Matt Kerr and Jerry Ziak getting ready |
Merm warming up |
Josh and Nick warming up |
Warm up strides |
Warm up strides |
Eric and Logan doing strides |
Walker warming up |
2 minutes to race time |
Start line |
Start line |
Start line |
Start line |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Race start |
Kris Swanson and Eric Findlay |
Leaders running past frozen pond |
Running past frozen pond |
Running past frozen pond |
Start of Lap 2 |
Start of Lap 2 |
Start of Lap 2 |
Start of Lap 2 |
Lead pack with Paul Morrison in front |
Kurt Benniger flashes past |
Cristiano, Hayden, Kerr |
Nielsen, Smith, Alley, McKenzie |
Taylor Murphy and Mark Bomba |
Bomba, Thorsen, Osaduik |
Drew leads Milne and Wells up hill |
Robbie Nissen and Kyle Jones |
Paul Chafe leads Dallas Raudebaugh |
Steve Murenbeeld and Aaron Heidt |
pack charges up hill |
Russell Neff |
Norm Tinkham follows up hill |
Craig Odermatt |
Colin Murray follows the pace |
Neil Holm with Logan Burke on left |
Logan charges up hill |
Josh Henderson |
Leaders at start of 3rd lap |
Ryan McKenzie leading the field |
McKenzie ahead of Morrison and Bairu |
Reid Coolsaet and Ryan Hayden |
Kerr leads group |
Steve Osaduik and Richard Mosley |
Mauricio Cristiano - 11th place finisher |
Taylor Murphy (right) |
Arnald, Ziak, Nielsen |
Jerry Ziak powers up hill |
James Nielsen - 12th place finisher |
Eric Kiauka |
Kiauka |
Arnald, Scull, Sullivan (left) |
Eric Gillis (middle) and Mark Bomba (l) |
Bomba |
Jim Finlayson and Adrian Lambert |
Greg Hutchinson (right) |
Graeme Wells (left) |
Calvin Staples - 24th place finisher |
Nathan Kendrick, Jones, Dave Milne |
Dallas Raudebaugh and Ian Manyfingers |
Bruno Mazzotta leads Heidt and Swanson |
Steve Koziarski - 54th place finisher |
Bruce Deacon (left) |
McClennan leads a pack |
Derek Vinge (left) - 65th in 34:02 |
Peter Cardle and Norm Tinkham, stars in their heyday |
Odie - Pacific Athletics |
Odie |
Nick Walker - Pacific Athletics |
Neil Holm and followers |
Holm (left) |
Jonathon Withey (PIH), 34:35 |
Logan doesn't have a good day |
Josh |
Bairu and Morrison, start of lap 4 of 5 |
Bairu and Morrison |
Bairu and Morrison |
Benniger in 3rd |
Ryan firmly in 4th with Reid trailing |
McKenzie |
Reid Coolsaet |
Coolsaet |
Kerr in 6th, with Osaduik and Mosley stalking |
Osaduik, Prairie Inn Harriers |
Oz and Mosley |
Mauricio |
Taylor Murphy |
Hayden fades slightly to finish 16th |
James Nielsen and Taylor Milne (14th) |
Jeff Scull (13th finisher), Arnald (17th), Kiauka (20th) |
Scull and Arnald |
Sully (15th finisher) |
Kiauka |
Ziak, fades to 19th after being in lead pack for 2K. |
Eric Gillis - 18th in 31:29 |
Finn and Calvin Staples |
Andrew Alley |
Michael Booth - 26th |
Bomba - 23rd |
UBC runner |
Campanelli leads group |
Wells |
Jones, 47th finisher |
Jones |
Manyfingers and Raudebaugh |
Merm on his 4th lap |
Merm and Swanny |
Heidt |
Deacon swings wide of mud |
Deacon |
Walker |
Walker |
Odie |
Odie |
Holm |
Findlay |
Findlay |
Logan and Josh |
1 mile to go for the leaders |
Bairu and Morrison turn it on |
Duking it out... Morrison chases Bairu all the way |
Last mile for Benniger |
McKenzie |
Coolsaet |
Kerr and Osaduik battle. And, yeah, Kerr does look 7 feet tall here! |
Sully cruises at steady pace |
Ziak, Gillis, Kiauka, Finlayson |
Ziak, Gillis, Finn |
Swanson, Raudebaugh, Wells |
Murenbeeld and Jones |
Heidt (left) and Deacon |
Bairu checks for Morrison with 75m to go |
Bairu kicking hard for a 30:04 win |
Bairu flexes his cross country domination for the 4th year in a row |
Morrison never gave up until the very end. |
Benniger finishing in 30:29 |
Mackenzie finishing |
Coolsaet finishing |
Kerr finishing |
Osaduik finishing 7th and making the team for Worlds |
Osaduik finishing |
Cristiano finishing |
Sully finishing 15th |
Sully stops his watch with Hayden looking back |
Hayden finishing |
Gillis finishing 18th 31:29 |
Ziak and Kiauka |
Ziak turns it on |
Finn cruises across the line |
Jim in 21st |
Booth finishing hard |
Steve Bohan finishing 29th |
Wells finishing 37th |
Swanny finishing 39th, 32:28 |
Merm finishing 44th, 32:46 |
Merm finishing |
Jones finishing 32:58 |
Milne finishing 48th |
Deacon finishing 53rd |
Deacon |
McClennan |
Walker finishing 58th |
Tinkham and Holm |
Odie finishing in 66th |
Eric in at 76th |
Eric |
Josh 82nd |
Logan 83rd |
Logan |
Sapsucker |
Tanker by North Shore snow |
Tanker in English Bay |
The day after the race... |