On Saturday, May 10th, Jeff Hunt and Bob Wall became the first people to run Northern Vancouver Island’s brand new North Coast Trail. It took the two runners 11 hours to complete the 60k adventure. Following is an excerpt from Jeff’s blog on his experience running the trail..

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Wow. What an adventure.

Before I begin this post, I know many people will be reading this report trying to gain information about the trail, either for hiking, camping or running purposes, so I will try and deliver all the information I know from my recent experience. I would also like to thank my family, Peninsula Runners , Prarie Inn Harriers Running Club , and Cape Scott Water Taxi for their support with this recent running adventure. Most importantly, I would like to thank both Strategic Forest Management and the Northern Vancouver Island Trails Society who spent the last 10 years fundraising and constructing the trail. Without their efforts, there would simply not be a trail.

Visit Jeff’s blog to continue reading …

Click here for final results from the Mind Over Mountain Adventure race last weekend in Squamish. From all reports it was one of the toughest MOMAR’s to date. Following are write-ups from people who participated in the event:

• Team Helly Hansen Vancouver Island - Kristenn’s race report; Squamish MOMAR May 10, 2008 - What a race! Many racers, including our fearless Team HHVI leader Justin Mark, are saying it was the toughest MOMAR yet! With Jeff and I having just one MOMAR under our belts we can only agree that it was tough, real tough!
• What’s up with ELM? - MOMAR Squamish Race Report - Wow. What a race! I just returned home from a weekend in Squamish and my first Adventure Race of the season-MOMAR #1. This one may go down as the most challenging MOMAR to date-with epic elevation gain (over and over) and tonnes of self navigation-on and off the bike. (Also check out Sarah’s follow-up report on the race - Hindsight )
• Gary Robbins - Squamish MOMAR Race Report - So after getting back from Miwok and feeling completely crippled for three full days I was wondering if I’d be able to race the Squamish MOMAR Adventure Race at all…

Additional write-ups will be added to this list as they become available.