Thanks Karine and Jodi for assembling some very adventurous running terrain (and awesome volunteers) in the Black Harbour area. As well as the river crossing and lots of healthy size puddles, the buckets of rain were all out to keep the dust down and put out any fires that might ignite from runners' thighs blasting up and down some quite serious grades. A little unusual for the first day of October that it was raining heavily and a pleasantly warm eighteen celsius.
This course had something for everyone: sweet bouncy wooded singletrack through mossy undergrowth; a couple lengthy climbs to settle into; a river crossing; hubcaps to circle around; bottomless mystery puddles; some good old fashioned root hopping. And we will never forget the foot sucking muck of the last climb before the final ascent. The hill was steep enough already, just adding a little extra resistance to lifting your foot each time made it especially fun!
