All Time Record Book

This is a record of everyone who has ever participated in Mountain Highway Madness listed by medal category and time. Thinking about doing MHM and wondering how you might rank? Done MHM in the past and wonder how your time stacks up against others who came before you? Interested in knowing if you're getting older or getting better? Check out the stats!

Platinum - 4 or more Laps

Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Time	Name	Date
52 / 38 1:30	54 / 38 1:32	55 / 40 1:35	65 / 45 1:50	6:27!	Geoff Palmer	11 Sep 04

Gold - 3 Laps

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Lap 3 (up/down/total)	Time	Name	Date
42:00 / 31:56 1:13:56	43:48 / 30:59 1:14:47	44:13 / 30:24 1:14:37	3:43:23!	Wendy Montgomery	18 May 03
45:30 / 35:22 1:20:52	43:21 / 31:23 1:14:44	42:10 / 34:45 1:16:55	3:45:00!	Jim Swadling	18 May 03
45:00 / 35:00 1:20:00	? / ? ?	? / ? ?	3:45:00!	Andy Nicol	18 May 03
45:43 / 31:17 1:17	? / ? 1:15	? / ? 1:20	3:52	Andy Nicol	21 Mar 04
45:43 / 31:17 1:17	? / ? 1:15	? / ? 1:20	3:52	Dom Repta	21 Mar 04
45:00 / 35:00 1:20:00	? / ? ?	? / ? ?	4:15:00	Scott Riddell	18 May 03
46:08 / 32:32 1:18:40	47:53 / 33:05 1:20:58	61:37 / 34:22 1:35:59	4:15:37	Scott Riddell	13 Sep 03
46:08 / 32:32 1:18:40	47:53 / 33:05 1:20:58	61:37 / 34:22 1:35:59	4:15:37	Ean Jackson	13 Sep 03
52 / 38 1:30	54 /38 1:32	55 / 40 1:35	4:37	Allison Knowles	11 Sep 04
48:49 / 34:11 1:23	42 / 53 1:35	? / ? 1:42	4:40	Glenn Pacé	21 Mar 04
48:49 / 34:11 1:23	42 / 53 1:35	? / ? 1:42	4:40	Ean Jackson	21 Mar 04
51:00 / 39:00 1:30:00	54:00/ 46:00 1:40:00	58:00 / 49:00 1:47:00	4:57:00	Dave Smith	18 May 03
51:00 / 39:00 1:30:00	54:00 / 46:00 1:40:00	58:00 /49:00 1:47:00	4:57:00	Louise McCorquodale	18 May 03
? / ? ?	? / ? ?	? / ? ?	?	Kendell Dickinson	18 May 03

Silver - 2 Laps

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Time	Name	Date
45:00 / 43:00 1:08:00	23:00 / 26:00 1:09:00	2:17:00!	Brian Bjornson	20 April 03
42:00 / 43:48 1:10:29	31:56 / 30:59 1:11:54	2:22:23!	Wendy Montgomery	20 April 03
46 / 27 1:13	47 / 29 1:16	2:29	Colin Freeland	11 Sep 04
45:00 / 46:00 1:15:49	30:49 / 31:00 1:17:00	2:32:49	Patricia Jensen	13 Sep 03
46:05 / 51:07 1:15:08	29:03 / 32:03 1:23:10	2:38:18	Dom Repta	20 April 03
43:00 / 58:15 1:08:00	25:00 / 32:03 1:30:18	2:38:18	Andy Nichol	20 April 03
46:05 / 51:07 1:15:08	29:03 / 32:03 1:23:10	2:38:18	Ean Jackson	20 April 03
43:00 / 52:00 1:13:00	30:00 / 34:15 1:26:15	2:39:15	Colin Freeland	13 Sep 03
46:08 / 47:53 1:18:40	32:32 / 33:05 1:20:58	2:39:38	Michael Wardas	13 Sep 03
46:00 / 33:00 1:19	51:00 / 34:00 1:25	2:44	Bill Dagg	21 Mar 04
46:08 / 47:53 1:15:49	32:32 / 33:05 1:31:06	2:46:55	Rick Arikado	13 Sep 03
48:41 / 31:41 1:19:22	50:36 / 36:45 1:27:21	2:47	Rob Ruff	11 Sep 04
49:05 / 51:12 1:29:25	39:20 / 34:21 1:25:32	2:54:57	Rob MacDonald	18 May 03
48:49 / 34:11 1:23	42 / 53 1:35	2:58	Barry Chilibeck	21 Mar 04
45:44 / 26:16 1:12	58 / 53 1:51	3:03	Gary Robbins	21 Mar 04
58:41 / 50:34 1:44:08	45:27 / 39:10 1:29:44	3:13:52	Michael Wardas Curb Ivanic Derrick Johnstone Ean Jackson	7 April 01
53 / 37 1:30	60 /4 5/ 1:45	3:15	Ken Hardinge-Rooney	11 Sep 04
52:30 / 35:10 1:27:40	64 / 53:16 1:57:16	3:24:56	Doug MacKay	11 Sep 04
50:00 / 27 1:17	2:30	3:47	Mark Fearman	21 Mar 04

