2009 - Year 8 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness Results

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Or so it felt as we assembled under the Kintec tent at the start of the 8th annual Mountain Highway Madness.  Global warming?  What global warming?  Yes, Mother Nature threw another late-season curve ball and gave us the most snow in the history of this event.  

In summary, the event was a disaster for those hoping to set a course speed record or get in multiple loops.  For those who toed the line in the snow, however, our run turned out to be an unforgettably beautiful group run in the untracked powder. 

The Mountain Highway Madness course takes a summer access dirt road from a residential neighborhood to an old quarry on the side of Fromme Mountain on Vancouver's north shore.  There was a dusting of snow at the start, but as soon as we passed the first of several switchbacks, it was deep enough for me to use my snowshoes.  As we climbed the mountain, the snow got progressively deeper... and deeper... and deeper. 

Rob Ruff did an excellent job of breaking trail through the powdery snow which, near the turnaround, was almost knee-deep.  A reluctant sun peeked from behind the snow-laden pines from time to time.  Apart from our heavy breathing and a weird sound that we later determined was from trees rubbing together, it was totally silent. 

As has been the case in previous years, the runners beat the snowshoer both up to the turnaround and back to the start.  Since most of us ran as a group, we opted to go for a coffee in front of a fireplace rather than run another lap.  As we walked back to our cars, Laddie pointed out that it was 17C for one of the first spring Mountain Highway Madness runs. 

Thanks to Kintec and Trail Runner magazine for the prizes.  It was tougher than normal to award them.  I am pleased to announce that none of the starters of this year's event got lost.  I am also thankful that there were no "purple heart" awards handed out to recognize outstanding injuries incurred during the run.  Thanks to all who made the time to search in the snow for trash to pick up, I had some bonus points to award.  Special mention goes out to the 3 runners who wore shorts and persevered the snow without whining. 

I hope to see you all back in September for the fall version of Mountain Highway Madness so you can compare the experience and your split times with and without snow.

Ean Jackson
Host of the Mountain Highway Madness

 

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Preliminary Results. Please check for missed times/names/distances and forward corrections to the EH via the comment form below or email.

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Up/Down/total
Rob	Ruff	15km - 1 loop	2	1:20/0:40/2:00
Greg	Barreca	15km - 1 loop	2	1:21/0:39/2:00
Jessica	Glowacki	30km - 2 loops	2	1:21/0:39/2:00
desmond	mott	15km - 1 loop	3*	1:21/0:40/2:01
Chris	Atkins	15km - 1 loop	2	1:21/0:44:42/2:05:42)
philip	parker	15km - 1 loop	2	1:21/0:46/2:07
Ean	Jackson	15km - 1 loop	4**	1:21/0:47/2:08
Michael	Syrjala	30km - 2 loops	2	1:21/0:47/2:08
Helen	Tilley	15km - 1 loop	3*	1:21/0:47/2:08
Arthur	Gee	15km - 1 loop		1:49/1:06/2:55
Laddie	Hannam	15km - 1 loop	3*	1:15/0:53/2:08
Craig	Moore	custom - third switchback	2	0:23/0:19/0:42
Ryne	Melcher	custom - first switchback	2	0:12
Monty	Watts	Saturday ?	2	?
Andy	Nicol		-1	DNS
Mike	Palichuk		-1	DNS

 

* Garbage Point
** EH Point

2008 - Year 7 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

As the rising sun cast it's warm glow over Fromme Mountain and the final minutes ticked down to the start of the spring running of Mountain Highway Madness, I paused to ponder one of life's great mysteries. This run has been on the 3rd Sunday in March at 7:30 in the morning for seven (7) years. The date and times are on the event website in at least 2 places. "How is it that 7 people didn't get the start time right?!"

No matter. Mountain Highway Madness is a fun Club Fat Ass run where nobody really cares how fast or far you run, so why should they care when you start?

