Got up at 3am (!!!) (So did Emma to make sure I didn't sleep in, then went to bed again - sweety!!) and got ready, and out the door. Sure is nice to drive into the city before rush hour.
Got to the airport and going through customs thought I spotted teacher/friend Julie L. Sure enough, there she was, flying to california. Enjoyed coffee together then boarded for NYC.
Sky was dark at lift-off, but beautiful orange sky towards NY - a good omen? Over NY state there is snow on the grownd. I am really looking forward to this adventure. Too bad my family isn't here.
Landing shortly.
via BlackBerry
31 October 2008
21 October 2008
Toronto International Marathon
I ran the Toronto Marathon and had a great day. The best part is that I ran 35km with Art Kilgour of guelph - a super nice guy. My legs are a little tired, but i finished the last 5km strong and felt good at the finish. I am very excited about NY. I can hardly wait. The only drag is missing Hallowe'en.
But here is my short TO marathon story for everyone... We went up to New Liskeard area for Thanksgiving, then on the way down, Elise dropped me off at bus in North Bay where i went to Ottawa, Elise and kids to Guelph. I had a 4 day pilot course on biogas systems we were evaluating. I got back late Fri night. I was so busy i was not really thinking about preparing for marathon weekend. i was going to stay with my friend Leslie at Young and Shepard near the race start. On Sat at 4:20pm i came in from closing the pool for the winter, working on side entrance of house. Ready to head to Leslie's then it dawned on me [I'm a little slow] that i didn't get my race kit. My sister couldn't pick it up for me at the last minute. i was all cheesed off that i couldn't get my kit and could not run. So i figured maybe nice that i am finally home with the family after being away so many days. I posted on facebook Sat night my unhappy state. Sunday morning i am up early and my friend Peter of mynextrace.com had sent me a message saying "go to the start, ask for Marc or Steve", i packed my bag, jumped in the car, and dashed to Toronto yesterday morning at 8am. I got to Leslie's at 7:50 and she drove me to the start. I got to the race timers and with my race email confirmation and the message from Peter, they gave me a bib and chip 2minutes before race start. Put them on, looked at the pack to mush myself into and I saw my friend Art. 5 second count down, and the race was on!!
He and I are about equally paced, so we ran very consistent they whole way through TO and out along the Lakeshore west. It was great running with him as we chatted, and kept a very consistent pace. The race conditions were excellent, perfect temperature and no wind, nice sun. I saw my sister and her daughter Erica at Young and Lawrence area, which was fun. At km 26 he wanted to walk and rest a few seconds at a water station. Neither of us were watching our watches, but our km splits were very very consistent. good when running with a friend! The course through the city was really nice. Going out westward along the Lakeshore trail was nice. We kept wondering when we would see the leading pack heading East back to the finish, but the race leaders were really relatively slow. We were not that far behind them.
I saw a Japanese friend of mine who passed us [i later caught up with him and passed him]. i also saw an endurrun guy Steve and his wife working at a water station. Saw Holgar too - another endurrunner.
Art needed to run his own race at his own pace. While i said i'd stick with him, i knew that if i kept with him he may be feeling obliged to not run the best pace for him. Regretfully, i moved on and he took some wise rest stops through water stations. It was great to have such a running comrade.
At 38km a very nice spectator was handing out oranges and pretzels [in a little cup]. I know that pretzels are a favourite running munchy, so i tried them for the first time. The water stations along the course were not as frequent as I would have liked, esp on the second half. With 5 little pretzels in my mouth, and being dehydrated, there was no way i was able to get them down, they were a thick ball of dry carbs. I was chewing for about 1km !! Eventually i had to get rid of them, but didn't want to spit them out with a crowd around, could be looking like i was spewing a gall bladder! I discretely spit the dry mass into my hand and tossed away. But now my mouth was SOOOO dry! And no water station in sight. Ran on several minutes longer, and an enthusiastic cheering girl on Bay Street had a half full water bottle on the ground next to her. I motioned that i wanted it and she gladly gave it too me. Looked clean to me. That was great as I only had less than 2km left - 7min or so, but really needed it.
