Receiving last minute tips on the BC Ferry ride over
Choppy seas in Active Pass
Fine hors d'oeuvres at the Malavi's
.... and fine beverages
Gracious Host
Paintings on Burlap woven Rice bag canvas
The best ever pre-race dinner
3 curries, 2 salads + rice
.... and Pavlova + Mango Crumble for dessert!
Good spirits at the 5:30am departure
A tentative 2 thumbs up
2010 JdF Epic Trail Run. China beach parking lot meeting point.
"Full distance" Runners ready
Jeff Hunt, organizer of the Epic run - see http://jdfepic.blogspot.com/
The trail (redlined) from Google Earth
A fast start into the deep dark woods
Shaky start
There's more than 1 way to cross a dry creek bed
Fallen Trees make for good bridges
Our first beach section - Mystic Beach
Shhh, don't wake the campers.
Still fresh
Another of many creek crossings
Pat points to the first of many wasp stings
Meeting up with Jeff Hunt running North to South
Bev, Pat & JJ on the rocky beach
Kathy signals in the distance
Back seat Willy takes to the foreground
One of many Stitka spruce giants
One of many climbs out of a creek crossing
A cedar gaint
Approaching the Malivi aid station
2nd half runners with volunteers and supporters
More a picnic than an aid station
And then there were 8
a little climbing
JJ causes the Island to shift
Trail sections were as lush as Hawaii (well almost)
Taking a moment
33 down, 14 to go
JJ streaks past the second wasp nest
Fresh droppings. 30 minutes later, we encountered a bear
West coast Yin-Yang
Husdon, Pat, Melody, Colin ...
... joined by Kathy, JJ, Will. Photo by Bev
Rugged coast
Floats marking trail entrance from the beach
You don't have to be fast to enjoy trail running
Planning
The yellow jersy was hard to keep up to
Dirty, but not down
Port Renfew Finishers (less Bev) ...
... with Volunteers & Supporters
Garmin Summary data
