Trail runners,
especially ultrarunners, have long recognized Old Mountain
Highway in North Vancouver, British Columbia,
as a great place to train.
The inaugural Mountain
Highway Madness was hosted on 7 April 2001
by Ean Jackson as a training exercise for
the Diez Vista 50k trail run. There were 6
starters, and 7 finishers. Given
almost all of Old Mountain Highway was
covered in snow in April 2002, the event was
cancelled. On Easter Sunday (20 April)
and again on 18 May 2003 records fell in
almost every category. A
little more structure was subsequently added
to the event in the form of this website and
more formal record keeping.
Mountain Highway Madness
is now held twice a year. The dates
were chosen to make this even a great last
training run for those participating in the
Diez Vista and Silvertip 50 kilometer trail races.
The
Glory
There's no trophy,
t-shirt, ball cap or shiny car for the
fastest or the last one left standing.
Bragging rights are, however, available to
those who are prepared to earn them:
Bragging Right |
Accomplishment |
|
Platinum |
4 or more
round trips |
|
Gold |
3 or more
round trips |
|
Silver |
2 or more
round trips |
|
Bronze |
1 round trip |
|
Raspberry |
an
incomplete lap |
