Mountain Madness

Trail Running
Have fun. Be a kid again. Run through puddles as you run trails with Mountain Madness groups. We run trails in the Vancouver and surrounding areas, rain or shine.

Trail Clinic
Location: Mt Seymour, First Pump
Distance: 6 km
Trailhead: parking lot at the very top of Mt Seymour Road in the ski area.
Features: fantastic 360 degree view. Hike up, run down.
Season: summer
Map

What’s your favourite trail food?

Energy bar 115
Gel 203
Potatoes 45
Fig Newtons 62
Gummi bears 58
SPAM 113
Pretzels 18
Cookies 26
Pizza 32
Fresh fruit 33
Dried fruit 72
Other??? 47
votes: 824	Polls

What’s New?
	Fat Dog 100 preliminary race results are posted. Check out the race details.
	Next clinic starts AUG 7. See Clinics/Runs page schedule.
	Summer clinics trail meeting location lists are posted here. Advanced list. Intermediate list. Short Course list.
	Stef Plettner ran his first 100 miler at Leadville! Nice work Stef for completing a tough course in 28:02:16!
	CONGRATULATIONS DIRTY DUO RACERS!!! Great photos by Simon Chester for your portfolio! Photos are posted on Don's site. More photos from Seymour River area by Herman Kwong. Photos by Ben Waller.
	New University Running Program @ Trinity Western University - great coaching (Susan Northey) - great University - great scholarships - beautiful British Columbia - still room for more male and female runners for this fall - email is run@twu.ca
	Ticks are abundant this year! They may carry lyme disease. DEET helps. Here's some info.

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Electrolytes—Cramping Your Style!
Whether you are an athlete or not, the consequences of cramping can range from an irritating calf cramp in the night that disrupts your sleep to a pulled muscle in the middle of a race that knocks you out of competition. To avoid cramping, the key ingredient is prevention. [PDF file, 6KB)]