13 June 2009 - 18 Starters/18 Finishers

Hi, I just became a member, everything sounds like so much fun!!

Anyhoo, my name is Chris I'm a 39 year old paramedic from Swift Current, Sask.  I am going to try to get into running ultras next year (have the Queen city marathon to concentrate on this year)

So as a newbie ultrarunner I may, if you let me, be picking your respective brains for advise and guidance.

I am trying to run a BQ this year in Regina, in Sept. I'll let you know how that goes :)

It is with great sadness that I pass this on.

My stepfather, Peter "Pappy" Mura Sr, passed away suddenly in his sleep on the morning of June 5th. He was 74.

Peter was somewhat of a fixture at many running events in which his wife, children, & even grandchildren participated.  He especially loved watching the finish of the Knee Knacker, & the Coho Run.

So, I've moved to a different part of this gorgeous province of ours... I only had the chance to take part in two (or three? I can't remember) CFA events before I moved away from Vancouver but they were SUPER fun. And now I'm wondering if any of you are over on the Vancouver Island side of the water? I'm living in Victoria now, right near the Lieutenant Governor's house (within spitting distance of the garden, if you stand on the balcony - you're welcome to come over and give it a shot!).

I hung out at the back of the pack of 17 starters
Of this inaugural running of the 80k(50Mi) here in Kelowna.
This year was the first time that the newly rebuilt trestles were incorporated into the course, after the disastrous fire that burnt for weeks in the valleys and mountains behind Kelowna BC.

I ran the entire race with Gail and Janet.
We talked Ultra the whole way and by the second 30k loop of the Myra bypass we had managed to reel in about 6 stragglers.

6 June 2009 - Starter Photo

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Glenn Pace's webpage for his solo 24-Hour-Relay run of 110 miles is now up.

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