This race is part of the Dion Ontario Snowshoe Running Serries. It is held in Summertown Forest near Cornwall, about a 90 minute drive from Ottawa. Susan, Harold and I did the Dion Ignite the Night Snowshoe at Upper Canada Village in January. Susan and I both won prizes at the event and left without realizing. They mailed me mine, but Susan was told her prize could not be mailed.
We enjoyed the first event so we solved the problem by signing up for the Summertown Forest event where Susan would be able to collect her mystery prize. We also talked Yvonne into joining us, by reminding her that doing a snowshoe race when you have never actually run on snowshoes before would qualify for something new for a 2022 RunK2J Award.
On Saturday morning we arrived at the event to find friendly volunteers directing traffic at the Summertown…
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