road up and over the two sets of railroad tracks.
3. Take the first road on the right after the tracks this is Powder PointRoad.
4. Head towards Fairwinds Golf Course.
5. You will pass St. Mary's church on the right, then you will pass OZEROACRES FARM on the left and then head up a big hill.
6. Keep going until you reach a four way stop sign. There are big signshere that say Fairwinds on them at this point. Keep Straight
7. Go straight for about .2 km and on the left there is a gravel parkinglot with a wooden rustic fence here. This is the parking lot!
8. The trail head is here! Park very tightly together please, as the lot is not terribly large.

Upcoming Stuff*
GutBuster #1 - March 5th - CANCELLED*
Cedar 12km - February 12th*
Hatley Castle 8km - February 26th*
Bazan Bay 8km - March 12th*
Comox Half Marathon - March 19th*
GutBuster # 2 Royal Roads - March 25th*
Sooke River 10km - April 2nd*
Whidbey Island Marathon - April 2nd*
Merville 15km - April 9th*
GutBuster # 3 Mt. Tzouhalem - April 15th*
Kusim Klimb - June*
GutBuster # 4 Mt. Douglas - June 3rd*
GutBuster # 5 - Westwood Lake Half Marathon & 8km - July 16th