Up the long climb of University and you could see the Queens park building. Unfortunately you can see it quite aways away. No matter, just kept running along to the finish. I saw my friend Duff [endurrun guy] at 41km. So up around Queens Park and the the finish line. No glorious finish, just a comfortable finish across the line. Felt perfectly fine at the finish. I waited for Art to come through [6min after] and we walked over to the water. I got a quick stretching in the massage tent which was helpful [as i could feel my legs getting a little tight]. Then, basically grabbed some bagels, banana, granola bars, and headed off to the subway on Young St. Got up to Leslie's place, wee visit there, got my car, and headed tp home sweet home.
Today i feel fine, legs a bit tight, but actually quite good.
that's it! Hope Art is feeling good today, both his legs and his spirits. A solid run!
... and a 4o'clock massage. Then, getting ready for NYC marathon in 2 weeks. Then take a break for the season.
My time : 3:14:12.6. Boston was 3:15:21 in April, ENDURrun in Aug 3:11:42, Scotiabank Waterfront in Sept 3:14:25.4, Run for the Toad 50km trail 4:41:52.
chris
But here is my short TO marathon story for everyone... We went up to New Liskeard area for Thanksgiving, then on the way down, Elise dropped me off at bus in North Bay where i went to Ottawa, Elise and kids to Guelph. I had a 4 day pilot course on biogas systems we were evaluating. I got back late Fri night. I was so busy i was not really thinking about preparing for marathon weekend. i was going to stay with my friend Leslie at Young and Shepard near the race start. On Sat at 4:20pm i came in from closing the pool for the winter, working on side entrance of house. Ready to head to Leslie's then it dawned on me [I'm a little slow] that i didn't get my race kit. My sister couldn't pick it up for me at the last minute. i was all cheesed off that i couldn't get my kit and could not run. So i figured maybe nice that i am finally home with the family after being away so many days. I posted on facebook Sat night my unhappy state. Sunday morning i am up early and my friend Peter of mynextrace.com had sent me a message saying "go to the start, ask for Marc or Steve", i packed my bag, jumped in the car, and dashed to Toronto yesterday morning at 8am. I got to Leslie's at 7:50 and she drove me to the start. I got to the race timers and with my race email confirmation and the message from Peter, they gave me a bib and chip 2minutes before race start. Put them on, looked at the pack to mush myself into and I saw my friend Art. 5 second count down, and the race was on!!
He and I are about equally paced, so we ran very consistent they whole way through TO and out along the Lakeshore west. It was great running with him as we chatted, and kept a very consistent pace. The race conditions were excellent, perfect temperature and no wind, nice sun. I saw my sister and her daughter Erica at Young and Lawrence area, which was fun. At km 26 he wanted to walk and rest a few seconds at a water station. Neither of us were watching our watches, but our km splits were very very consistent. good when running with a friend! The course through the city was really nice. Going out westward along the Lakeshore trail was nice. We kept wondering when we would see the leading pack heading East back to the finish, but the race leaders were really relatively slow. We were not that far behind them.
I saw a Japanese friend of mine who passed us [i later caught up with him and passed him]. i also saw an endurrun guy Steve and his wife working at a water station. Saw Holgar too - another endurrunner.
Art needed to run his own race at his own pace. While i said i'd stick with him, i knew that if i kept with him he may be feeling obliged to not run the best pace for him. Regretfully, i moved on and he took some wise rest stops through water stations. It was great to have such a running comrade.
