Running The North

The 2018 Voneugen Birthday Fun Run MAY 27, 2018

The Voneugen fun starts early in the morning as a small group of runners following a big loop of Prince George. As the day goes on, you can join the group at different places. The groups grows and we all finish a the Otway Ski Center.

This is just a bunch of runners doing a big loop around town. Times will vary. You are responsible for yourself so please be prepared to do so.

Finish – Approximately 4:00 pm at the Otway Ski Center parking lot

7.5 km start – approximately 3:15 pm – Intersection of Takla Road and the Cranbrook Hill Greenway.

18 km start – approximately 2:00 pm – UNBC Greenway Parking Lot.

24 km start – approximately 1:20 pm – Cranbrook Hill Greenway Blue Spruce Trailhead (Near Art Knapps on Hwy 16
west).

42.2 km start – approximately 10:50 am – North Nechako road near Edgewood sub

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50 km – start – approximately 9:45 am – Foothills crossing

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86 km start – 6:00 am – Otway Ski Center parking lot.

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History

Dick Voneugen has been a driving force in the  community of Prince George in many ways including being a founding member of the Cranbrook Hill Greenway Society and  The Prince George Roadrunners. He organized the first Terry Fox run and is a founding director of the Outdoor Ice Oval Society.  Dick has been involved in organizing and helping in many, many other events. He is always out cheering and helping people participate.

A long held tradition by Dick was to run the kilometers of his age with a group of friends on his birthday. The location alternated between Mt Robson and The Cranbrook Hill Greenway.  After running 60 km’s on his 60th birthday, Dick starting reducing the run length at one kilometer per year. His last birthday run was 48 km long at the age of 72.

In the fall of 2011, a group of us asked Dick if we could continue this tradition for him. Dick agreed and we were excited at the prospect. Only one question remained. How far would we be running?

As it turned out, Dick was turning 80 in 2012. On June 10, 2012 revived his tradition and we celebrated this event by completing a multi-distance, trail fun run in Prince George. We ran a collective 1300 km’s.

The event followed trails through the Prince George area.  Dick, as always, volunteered his time to provide a mobile aid station following the course.