Lumpy's Epic 10k

Today was the final race in the Sea 2 Sky trail running series so i made sure i got back from my trip in time to do this 10km trail run. It is a very grassroots event, all of the $15 entry fee goes to a local charity and the top male and female finishers each get a dozen eggs from the organizer's chickens. I think the rain and the cold kept alot of people away, but at 10am about 40 started the race. After about 100m we started up the hills, after about 20 minutes of climbing we came out on what would have been an amazing view point, but with the low clouds, all we saw was white. We continued on a ridge with a bunch of up and down, before we started the long descent. Once again, my climbing sucked but my downhill running was pretty good. Once down the backside of the climb we had about 2.5k of flat running along a slippery trail. Wet leaves mixed with mud made for an interesting finish lap around One Mile Lake. With about 200m to go, we had to jump out onto a floating dock for about 20m to get around a cliff. Each step splashed water up between the boards. Seamus Frew and Arlene Schieven took home the eggs,(no bacon was given out) and Ben Biswell took second place by 1 second over 3rd. That must have been interesting across the dock. Thaks to all of the volunteers and organizers for putting on a great series of runs.