This is the agenda the city boys used in 2004. Use it as a guideline to develop your own:
Friday 2
July 2004 |
|
06:00 |
Check the
weather. Pack the cars. Hit
the road from North Vancouver. |
|
07:20 |
Ferry to
Langdale (arrive 8:00) |
|
10:30 |
Ferry to
Saltery Bay (arrive 11:20) |
|
12:30 |
Arrive Powell River. Final grocery
shop and sightseeing |
|
14:00 |
Crew
meeting. Meet local crew. Confirm
objectives.
Lund
Pub. |
|
16:00 |
Get
to Sarah Point. Set up tent. |
|
18:00 |
Hit
the hay |
|
Saturday 3
July
|
|
01:30 |
Get
up |
|
02:00 |
Hit
the trail |
|
06:10 |
Arrive Reference Point (RP) 1 -
Malaspina Road (4 hours run time) |
|
07:45 |
Arrive RP2 - Homestead |
|
10:55 |
Arrive RP3 - Wildwood |
|
12:55 |
Arrive RP6 - Haywire Bay |
|
14:30 |
Arrive RP7 - Anthony Island |
|
18:10 |
Arrive RP6 - Fiddlehead |
|
21:35 |
Arrive RP7 - Spring Lake |
|
Sunday 4
July
|
|
0:20 |
Arrive RP8 - Granite Lake |
|
04:40 |
Arrive RP9 - Goat Lake Main |
|
07:30 |
Arrive RP10 - Lois Main |
|
13:30 |
Arrive RP11 - Saltery Bay Main |
| 22:00 |
Arrive RP12 - Finish |
| 23:30 |
Hit
the hay. All of the pubs in Powell River were closed!
|
|
Monday 5
July
|
|
06:30 |
Sleep
in. Pack. Say goodbyes. |
|
07:30 |
Ferry to
Earl's Cove (arrive 8:20) |
|
10:40 |
Ferry
to
Horseshoe Bay (arrive 11:00) |
|
11:30 |
Arrive North Vancouver |
|
20:00 |
Hit
the hay. |
Route and Crew
Access
Trail
Route
We opted to run the Sunshine Coast Trail from North to South.
General details about the trail can be found on the Sunshine Coast Trail website. Specific details can be found in the book
"Sunshine Coast Trail" by Eagle Walz.
Crew
Access
It would have been impossible to meet the challenge of running the
Sunshine Coast Trail non-stop without aid and
crew
support.
In
competitive trail
races, runners receive food, water and medical assistance approximately
every 10 kilometers. The team prepared to carry sufficient food and
water to run without outside assistance for up to (6) six hours. Aid
stations were set up at intervals of 10-30 kilometers wherever road
access permitted. Link to a detailed route and crew access
table.
Runner Preparation
Other Notes
- please read the
FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions)
- while on the trail, we tried to identify potential
improvements for trail marking, noted
particular areas of interest for future runners and
picked up any trash we saw. (there wasn't much!)
- this
"event" was not sponsored, sanctioned, permitted or anything else that
would qualify it as an official event. It was a trail running party!