Penny, Melissa and Mike were the first to show up. My understanding is that they were jogging around the start line wondering where everyone was at 7:30 on Saturday morning. The weather was fine and there was excellent company, so the fat ass pathfinders set off a day early. Read their reports on the course here.

At 7:00 on a Sunday morning, the streets of North Vancouver are usually deserted but the last paved section of Mountain Highway was buzzing with trail runners when I arrived. The start area looked like that of a "real" running race, as Danielle from Kintec had set up a tent and a bounteous spread of trail chow.

The starting field was quite diverse. At the one end, Ryne Melcher, Rea and Stephen Blyth, who had completed the Chuckanut 50K run the day before and who aimed to run at least 4 laps (60K) today. At the other end, 2 elementary school runners, a young Japanese language student who had never run in his life and myself, the shadow of a runner complete with torn calf and a couple of broken ribs from a skiing wipeout.

We set off promptly at 7:30. Four registered runners, keeners I knew planned to start, were nowhere to be seen. The pack quickly broke into 3 groups: fast, solid and raspberry (those who were out for less than a full 15K lap.)

The spring Mountain Highway Madness (there's also a fall version held in September) is always a bit of a lottery when it comes to conditions. Over the past 7 years we've experienced sunny, warm days with not a trace of snow. We've had snow on almost the entire course (I did it in snowshoes one year!) and we've had monsoon rains the whole day.

Today, the weather was clear and temperatures fresh. There were patches of snow even at the start. From about the 3rd switchback (3K), however, the snow was deep and crusty. Heavier runners postholed to their knees with every stride and there was precious little of a path to follow. Passing runners whinced at Ran Katzman's bloodied shins. Multi-time Mountain Highway Madness finisher Glen Pace called them, "the toughest conditions ever".

As I made my way back down, the 4 missing runners passed by me. "For some reason I thought the start was at 7:45," said Ron Adams. Graham Archer later came by to see how far he could get on his mountain bike while Rick Arikado showed up 3 hours after the start!

John Machray had a PW (personal worst) a week before his Coyote 2 Moon 100-miler, but claims to have passed a kidney stone. Desmond ran home. Instead of doing her second lap, Laddie went to the coffee shop and brought back some warm java for Danielle and something for the finisher draw securing a bonus point for Club spirit.

Many thanks to Kintec and Danielle for the great aid station and prizes, Laddie for her generosity and Kelly at the Mosquito Creek for the cool pint.  Thanks also to TrailRunner Magazine, who provided two annual TR subsriptions.  They just arrived in the mail - a day to late for the awards - and were given to our out-of-towners Lorie and Barry, as the farthest travelled and longest on the course.

Ean Jackson
Host of the Mountain Highway Madness

PS If you participated in the run (yesterday or today!), please take a moment to fill out the Club's Post Event Survey. You can also leave your comments, impressions from the run and feedback via the comment link below (you need to be signed in for that) or in your CFA blog.

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Preliminary Results. Please check for missed times/names/distances and forward corrections to the EH via the comment form below or email.

