Image courtesy of Lorenz Jiminez
This
years Perseverance Trail Run on October 27th was a huge success with
350 racers, 70 volunteers, sponsors and supporters coming together to
raise funds for the Cumberland Community Forest Society. In it's 9th
year, the Perseverance Trail Run raised a record donation of $9000
for the CCFS! The
CCFS is a local society working toward purchasing and protecting
additional forest lands in the Cumberland area for recreation now and
into the future.
The
conditions could not have been better for a fall trail race with
above seasonal temperatures, blue sky and tacky trails underfoot.
Racers came from all over Vancouver Island and as far as Victoria and
Port Alberni to tackle the 10K and 3K courses in Cumberland with ages
ranging from 3 to 82!
The
competition on the 10k course was fierce with over 250 racers toeing
the start line.
Top
overall results in the 10k mountain run:
Image Dave Prothero
Males
52:06
Andrew Pape-Salmon
52:14
Miguel Laroche
53:30
Andrew Howard
Females
1:02:07 Kelsey Knoll
1:04:53
Kathy Rung
1:05:24
De Orrell
Nearly
90 racers, young and old, tackled the 3k cross-country run through
the Cumberland Community Forest trails.
Top
overall results for the 3k cross-country run were as follows:
Image Dave Prothero
Males
13:46
Gabriel Gledhill and Stephen Lamon tied for first
14:05
Aiden Noble
14:07
Hugo Henckel
Females
15:49 Jayden Grant
15:50
Rachel Beech
15:52
Eva Salmon
The
Perseverance Trail Run is run near entirely by volunteers and head up
by co-organizers Lene Curts (Extreme Runners) and Sarah Seads
(Equilibrium Lifestyle Management /ELM) along with Arran Kerrigan,
John Wall and Terry Lewis. It takes a village to put on this event
and a huge thank you goes out to nearly 70 enthusiastic volunteers
who donated their time and energy before, during and after this years
race. Awesome volunteers tackled everything from registration, racer
food, finish line, set up, course flagging, course marshaling, course
sweeping, take down and more to make the day a success for the racers
and the CCFS. A special thank you goes to the Comox Valley Search
and Rescue and St. John Ambulance teams who spent the day watching
over each and every racer on the course.
Image Dave Prothero
This
years race, once again held on Halloween weekend, brought out great
costumes and prizes were donated by the Cumberland Village Bakery for
the top outfits of the day. With
close to 40 draw prizes donated from generous local business' many
racers left with big smiles at the end of the day. A very big thank
you to this years prize sponsors: Brooks, Island Mountain Rides,
Riding Fool Hostel, Sillycakes Bakery, Seeds Market, Darkside
Chocolates, Mosaic Vision, Comox Valley Acupuncture, Ascent
Physiotherapy, Inner Pursuit Fitness, My Tech Guys, Jim Smiley of
Remax, Dodge City Cycles, Heart & Stroke, Functional Massage
Therapy, Riders Pizza, Wandering Moose Cafe, Bayview Chiropractic,
Extreme Runners and ELM.
The
following community sponsors generously supported the race and helped
to make this years event a great success once again: Thrifty
Foods, Tim Hortons, ABC Printing, Hi Tech, nrichmedia, Odlum Brown,
Mosaic Vision, Comox Valley Record, Long & Mquade and Whitecaps
Coffee. Landowners
including the Village of Cumberland & Recreation, CCFS,
Timberwest and Comox Timber.
Image Dave Prothero
A
complete list of results as well as hundreds of race day photos have
been posted at www.perseverancetrailrun.com
. Mark your calendars for a big 10 year anniversary race next year
October 26th
2014!
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