At 38km a very nice spectator was handing out oranges and pretzels [in a little cup]. I know that pretzels are a favourite running munchy, so i tried them for the first time. The water stations along the course were not as frequent as I would have liked, esp on the second half. With 5 little pretzels in my mouth, and being dehydrated, there was no way i was able to get them down, they were a thick ball of dry carbs. I was chewing for about 1km !! Eventually i had to get rid of them, but didn't want to spit them out with a crowd around, could be looking like i was spewing a gall bladder! I discretely spit the dry mass into my hand and tossed away. But now my mouth was SOOOO dry! And no water station in sight. Ran on several minutes longer, and an enthusiastic cheering girl on Bay Street had a half full water bottle on the ground next to her. I motioned that i wanted it and she gladly gave it too me. Looked clean to me. That was great as I only had less than 2km left - 7min or so, but really needed it.
Up the long climb of University and you could see the Queens park building. Unfortunately you can see it quite aways away. No matter, just kept running along to the finish. I saw my friend Duff [endurrun guy] at 41km. So up around Queens Park and the the finish line. No glorious finish, just a comfortable finish across the line. Felt perfectly fine at the finish. I waited for Art to come through [6min after] and we walked over to the water. I got a quick stretching in the massage tent which was helpful [as i could feel my legs getting a little tight]. Then, basically grabbed some bagels, banana, granola bars, and headed off to the subway on Young St. Got up to Leslie's place, wee visit there, got my car, and headed tp home sweet home.
Today i feel fine, legs a bit tight, but actually quite good.
that's it! Hope Art is feeling good today, both his legs and his spirits. A solid run!
... and a 4o'clock massage. Then, getting ready for NYC marathon in 2 weeks. Then take a break for the season.
My time : 3:14:12.6. Boston was 3:15:21 in April, ENDURrun in Aug 3:11:42, Scotiabank Waterfront in Sept 3:14:25.4, Run for the Toad 50km trail 4:41:52.
chris
2008 Run for the Toad 50km trail race
This was a tough run. It was the second year I ran the 50k here, but given that i had run the Waterfront marathon only 6 days earlier, i certainly felt my legs being fatigued into the second loop of 4. I finished 4:41, 12 minutes slower than last year. But I finished. I'll try to write more about this later. chris
ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
I had a great race there, but it was a while ago, and I am forgetting some of the details, i will check my old emails to see if i can fill in more info here later.
chris
chris
ENDURrun 2008
Hi, I have had a busy summer and fall season of running. I don't have much to report on the ENDURrun, but placed 3rd and i was very happy with that. I was sub 12hrs, and I felt that was pretty amazing. That is a 4:27 pace overall. Go to the website and check out the results, the YouTube videos, and other info. Pretty neat stuff there. I might relay more info, but for now, that is it.
15 July 2008
Getting ready for ENDURrun International
Now that i have a good base of about 100km / week [including 65km weekends] i am finally now hitting the track for speed and tempo workouts. Also, during the week I make one of my 10km runs a nasty hill run over at Centenial Highschool. There is a short but steep hill that after 15 reps makes one remember why no one likes doing hills.
less than 1 month from ENDURrun. Getting nervous! Or is that excitement?
chris
less than 1 month from ENDURrun. Getting nervous! Or is that excitement?
chris
24 June 2008
Boston 2008 Race Stats
Well, I finally put my Boston times in my spreadsheet to figure out splits, pace, heart rate.
After 15 minutes, I remembered to stop my watch, but interesting that my ticker slowed down to a more pedestrian 112 beats per minute.