Bronze - 1 Lap

Up	Down	Time	Name	Date
38:30	21:50	1:00:20!	Brian Bjornson	18 May 03
39:29	26:03	1:05:32	Dave Cressman	18 May 03
43:00	25:00	1:08:00!	Patricia Jensen	20 April 03
49:54	26:06	1:16	Michelle Fredette	21 Mar 04
53	32	1:25	Jessica Anderson	11 Sep 04
53	33	1:26	Berglind Hafsteinsdottir	11 Sep 04
53	33	1:26	Laddie Hannan	11 Sep 04
51:54	35:00	1:26:54	Doug Mackay	21 Mar 04
53	35	1:28	Maria Zerjav	11 Sep 04
53	36	1:29	Melissa Pacé	11 Sep 04
53:00	37:00	1:30	Laddie Hannam	21 Mar 04
55:00	40:00	1:35:00	Sean Finucane	18 May 03
58:41	45:27	1:44:08	Ron Adams Sean Finucane Jim Swadling	7 April 01
78	47	2:05	Pat Barry	11 Sep 04
78	47	2:05	Sibylle Tinsel	11 Sep 04

Footnotes:

• the first 'official' MHM in 2001 was a group run that started with 6 people. Jim Swadling came bounding out of the snowy woods in the middle of nowhere on the 'up' run and completed the lap. (That's why there were 6 starters and 7 finishers)
• ? - the person lost or didn't record the particular split time
• ! - current course record (male and female)

MHM - 2003 - Year 2A

20 April 03

We skipped a year because the weather was very lousy around this time in 02.   

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Time	Name
45:00 / 43:00 1:08:00	23:00 / 26:00 1:09:00	2:17:00	Brian Bjornson
42:00 / 43:48 1:10:29	31:56 / 30:59 1:11:54	2:22:23	Wendy Montgomery
46:05 / 51:07 1:15:08	29:03 / 32:03 1:23:10	2:38:18	Dom Repta
43:00 / 58:15 1:08:00	25:00 / 32:03 1:30:18	2:38:18	Andy Nichol
46:05 / 51:07 1:15:08	29:03 / 32:03 1:23:10	2:38:18	Ean Jackson

MHM - 2003 - Year 2B

18 May 03

The thought in running this event twice in 03 was not to make up for 02, but rather to take advantage of a hole in the ultrarunning calendar caused by the cancellation of a popular ultramarathon. 

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Lap 3 (up/down/total)	Time	Name
42:00 / 31:56 1:13:56	43:48 / 30:59 1:14:47	44:13 / 30:24 1:14:37	3:43:23	Wendy Montgomery
45:30 / 35:22 1:20:52	43:21 / 31:23 1:14:44	42:10 / 34:45 1:16:55	3:45:00	Jim Swadling
45:00 / 35:00 1:20:00	? / ? ?	? / ? ?	3:45:00	Andy Nicol
45:00 / 35:00 1:20:00	? / ? ?	? / ? ?	4:15:00	Scott Riddell

51:00 / 39:00 1:30:00	54:00/ 46:00 1:40:00	58:00 / 49:00 1:47:00	4:57:00	Dave Smith
51:00 / 39:00 1:30:00	54:00 / 46:00 1:40:00	58:00 /49:00 1:47:00	4:57:00	Louise McCorquodale
? / ? ?	? / ? ?	? / ? ?	?	Kendell Dickinson

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Time	Name
49:05 / 51:12 1:29:25	39:20 / 34:21 1:25:32	2:54:57	Rob MacDonald

Up	Down	Time	Name
38:30	21:50	1:00:20	Brian Bjornson
39:29	26:03	1:05:32	Dave Cressman
55:00	40:00	1:35:00	Sean Finucane

MHM - 2001 - Year 1

7 April 01

This first running of the mountain Highway Madness started as a group run with 6 people.  It was quite cold and there was a lot of powder snow at the top and not a track to be seen.  As we neared the top, Jim Swadling came bounding out of nowhere.  He joined us and became the 7th finisher of 6 stasrters!

