This particular Nova Scotia race can only occur at low tide
Runners have travelled from Canada and around the world, not only to get a photo with Moses, but to experience a race that can only happen when the water retreats about five kilometres at low tide.
The dramatic tidal changes surrounding Five Islands, N.S., converted the ocean floor into a race course for the Not Since Moses runs.
Runners travelled from across Canada and around the world, not only to get a photo with Moses--who was on hand--but to experience a race that can only happen when the water retreats about five kilometres at low tide.
“It’s very slippery, but you can really feel the community, and that everyone’s just in it for fun. So you’re out there, trying not to step on clams and seaweed, and all the gunk, but it never got unreasonable. It never felt unsafe, never felt like I was going to roll an ankle, so I would do this again and again," said Anna Austin, runner, in a recent interview with The Weather Network.
Meanwhile, Brett Bailey flew out from Kelowna, B.C., and ended up winning the men's 10-kilometre event after not letting the mud slow him down.
“You really work for it the first eight kilometres, and the last one to two are the most muddy. It’s like the last kilometre felt like three, and your quads are just burning and your calves are burning, and my chest was burning. But I had a burning desire to win, baby," said Bailey, in a recent interview with The Weather Network.