| Time | Heart Rate | Time Elapsed | Km | Mile | Pace (min/km) | Pace (min/mile) |
| 04:35.4 | 04:35.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 04:35.4 | 07:23.2 | |
| 07:22.9 | 163 | 02:47.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 04:35.2 | 07:22.9 |
| 14:29.4 | 160 | 07:06.4 | 3.2 | 2 | 04:30.1 | 07:14.7 |
| 21:45.6 | 170 | 07:16.2 | 4.8 | 3 | 04:30.4 | 07:15.2 |
| 0:22:29 | 5 | 3.1 | 04:29.8 | 07:14.2 | ||
| 28:55.5 | 174 | 07:09.9 | 6.4 | 4 | 04:29.6 | 07:13.9 |
| 31:37.1 | 173 | 02:41.6 | 7 | 4.3 | 04:31.0 | 07:16.2 |
| 36:05.1 | 166 | 04:28.0 | 8 | 5.0 | 04:30.6 | 07:15.5 |
| 36:17.3 | 169 | 00:12.2 | 8.0 | 5 | 04:30.6 | 07:15.5 |
| 40:38.2 | 169 | 04:20.9 | 9 | 5.6 | 04:30.9 | 07:16.0 |
| 43:31.5 | 167 | 02:53.3 | 9.7 | 6 | 04:30.5 | 07:15.2 |
| 0:45:08 | 10 | 6.2 | 04:30.8 | 07:15.8 | ||
| 1:05:23 | 164 | 21:51.5 | 14.5 | 9 | 04:30.8 | 07:15.9 |
| 1:07:42 | 15 | 9.3 | 04:30.8 | 07:15.8 | ||
| 1:12:40 | 169 | 07:17.0 | 16.1 | 10 | 04:30.9 | 07:16.0 |
| 1:19:57 | 172 | 07:17.0 | 17.7 | 11 | 04:31.0 | 07:16.1 |
| 1:27:13 | 170 | 07:16.0 | 19.3 | 12 | 04:31.0 | 07:16.1 |
| 1:30:23 | 167 | 03:10.0 | 20 | 12.4 | 04:31.2 | 07:16.4 |
| 1:34:39 | 172 | 04:16.0 | 20.9 | 13 | 04:31.4 | 07:16.8 |
| 1:35:25 | 21.1 | 13.1 | 04:31.3 | 07:16.7 | ||
| 1:41:56 | 172 | 07:17.0 | 22.5 | 14 | 04:31.5 | 07:16.9 |
| 1:49:19 | 172 | 07:23.0 | 24.1 | 15 | 04:31.7 | 07:17.3 |
| 1:53:15 | 25 | 15.5 | 04:31.8 | 07:17.4 | ||
| 1:56:32 | 172 | 07:13.0 | 25.7 | 16 | 04:31.5 | 07:17.0 |
| 2:04:04 | 172 | 07:32.0 | 27.4 | 17 | 04:32.1 | 07:17.9 |
| 2:11:52 | 169 | 07:48.0 | 29.0 | 18 | 04:33.1 | 07:19.6 |
| 2:16:52 | 30 | 18.6 | 04:33.7 | 07:20.5 | ||
| 2:19:33 | 169 | 07:41.0 | 30.6 | 19 | 04:33.8 | 07:20.7 |
| 2:27:33 | 170 | 08:00.0 | 32.2 | 20 | 04:35.0 | 07:22.6 |
| 2:35:41 | 169 | 08:08.0 | 33.8 | 21 | 04:36.4 | 07:24.8 |
| 2:41:11 | 35 | 21.7 | 04:36.3 | 07:24.7 | ||
| 2:43:04 | 170 | 07:23.0 | 35.4 | 22 | 04:36.3 | 07:24.7 |
| 2:50:53 | 173 | 07:49.0 | 37.0 | 23 | 04:37.0 | 07:25.8 |
| 2:58:34 | 165 | 07:41.0 | 38.6 | 24 | 04:37.4 | 07:26.4 |
| 3:05:02 | 40 | 24.9 | 04:37.6 | 07:26.7 | ||
| 3:06:11 | 174 | 07:37.0 | 40.2 | 25 | 04:37.7 | 07:26.8 |
| 3:15:21 | 179 | 09:10.0 | 42.2 | 26.2 | 04:37.7 | 07:27.4 |
| 3:30:10 | 112 | 14:49.0 | post race, moving through shute | |||
After 15 minutes, I remembered to stop my watch, but interesting that my ticker slowed down to a more pedestrian 112 beats per minute.
19 June 2008
Matt the runner
Matt has taken up running! He is looking quite buff now and likely would take me in a race - I'm the old geezer, he is the young buck still. Way to go Matt, keep it up! The running is even giving you a special halo [with bunny ears]. You are taking on the runner's "glow"!
