+ Gutbuster - trail running series +






	Racers in the long course will get up to the Cross lookout for a spectacular view of the Cowichan Valley.

Date:	Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Location:	Mount Tzouhalem, Duncan, BC
Start/Finish:	Providence Farm
Course Description:	The regular 11km course features mostly twisting single-track trails, steep and potentially slippery sections. Watch out for the WALL and be ready for two amazing view of the Valley on the way up. It's non-stop up to the top but once you summit, it's nothing but fast and fun downhill running -- let gravity do all the work! We have a new 6km short course for 2007 featuring a great view of the Cowichan Valley and more time spent on up on Tzohalem. Power hikers welcome on this course.
Check In:	8:30-9:30 am (please don't be late)
Distance:	Short Course - 6 km Regular Course - 11 km
Race Starts:	10:00 am SHARP (both the Short and Regular course will start at the same time)
Course Closes:	12:00 pm
Directions:	When in Duncan, turn east off Highway 1 onto Trunk Road. As you drive along Trunk Road it becomes Tzouhalem Road. You will pass a 7-Eleven. You will come to a fork in the road in the road. Stay to the Right. Follow this road until you see the sign for Providence Farm and turn left up the driveway. Location Map to Providence Farm
Registration:	FOUR EASY WAYS TO REGISTER: 1. Register online 2. Download registration and mail it in 3. Drop off your entry at Frontrunners in Victoria, Nanaimo or Langford (must be dropped off by the Thursday, May 1st, 2008). 4. Come early on Race Day
Entry Fees :	Entry Fees
Team Category :	Individual members running for a club will score for their clubs total. The club with the highest point totals at the end of the series will win a club social night at Frontrunners in Langford sponsored by The North Face. The evening will include drinks, appies, 25% store discount and North Face draw prizes.
Showers/Toilets:	No showers. A public restroom is located close to the race course.
Awards:	Begins at 12:00pm or immediately following the last racer
Refreshments:	Edge Energy Drink plus plenty of cookies, fruit and bagels will be available following the race.
Lunch:	Post race brunch at the Craig Street Brew Pub, proud supporter of the GutBuster Trail Running Series
Accommodations:	Click here
Treatment:	Cook Street Village Health Center will be on hand following the race to offer post-race therapy for racers.
Maps:	To view a map of the course map, click here.
Final Results :	Click here

CO-HOST CLUB PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY: POST-RACE THERAPY: BACKGROUND on the GUTBUSTER in DUNCAN 2001 - First year in Duncan Sheron Crysler - The very creative Couse Designer 39 - The number of racers at the first GutBuster in 2001 121 - The number of racers at the GutBuster in 2003 150 - The number of racers at the GutBuster in 2005 193 - The number of racers at the GutBuster in 2006 450 - The number of metres you can expect to climb if you're doing the regular GutBuster course John Fokkema & Sheron Chrysler - The first male/female winner of the GutBuster