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Musquodoboit Muffin . Start at 9 am at Crawford's
Falls. Distance is approximately 21km. Registration is on the morning
of, and closes at 8:30 at the start/finish line. There is parking on both sides of the bridge. There are no facilities at the
start/finish. The start finish location is on Highway 357 (aka Meagher's
Grant Rd) approximately 13km from the Musquodoboit Harbour Library. Coordinates of the start/finish are: 44.872673, -63.220254.
The are no feed stations on the trail. All runners must have at minimum a
pack, a rain shell, a fully charged mobile phone, snacks and water.
Registration is $20 cash, and waivers must be signed at registration.
As usual There
are no awards or prizes for this event. There are muffins at the finish
.
The course begins with approximately 4km of flat rail trail and finishes
with about 2km of the same. In between is wilderness singletrack.
There are two optional out-and-back sections on the
singletrack segment. These are very well marked with blue flagging tape and are steep
descents/ascents.
If you have not run this trail before you are in for a real treat, but
please be aware of the extreme technical and physical demands specially
of the middle10km section. It may sound short but the distance is
compounded by all steep ascents and descents and numerous hops skips and
jumps between boulders, and over roots. There are no flat straight
sections in this segment of the trail. Trail specific running shoes are
highly recommended. Studs or spikes are allowed, and may or
may not be helpful depending on the weather.
