2008 - Year 5 - Fall Mountain Highway Madness

14 September 2008 - 17 starters

"Hey, where was everybody?", Rob Ruff, start line of the Mountain Highway Madness, Saturday 13 September 08 @ 7:30am. 

"Hey, where was everybody?", Baldwin Lee, Mosquito Creek Pub, Sunday 14 September 08 @ noon.

Well, Rob, the run has always been on Sunday.  If in doubt, best to check the website!  And Baldwin, the official start is at 7:30.  If you choose to get hammered the night before, sleep in and miss the start, best to check with the Event Host to see if there were any changes made to the agenda. 

For those who made it to the "official" start, this years' fall running of the Mountain Highway Madness was about as flawless as a trail run could be.  Ryne and Danielle had set up the Kintec tent at the start complete with munchies and timekeeping.  Skies were cloudless, temperatures at the start were in the 'teens.  The day was so perfect, in fact, all of the runners decided to opt out of the free beer offered by the nice folks at the Mosquito Creek Grill so they could do other things out doors after the run.

Graham, on his mountain bike accompanied by his dog Jasper, was going head-to-head against Ryne who, in his runners, was out to set a new record for the fastest single lap.  Jonathan, on the other hand, was putting it all on the line to go for 2 laps.

I'd been fighting an injury all season so wasn't expecting to complete even one lap.  Rick Arikado, who won his age group at the Walk in the Park a week ago (and the BC Ultra Series!) was tired, so I managed to hang with him.  Thanks for the push, Rick!

The thing I love about out-and-back courses is that you get to see everyone.  As he passed us going back down after the turnaround, Ryne was on fire.  (Who would have guessed he puked twice on the way up!)  Glenn, Penny, Jonathan and DarbyKai looked like they'd barely broken a sweat as they passed us.  Everyone, no matter where they were, looked as though they were having a great time.

In the end, Ryan outran Graham on the bike by a couple of minutes.  Jonathan, in his first MHM, got silver.  Ginger became the second canine finisher of the MHM. 

Congrats to everyone who came out and a special thanks to the folks from Kintec, TrailRunner Mag and the Mosquito Creek for the support.

Ean Jackson
Host, Mountain Highway Madness

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Photos can be added to the CFA Flickr group, tagged with  FallMountainHighwayMadness2008 FallMountainHighway ClubFatAssEvents
Here is a slideshow of photos posted so far:  Fall Mountain Highway Madness Photos

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Preliminary Results:

 

Points	First Name	Last Name	Age	Event	1 Loop: up/down/total	2 Loop: up/down/total	3 Loop: up/down/total	Total
2	Lorie	Alexander	40-49	45km - 3 loops	1:00/0:44:00/1:44	1:08/0:44/1:52 1:07	0:42/1:49	05:25:00
2	Barry	Hopkins	50-59	45km - 3 loops	1:00/0:44:00/1:44	1:08/0:44/1:52 1:07	0:42/1:49	05:25:00
2	Greg	Barreca			0:43min/0:32/1:15	0:49/0:35/1:24		02:39:00
1	Rick	Arikado	50-59	30km - 2 loops	?/?/1:26:30	?/?/1:24:4		02:51:18
2	Rob	Ruff	40-49	30km - 2 loops	48:21 / 35:13 /  1:22:34	56:00 / 39:05 / 1:35:05		02:58:00
2	Jonathan	Weresch	30-39	30km - 2 loops	55:20/44:33/1:39:53	1:02:03/41:59/1:43:02		03:23:56
2	Betty	Tod	50-59	30km - 2 loops	?/?/?			?
2	Hilary	Ewart	40-49	30km - 2 loops	? /? / 1:47	?		?
1	Ryne	Melcher			35:42/23:30./0:59:12			00:59:12
1	Graham	Archer	30-39	15km - 1 loop	? /? / 1:00:13			Bike - 1:00:13
2	DarbyKai	Standrick	20-29	15km - 1 loop	?/?/01:09:12			01:09:12
1	Glenn	Pace	40-49	15km - 1 loop	43:22 / 27:01/  1:10:23			01:10:23
2	Penny	Jakobsen	40-49	15km - 1 loop	?/?/01:24:21			01:24:21
3	Ean	Jackson	50-59	15km - 1 loop	?/?/1:26:30			01:26:30
1	Baldwin	Lee		30km - 2 loops	57:45/34:18/1:32:03			01:32:03
1	Craig	Moore	40-49	15km - 1 loop	1:16/0:42/ 1:58			01:58:00
2	Sibylle	Tinsel	40-49	15km - 1 loop	1:16/0:43 / 1:59			1:59:00
1	Danielle	MacLeod		crew				N/A
-1	Dom	Repta	30-39	45km - 3 loops				DNS