Ean Jackson
Host of Mountain Highway Madness

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Time	Name
58:41 / 50:34 1:44:08	45:27 / 39:10 1:29:44	3:13:52	Michael Wardas Curb Ivanic Derrick Johnstone Ean Jackson

Up	Down	Time	Name
58:41	45:27	1:44:08	Ron Adams Sean Finucane Jim Swadling

MHM - 2004 - Year 3

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Lap 3 (up/down/total)	Time	Name	Date
45:43 / 31:17 1:17	? / ? 1:15	? / ? 1:20	3:52	Andy Nicol	21 Mar 04
45:43 / 31:17 1:17	? / ? 1:15	? / ? 1:20	3:52	Dom Repta	21 Mar 04
48:49 / 34:11 1:23	42 / 53 1:35	? / ? 1:42	4:40	Glenn Pacé	21 Mar 04
48:49 / 34:11 1:23	42 / 53 1:35	? / ? 1:42	4:40	Ean Jackson	21 Mar 04

Silver - 2 Laps

46:00 / 33:00 1:19	51:00 / 34:00 1:25	2:44	Bill Dagg	21 Mar 04
48:49 / 34:11 1:23	42 / 53 1:35	2:58	Barry Chilibeck	21 Mar 04
45:44 / 26:16 1:12	58 / 53 1:51	3:03	Gary Robbins	21 Mar 04
50:00 / 27 1:17	2:30	3:47	Mark Fearman	21 Mar 04

Bronze - 1 Lap

Up	Down	Time	Name	Date
49:54	26:06	1:16	Michelle Fredette	21 Mar 04
51:54	35:00	1:26:54	Doug Mackay	21 Mar 04
53:00	37:00	1:30	Laddie Hannam	21 Mar 04

MHM - 2005 - Year 4

20 March 05 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

Heinous. "Adj. Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable", according to dictionary.com.

There was considerable talk about the weather that greeted starters of the Mountain Highway Madness trail run this morning. After a winter of unseasonably sunny, warm days we were treated to some liquid sunshine. Heinous is how I'd describe our weather. The 7th Mountain Highway Madness will go down in the record books as being the event when most of the field poked their heads through the blinds, then returned to the comfort of their warm, dry bed.

For the 19 runners and 1 mountain biker who did participate, however, the run will go down in the training log as a "character builder".

According to Michelle Fredette, there were bands of sunlight and blue skies overhead when she left the False Creek area of Vancouver. Not so in the North Shore mountains! As if on cue as we congregated near the start line fountain, the skies above Mountain Highway opened up and the monsoons arrived. My typical long-winded welcome and pre-run briefing was abbreviated to, "Prize for the person who comes closest to guessing their first lap time. Free beer and some draw prizes at the Mosquito Creek Grill afterwards. Go!"

Sidelined with an injury, I brought my mountain bike along with the hope of being the first to log a bike time on the 15K up and down course. I confess that I was en route for Starbucks before the guilt overcame me.

It was a slow and lonely ride up. On a normal Sunday morning at 8:30 am, Mountain Highway is busy with mountain bikers seeking a hangover cure or nudists en route to the VanTan Club. Today, I had not even a doggie-walker to exchange greetings with. Low-hanging clouds blanketed the trail. Rain and condensation from my breath fogged the lenses of my glasses. I was less than 1/2 way up the mountain when elite Montrail Team runners Dom Repta and Andy Nicol appeared flying downhill through the haze.

Amazingly enough, everyone who I crossed had a smile on their face and appeared to be enjoying themselves. "Any snow at the turnaround?” I asked. "You bet," replied Jenn Winiarski. Great. I thought of Jim Mandelli, who, a week after pushing his bike over 50 miles thought the snow at the Susinita 100-miler in Alaska, would be completing his first lap of the Mountain Highway Madness about now.

The turnaround point in this run is a rock quarry. When I arrived, the road surface was relatively clear of ice and snow, but big, fat flakes were falling. I was soaked to the bone and very cold, so after taking a few photos, my only thought was to get into some dry clothes and to drink some warm beer. As I sped downhill, 10 runners were making their way back uphill for a second lap.

In spite of the weather, Dom Repta set a new course record of 2:13 for 2 laps. (Close on his heels, Andy Nicol also broke the course record with 2:15.)

Many thanks to Kelly and Lucie Nielson for buying us a beer and to Trail Runner Magazine and Hammer gel for the draw prizes. Happy trails...and hope to see you at the next Mountain Highway Madness in September!