First Name	Last Name	Home Town	Event	Points	1st lap: up/down/ total	2nd lap: up/down/ laptotal/ total	3rd Lap: up/down/ laptotal/ total
Ellie	Greenwood	Vancouver	45km	2	0:53/ 0:44/ 1:37	0:56/0:37/ 1:33/ 3:11	0:59/0:41/ 1:40/ 4:51
Glenn	Pace	North Vancouver	45km	1	?	?	?/?/?/ 5:50
Lorie	Alexander	Vernon	45km	2	?/?/2:24	?/?/2:26	?/?/2:32/7:22
Barry	Hopkins	Buena Vista Sask	45km	2	?/?/2:24	?/?/2:26	?/?/2:32/7:22
Ran	Katzman	Vancouver	30km	3***	58/ 41/ 1:39	60/ 39/ 1:39/ 3:18
Ryan	Conroy	Vancouver	30km	1	?/?/ 1:46	?/?/ 1:45/ 3:31
Penny	Jakobsen	North Vancovuer	20km	2	2:29
Melissa	Pace	North Vancouver	20km	1	2:29
Michael	Wardas	N. Van	20km	2	2:29
Paul	Cubbon	North Vancouver	15km		1:44
desmond	mott	N. Vancouver	15km	2	1:44
Rob	Ruff	Surrey	15km	2	1:45
Rea	blyth	north vancouver	15km	1	1:48
stephen	blyth	north vancouver	15km	1	1:48
Ron	Adams	North Vancouver	15km	1	1:07/ 0:48/ 1:55
Doug	MacKay	North Vancouver	15km	2	2:01
Gord	Thompson	Coquitlam	15km	2	1:16/ 0:54/ 2:10
Ryne	Melcher	North Vancouver	15km	3*	2:11
laddie	hannam	north vancouver	15km	2***	1:17/ 0:55/ 2:12
John	Machray	North Vancouver	15km		2:40
Ran	Katzman	Vancouver	30km	2	58/ 41/ 1.39	60/ 39/ 1.39/ 3.18
Jojo	Cheesepig	North Vancouver	5km	1	0:44
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	5km	4**	0:44
EJ	Powderhound	North Vancouver	5km	1	0:44
Masaki	Umehara	Japan	5km	1	0:44
Rick	Arikado	North Vancouver	5km	1	?
Graham	Archer		4km - bike	1	0:15
Danielle	MacLeod	North Vancouver	crew	1	crew

* Garbage Point
** EH Point
*** Bonus Point for special kindness

2007 - Year 6 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

What was unique and exciting about the 6th annual Spring version of the mountain Highway Madness? Most noticeable was the impact of the new, improved start of daylight savings time which had gone into effect a week earlier.  It was pitch black when we woke up and equally as dark as we made our way to the start of the run in the Lynn Valley area of North Vancouver.

The weather Gods had not been kind of late.  It had been raining heavily in the Vancouver area for at least a week.  I'm sure the promise of a pause in the monsoons motivated many participants in today's run, as elsewhere in the city it was dry and spring-like.  However, as early arrivals huddled with me in the car to stay warm and dry to the last possible minute, we concluded it would be another wet one in the mountains.

The sound of rushing water was everywhere.  Creeks were full to bursting and the waterfall that marks the start of Mountain Highway Madness drowned out the start line announcements.  There were still a large number of fallen trees on and next to old Mountain Highway from the harsh winter wind storms and the dirt road itself was gouged from the effects of the torrential monsoons.

Cheryl and Craig opted to get a lap in early and make it back in time for the starter photo, but rain was falling fairly hard so we started on time. (Sorry, guys!)  On the morning after St. Patrick's Day, Irish John looked in good spirits.  Find any leprechauns last night, John?  New Club Fat Ass members Marg and Felicia were surely wondering what they had got themselves into as everyone headed up the road and into the rain and fog.

The promised lull in the storm came roughly 10 minutes into the run when everyone was soaked.  It was so misty and humid, however, few runners noticed that the rain had stopped.

Wade and I had run the course a few weeks earlier and found the snowline at roughly 5K up the road.  The warmer weather and rains had cleared away almost a kilometer of snow, but left about the same before the turnaround point.

There were first a few patches of snow, but coming around a switchback, it was as if there was over a meter of cold mushy stuff in the path. Andy and some of the lead runners found themselves following in the footsteps of Cheryl and Craig.  Step in the wrong spot and you were in snow to above your knees!  Even for those runners who benefited from misery of those who passed before, it was slow going as they sank to mid-calf.

As if on cue, a brilliant spring sunshine broke through the clouds as we regrouped for brunch at the Mosquito Creek Grill.  Craig, Cheryl, Baldwin and Wade we still slogging it out as we toasted their good health and longevity on the trails with a cool, lager. Many thanks to North Shore Athletics and TrailRunner Magazine for the draw prizes and the MosquitoCreek Grill for the free pint.

