Chezzetcook Chickadee Trail Run

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Sunday December 12th, at 10 a.m. meet up at the Head of Chezzetcook firehall for a fun and challenging trail run.

You can now register online at Atlantic Chip, or on the morning of the run. The course will be very well marked and volunteers will be on-hand to point you in the right direction at the major intersections. There will be awards for the top two female and male in both distances.

Same-day registration 8:30 'til 9:45 am. in
the upstairs Firehall
pre-race ramble at 9:55
race starts at 10 am
distances of either 7km, or 16km.
cost $10.

Course Description

The course is ninety percent logging access roads, about 1 km on power line. There is 400m of pavement for the 16km course only. You will get your feet wet on the power line trail (part of both the 7km and 16km). You will experience some slippery rocks and sticks, and you will probably see or hear a chickadee or two.

Allow time for a pre-race warm-up, because right off the start there is 750 metres of rocky hill to ascend, which then turns into a quad crushing descent onto the power line, followed by some refreshing foot soaking, and some more steep climbing to settle into.

Don't forget to check the weather and dress appropriately. Most of the trails have large exposed rocks and puddles. There are no feed stations on the course, so supply yourself with necessary water and snacks. This is a physically demanding run, and most of the course is in remote wilderness.

Cuddly Coyote a big party.

The planetary forces of trail running aligned: great weather; amazing organization; lots and lots of stoked runners; a great coffee shop; poking fun at atv'ers.

Eighty Two participants!! Maybe the biggest trail running race in Nova Scotia ever? Muchos gracias to the organizers and their happy volunteers.

15.5km in 77 minutes for the fastest lady, and 69 minutes and change for the fastest guy. Tremendous stuff.

Cuddly Coyote Trail Running Race November 14th

The Trail Shop's Cuddly Coyote Trail Running Race


What? 11k and 22k trail running race....with a few good tough hills and some sweet trails! :)

Where? The Bike and Bean Cafe- 5401 St Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon. Please park on French Village Station Road (by the Esso station) and park across the trail from The Bike and Bean.

When? Sunday November 14, 2010 - Starts at 10am
Registration starts at 8am (cafe opens at 8am too!)

How to register... email transfer $25 (includes insurance and post-race snacks) to cuddlycoyote@hotmail.ca or pay on race day.


Contact: cuddlycoyote@hotmail.ca (Jodi and karine)

Chezzetcook 22k'er

Some pretty big results from the pretty big run:
Cider/Karen/Susan 2:06 (modified course)!!!
Shawn T 2:10:00!
Andrew M 2:10:01!

22.11 km and 604m elevation gain/loss. Thanks Shawn! We even threw down a 4:45 final kilometre.

Over four thousand dollars in prizes were handed out and then handed back!
Contangulations to all that finished.

See ya' next time at the Crowbar Lake run sometime in June!

Nose Hill Grasslands Park

From downtown Cowtown Nose Hill Park is about a ten minute train ride, plus another fifteen minute run . On separate days, I had the good fortune to get in two ninety minute runs, both on the same southwest side of the park, and didn't come close to covering a fraction of the supposed 300km of random trails.

The views are indeed awesome of the downtown and the Rockies. Even more awesomer views are of the gullies/valleys right in front of you you are about to descend into and then (attempt) to run up the other side.

Maybe it was the slight altitude (1230 metres), or maybe that rock that's still in my pack that Mark put there three weeks ago, or those are just some really steep hills, but I did find myself reluctantly slowing to a walk on some uphills when it felt like my lungs were getting sucked out of my chest.

There's lots of company up there too -- other trail runners, mountain bikers, pocket gophers, herds of deer, dogs off leash, rabbits, and circling hawks waiting for someone to trip up.

Your friend and mine, doing more amazing stuff!!!

Read about Mark, and donate:

http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2010/04/sections/news/campbell-to-run-280-km-around-cabot-trail/

Results Pot Lake/Indian Hill Loops

The new trail markers made it even harder to get lost, but some of us still managed. Sunny, wind at your back, warm, almost dry course.

Doug 1:30:02 (25% faster than last year)
Shannon & Shawn 1:34 (15% faster than last year)
Jim 1:34:41 (2% less fast, but clockwise)
John 1:35:45 (infinitely faster than last year)
Andrew 1:45 (4% less fast than last year)

Challenges this year involved the swarms of people and dogs in the last 2 km of the trail. Unusually warm spring has propelled people into the ourdoors!