Ean Jackson
Host of the Mountain Highway Madness

Results

Up	Down	Time	Name
?	?	1:10:00	Michelle Fredette
48:20	30:00	1:18:20	Mary Shaughnessy
50:00	28:53	1:18:53	Curb Ivanic
57	34	1:31	Laddie Hannam
?	?	1:31:30	Cheryl Picot
		1:52	Ean Jackson (on bike)

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Time	Name
? / ? / 1:06	? / ? / 1:07:30	2:13:30!	Dom Repta
40 / 26 / 1:06	43 / 26 / 1:09	2:15	Andy Nicol
42 / 30 / 1:12	45 / 28 /1:13	2:25	Bill Dagg
42 / 30 / 1:12	45 / 28 / 1:13	2:25	Ellie Greenwood
42 / 30:33 / 1:12:32	43:53 / 28:44 / 1:12:37	2.25	Chris Benn
45 / 30 / 1:15	50 / 31 / 1:21	2:36	Jim Mandelli
? / ? / 1:21	? / ? / 1:19	2:40	Danilo Caron
? / ? / 1:21	? / ? / 1:29	2:50	Jordan Marr
?	?	3:04	Rob MacDonald
58 / 50 / 1:48	1:15 / 56 / 2:11	3:59	Craig Moore
? / ? / 1:49	? / ? / 2:11?	4:00	Jenn Winiarski
? / ? / 1:49	? / ? / 2:11?	4:00	Mary Betts
?	?	?	Rob Ruff

 

Lap 1 (up/down/total)	Lap 2 (up/down/total)	Lap 3 (up/down/total)	Time	Name
?	?	?	?	Geoffrey Palmer

Total starters: 20
Total finishers: 20

MHM - 2006 - Year 5

Mountain Highway Madness - 19 March 2006
(The Year of the Big Snow)

27 starters, 27 finishers


Saturday evening 8:00 pm. I get a call from my buddy Scott Riddell. Since neither he nor fellow ultrarunner Curb Ivanic could join us on Sunday morning, Scott tells me how they ran the Mountain Highway Madness course a day early. His message: "Be prepared for snow!" Too late to contact everyone in the event, I jog up the street to the local scoutmaster and borrow a trunkload of snowshoes.

Sunday morning 6:00 am. A frigging woodpecker starts pecking on my aluminum fireplace cap. I race downstairs for the slingshot, half forgetting that I'm supposed to be at the run start in about an hour. It's a gorgeous morning.

7:00 am. A bunch of runners have already assembled at the start. I pass along Scott's report and offer up snowshoes. No takers. We stash our aid next to a waterfall. It's a big field for a small run. After a 5 year absence from running, Joe Marchand is back. I notice a few folks I suspect were up all night at a St. Patrick's Day party. James Sinclair, a visitor from Southern Ontario, soaks up the atmosphere of the 'shore. We're off.

Within 5 minutes we see our first snow. By the time we reach the Van Tan Club 5 minutes later, there's accumulated snow and the first blown-down tree. I pause to put on my snowshoes. According to John's thermometer, it’s freezing...but it sure seems warm as we run up the mountain. Off with the jacket. With only a narrow path through the crusty snow, it's tough going. Everyone seems to be having fun, though. I've never run head to head against runners with my snowshoes and I'm getting my butt kicked.

8:45 am. The first runner, James from Ontario, comes hammering past us. Course record holder Geoff "Fluffy Bunny" Palmer is in hot pursuit. As we close in on the turnaround point, we are greeted by glorious blue skies and a warm sun. Dho...forgot the shades! No matter... it's back downhill through the forest and this time gravity is our friend. The good thing about the snow is that it covers the loose rock surface of old Mountain Highway, so the runners open it up. I pass a few of my pals then clip an ankle and go ass-over-teakettle into the snow. Fortunately, there were no witnesses as that might have cost me a round of beers!

9:45 am. I can't believe it...some people are back for a second lap! Back at the Van Tan Club, I take off the snowshoes. 'Feels weird to run in runners. I'm the last in on the first loop.

12:00 noon. We get together at the Mosquito Creek Grill for lunch, a free beer and a lot of laughs as we exchange stories. Amazingly, given the conditions, 5 people completed the course 3 times giving them another "ultra" to notch in their fuel belts. Equally amazing, there were no seriously wounded: Elke had a bit of bra burn, Craig wacked his leg straddling a blown-down tree and I lost some skin on my bare legs during my snowshoe wipeout. No prizes for trash pickup as there was thankfully no trash to be seen. Baldwin got slightly lost when he followed tracks through the stone quarry and up into the piney woods and the poor bugger was also victim of a theft. 'Seems some chickadee or squirrel swiped his peanut butter and jam sandwich!

Congrats to everyone who participated in this, the year of the big snow, at Mountain Highway Madness. See you in the fall.

Ean Jackson
Host of the Mountain Highway Madness

 

Preliminary Results

 

Gold - 3 laps - 45K

First Name	Last Name	Club Points	Lap 1 up/down/ total	Lap 2 up/down/ total	Lap3 up/down/ total	Time
Mark	Lesack	2
Bill	Dagg	2	51/35/ 1:26	57/38/1:35	1:05/36/1:41	4:41
Glenn	Pace	2	56:35/32:15/ 1:28:50	53:14/36/ 1:29:1