The Brick - Results

Saturday Runners (Left to Right): Melody, Jamie, JP, Rea, Carlos, Baldwin, Julie, Sukhi, Bill, Dave and Steve.

Well, I volunteered to host my first CFA event, and got off to a great start by not showing up! An inflamed tendon, (probably something to do with completing two 100 km races last month) meant I was happy to accept Bill Dagg’s offer to lead the Stormy training run Saturday. Thanks Bill! Eleven showed up including Carlos from Victoria, and Julie all the way from Seattle. Julie ended her run a bit early after a fall required her to visit a clinic for some stitches. Baldwin and Carlos decided to run a bit extra, after missing a couple of key turnoffs, and managed to find other parts of the course to deviate from. They ran 6:33. The rest ran 38 km, with the first runner coming in at 4:11.

I showed up Sunday for part two of the Brick, a 28 km run taking in the rest of the Stormy course minus the Nine Mile Hill loop. Bill Dagg and Rick Arikado finished first at 3:23, with the rest of us not too far behind. I ran about half this with the six runners who did the run, missing out on the bear sighting. The tendon flared up and I discovered that hopping on one leg down technical trails doesn’t work too well. Rea, a nurse, was kind enough to provide an ice pack at the finish which was greatly appreciated. By the end, the sun had come out, which made for a pleasant drive back to Vancouver after the usual post-event party at the Howe Sound Brew Pub.

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Here is Carlos' video of the weekend:

2007 Results

23 June 2007 - 7 Starter (Wendy, Tracy and Ryan are missing on the starter photo)

In 2007 the Stormy Brick was not yet established as a scheduled event.  Please find below the results of the Beyond Nine Mile event, which morphed into The Brick in 2008.

Firstly, thanks to everyone who came out and participated in the first running of “Beyond 9-Mile”.

We were lucky as the rain held off for most of the run with the exception of a few sprinkles here and there.

Congratulations to Tracy Garneau who not only ran 18 km of the CFA event, but headed up to Whistler and won the women’s division of Comfortably Numb on Sunday.

Tim, Rick and Gilles showed how tough they truly are by completing the entire route including the long pull up 9-mile hill.   All three men and Tracy are signed up to compete in the STORMY 100 mile solo in August. 

Ryan Conroy, who was suffering from a bit of an injury managed to finish more than 18km of the course. I believe Ryan has signed up for the Canadian Death Race August 4-7 in Alberta.  I wish him luck and hope to see him at STORMY 2008.

I managed to convince Maureen to join me on the 15km course. We had a great time as we chatted and enjoyed the sites and sounds of the trail.

Both Maureen and Ryan received bonus points for their collection of garbage along the route. Maureen found some shell casings and Ryan found an array of items during his run.

We finished off the day with a lunch at the Howe Sound Inn and Brew Pub.

Results: