Flash - Yet another bash at the JDFT coming up!
Are you able to get off work and get over here for Saturday morning?
Dear Trail runners,
I am organizing yet another trail run on Saturday June 23rd, this time I want to run the stretch of the trail from Port Renfrew South.
The plan is to meet at the Botanical Beach Trailhead @ 10 am and run for 2.5 hours out then turn and return.
There will be fast people and slower trailers so the out and back format ensures that no-one get left for the bears ( just kidding!)
I have a pair of walkie-talkies which were a lot of fun last time, and could be real handy should someone get injured. Bring snacks and drinks. There is no water on the trail unless you want to dip into the creeks.
Bring a camera and your most optimistic frame of mind. Obviously if you want to hike, instead of run, you will cover way less distance and you could always turn before the half way point. It's all good. Be there or be square. Jackal
Photos of last years JFT run
Back From The Beach
28 July 2007
So we are all done. 5 souls started 5 finished.
Bob Wall, Isao Hirayama,Jeff Hunt,Caroline Goluza ,and I.
Bob, Isao and Jeff took off and , after a little bit of reorientation and re grouping,tookoff again leaving Caroline Isao and I as the caboose. After some beach walking on Bear Beach and some ankle wading on Sombrio , we were all well and working our way to Botanical Beach and the ride back. We had a happy time even though we had to deal with a lot of deepish mud. I have never run it that muddy. The lads,Jeff and Bob ran the whole trail in 7:55 We did it in 9:32. No major injuries, many wonderful views I waded through the Sombria river up to my hips and fried my camera! (time for an upgrade.)
This trail is a real character builder, a "must do", at least once a year. Thanks Isao and Norma for doing all the driving.
See you at the Monty.
JDF trail preview run
Well we made it back, after a very enjoyable jaunt on the top end of the JDFT.
Paul, Elaine, Charlie and I ,plus our gear piled into the Jackalmobile and made our way to Port Renfrew, stopping at Sooke for breakfast then heading to Parkinson Creek trailhead to leave our stash of food and drinks, with a plan to make that our turn around after 2.5 hours.
We got there with time to spare. (10 minutes or so.)
Not feeling any real compulsion to kick out ten more minutes after the break we had a seven minute stop, while Paul and I proceeded to demolish our supplies.Elaine watch on in amazement!
She drank but did not eat...
We headed back along the beautiful coast, popping out here and there onto some of the less easily accessible beaches, Elaine was not too happy walking on the wet log bridges but she did real good on the runnable sections.
We met many hiker-types, and they were all very pleasant.
The views of the breakers the constant sound of either the waves, the rushing Creeks, and of Paul and I yapping the whole time, kept Charlie and Elaine going, through the mud the blood and the beer!(just kidding about the blood and the beer, that came afterwards.)I slipped over a couple of time, falling quite heavily once, luckily I landed on my wallet, not my bony ass.
On the drive home, we stopped at the 17 Mile house for more food.We entered a draw to win a chain saw in the Pub, I feel lucky!
We dropped Charlie and Elaine off home by 6:30ish.
Mission accomplished.
ILTS!