The treadmill run I did on April 27th, is an example of those ways to generate funds for BC Search and Rescue. “That got us to look at ways to bridge the gap with these organizations and help generate some revenue. On April 27th, Robbins completed a treadmill run of 100 miles with 17, 500 feet of elevation with the sole intent of raising funds for a local non profit. “Because we can’t hold races and can’t generate those funds that come primarily from race entries, we recognized that these organizations, not just from us but from other donors are losing a lot of their revenue stream they would normally rely on.” Organizations that CMTR regularly donates to are the North Shore Rescue Society, based in North Vancouver, BC, and the Squamish Off Road Cycling Association, which is based in Squamish, BC and maintains the extensive trail network in the mountains and hills surrounding the small city. It took us years to get to a point where we could generate that revenue for the trails and for search and rescue and from 2019 forward we had committed to donating $50 000 annually to those organizations.” “In 2019 as an example, CMTR donated $60 000 to trail and search and rescue organizations and we had built ourselves up to a point where this was going to be a constant. In its eighth year of operation, with eight events on the calendar for 2020, the cancellation of the race season was felt with equal disappointment. Gary’s dedication and tireless work ethic are not limited to competition on the trails he is also the founder andrace director of the Coast Mountain Trail Running (CMTR) trail and race series, including the penultimate Squamish 50 Trail Festival held each August where.
”That is what I intend to do with my summer which, under normal circumstances, I would not have the time to do because I would be directing my summer events.” A race organizer without races to organize
I’m not chasing what someone else has done, I’m seeing some unique opportunities to do some big 50 to 160 kilometres mountain link-ups very close to home.” ”I wouldn’t necessarily call it FKT’s, because the things that I’m thinking of, dreaming of and planning to pursue would be better called OKT’s, for ”only know time”.
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