Ean Jackson
Host of Mountain Highway Madness

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First Name	Last Name	Event	P	1 Lap up/down/total	2nd Lap up/down/total	3rd Lap up/down/total
Glenn	Pace	45km	2	0:53/0:36/1:29	0:53/0:38/1:31	1:01/0:40/4:42
Wade	Repta	45km	2	?	?	?
Cheryl	Johnson	45km	2	1:18/1:01/2:19	1:26/1:30/5:15	1:59/0:59/7:13 early start
Craig	Moore	45km	2	1:18/1:01/2:19	2:26/1:30/5:15	2:59/0:59/7:13 early start
Andy	Nicol	30km	1	?	?
Ellie	Greenwood	30km	2	0:51/0:31/1:22	0:55/0:29/2:46
Ran	Katzman	30km	2	52/33/1.25	54/30/2:49
Ryan	Conroy	30km	1	0:56/0:38/1:34	0:59/0:41/3:14
Amy	MacArthur	30km	2	?/?/1:36	?/?/3:20
Rob	Ruff	30km	1	0:51/0:31	1:13/0:45/3:20
John	Machray	30km	2	1:16/0:46/2:02	1:15/1:00/4:17
Baldwin	Lee	30km	1	1:12/0:50/2:02	1:14/0:49/4:05	late start
Arlene	MacAulay	15km	2	?/?/1:35
Bradley	Jones	15km	1	?/?/1:39
Desmond	Mott	15km	2	0:51/0:31/1:22
John	Mcgrath	15km	1	0:54/0:36/1:30
Felicia	Bochicchio	15km	1	1:08/0:45/1:53
Laddie	Hannam	15km	2	1:08/0:45/1:53
Sibylle	Tinsel	15km	2	1:16/0:46/2:02
Marg	Drewlo	15km	2	1:16/0:51/2:07
Ean	Jackson	0	2	EH		His excuse?  Ran Chuckanut 50km the day before...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006 - Year 5 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

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
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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/ 1:29:14	1:10:32/ 41:51/ 1:52:23	4:50:30
Louise	McCor quodale	1	59/43/1:42	60/52/1:52	1:01/41/1:42	5:17
Dave	Smith	1	59/43/1:42	60/52/1:52	1:01/41/1:42	5:17

Silver - 2 laps - 30K

First Name	Last Name	Club Points	Lap 1 up/down/total	Lap 2 up/down/total	Time
Geoffrey	Palmer	2	?/?/1:23	?/?/1/25	2:48
J.P.	Obbagy	1	53:24/33:33/ 1:26:57	54:28/32:33/ 1:27:01	2:53:56
Rob	Ruff	1	59/41/1:40	1:17/51/2:08	3:48
Baldwin	Lee	2	1:10/44/1:54	1:15/41/1:56	3:50
Elke	Bauer	2			4:00
Cheryl	Johnson	2			4:30

Bronze - 1 lap - 15K

First Name	Last Name	Club Points	Up	Down	Time
James	Sinclair	1			1:23
David	Crerar	1			1:35
Bradley	Jones	1			1:38:02
Berglind	Hafsteinsdottir	2	1:04	39	1:43
Laddie	Hannam	2	1:09	40	1:49
Craig	Moore	2			2:12
Rhonda	Schuller	2			2:12
Mike	Palethorpe	1			?
Desmond	Mott	2	54:00	34:20	1:28:20
Patricia	Jensen	1			1:29
John	Machray	2			?
Cynnimon	Rain	1			?
Jo	Hauser	1			1:39
Joseph	Marchand	2
Ean	Jackson	3			2:15

 

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2005 - Year 4 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

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

2004 - Year 3 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

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

2003 - Year 2B - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

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

2003 - Year 2A - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

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

2001 - Year 1 - Spring Mountain Highway Madness

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

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)