The Details
You thrust into a briefly opened sea and return muddy and tired, in awe and joy. Read the comments of previous years' runners (on the link page) to get a feel of this thing. Effort meets grandeur.
This year we have arranged a great start and headquarter site, the former campground known as Sand Point which pokes into the bay, with views in all directions. It is directly across from the Provincial Park where we were last year. This site gives us a good open space where we can cluster all activities together. Registration and medical support will be inside a comfortable building. Being private land, alcohol is permitted (but not sold). The barbeques by the fire brigades will be front and center. From here the 5k will start, crossing a shallow river (inches, not meters) onto the course of last year, packed sand, a patch of ice-slick kid-like mud, then long great running surfaces of ancient sand, packed by the sweep of four tides a day, along the spectacular cliffs seen only from the ocean.
The 10k will begin at the other end of the cliffs, Soley Cove, in the next village east, Economy.
Your humble, with good cause, organizer learned some things from last year. The promised hot food will actually appear this year. The prize ceremony will get the attention it deserves. The poetry gathering likewise. The parking is pretty foolproof. Functions like registration, first aid, water and so forth will be clearly marked. And there will be water on the course and at the end.
All in all, this should be the best Not Since Moses yet. Great headquarter site, a river crossing, gorgeous course, real food, relaxed party atmosphere and funds raised for local schools.
Sign Up Limit: This year we need to limit registrations to 1000 given the size of Sand Point which is our headquarters and post-run gathering area.
