The Details:

This is our fourth year of Fundy weirdness. There may be no closer joining of you and our earth than this event. You thrust yourself onto a briefly opened sea bed and return with awe and, muddy and tired, in joy. Read the comments of last year’s runners (on the link page) to get a feel of this thing. Effort meets grandeur. 
This year’s course is different than before. Instead of waiting for hours on an island (terrific fun we all admit), this year we run out from beautiful Five Islands Provincial Park onto the ocean bottom, around Old Wife (a promontory under water normally) and along a stunning cliff with bands of color reminiscent of Morocco from whence it came some time ago. There is less mud than before, but enough to complain about. To make up for the easier mud, there are 50 meters or so of slime slick as ice to assure laughs from your running buddies. And you really will be on the ocean's bottom, just check out this photo of the thumb of an island which at our low tide will be just a spire the 10k runners cross under.

The run ends back at the park where we will have hot dogs, beer and music for your return. 
All will be easier for you and us and good for the local communities if you come out and spend the weekend.  There are lots of lodgings (B&Bs, small inns, a couple of motels) along the shore from Masstown into Cap d'Or.  Call Judy or Gerry at Gemstow Bed & Breakfast for help with rooms (254-2924).  Camping is available, including at the Five Islands Provincial Park. 


I ask a favor.  We need lots of volunteers, more than the locals can provide.  Last year we got great volunteers from the registering runners and walkers. Some of the happiest comments came from the volunteers who loved being part of such a wild beautiful event. And the runners uniformly commented on how helpful and cheering the volunteers were. So please bring along a friend or two.  They get a free shirt (if you tell me their name when you register).

Hope this helps. I will email more details to registrants as we get closer to August. One question which arises often is whether you might be swept to sea like Pharaoh’s guys. Not only do you have an hour and half to complete the course, this year if you toddle too long you can move up from the course onto the nearby shore, for a pickup when our sweep boat comes by later. If it does.