14 June 2008
Mercedes Benz Classic Mile
We are here watching the Classic Mile in Cambridge. Very exciting! As we entered the spectators area we were standing right next to Ed Whitlock!! He said he hasn't run since last August because of knee problems. Gained 15 lbs! But you'd never know it as he was looking pretty slim, even with those 15 lbs. Very cool to meet him. I told him he beats me in every marathon we run together!
And as we sit down a man sitting behind me asked if the "Older than Boston" was the Around the Bay race. Yes, I said. "Well", he said, "have you ever seen St Ralph"? Of course, I say. He says, the boy is my son." I asked if he still runs. He said NO, he is not a runner at all, he is an actor.
Chris Duke
And as we sit down a man sitting behind me asked if the "Older than Boston" was the Around the Bay race. Yes, I said. "Well", he said, "have you ever seen St Ralph"? Of course, I say. He says, the boy is my son." I asked if he still runs. He said NO, he is not a runner at all, he is an actor.
Chris Duke
04 June 2008
The Perfect Storm - and how to really experience it
Sandy Hale approaches the Perfect Storm and is encouraged to do stupid things by videographer Nick Grayson. The others in the van certainly are not discouraging being a lightening rod! Kids - don't do this at home.
Downpour #3 - Ridiculous Eyewitness News Report
Sports and weather reporter Nick Grayson of Eyewitness News on course at the Shore to Shore relay, video featuring the running of Stephen Kilburn of Van 1. Van 2 guys are either crazy or need a little more sleep.
Downpour #2
Art and Nic created a previous video of Luke running hard in the Saturday morning downpour. And then it starts to hail! Here is the next video.
team sole mates video
The women's team from Guelph, Fergus and elsewhere makes their final run at the finish line of the Shore to Shore Relay. One of the "Sole Mates" (the female team with some Guelph Runners, including Sue Wahlroth of The Running Works) crossing the finish line.
Note : The Running Works was a very generous sponsor for our team Chariots for Hire and we gratefully acknowledge their support. Now we are all going off to buy our next pair of shoes there! [we do that anyways!]
Note : The Running Works was a very generous sponsor for our team Chariots for Hire and we gratefully acknowledge their support. Now we are all going off to buy our next pair of shoes there! [we do that anyways!]
shore to shore blasts off
Nic and Art start off with video of the 3rd wave start. On your mark, get set ... (this is the "third wave" at 10 am friday -- 10 runners only -- the other 55 teams left in earlier waves). Stephen K is our starting man.
02 June 2008
Live weather running report by Nic
Excellent video of Luke H blistering along during a heavy rainstorm during the 4th last leg of the Shore To Shore Relay. Way to go Nic and Art!
01 June 2008
S2S 2008 Pictures here
You can look at the pics here. I forget if I posted this link or not. But here it is again. cd
Stage Results summary
Stage 1: Van 1. Lots of hills along the Lake Erie north shore. Many valleys of creeks running into the lake. Very pretty. Near the end the route turns north and follows Talbot Line, ends in a park. Van 2 took over after for stage 7. We were 5th at end of stage 1. The lead team went out very fast - great runners.
I'll post more here in a day or so for the final day's stories...
The 2008 Westover Shore To Shore RelayStage 2 : Moved up to 4th place! Van 2 runs hard and fast - continues on this stage and hands off the final couple of legs to van 1. Mainly heading north on this very flat section. Afternoon and evening of Friday. Luke joins us for the 12th leg and whips out a blistering pace. Andrew and Warren continue a hard run against the mud puppies and Warren finishes 0.9 seconds behind on the grounds of the lovely Westover Centre. Time for dinner and celebration. Also, our volunteer responsibilities were now over too when Scott and I man two exchange zones. We remember what happened to our dear friend and Chariots For Hire Phil who suffered last year from heat stroke and dropped at exchange 11. [was very rough, but he recovered well]. Note the average pace was sub 4min/km!
Friday-Saturday May 30-31st, 2008
Stage1 Results - 78.4KM
----- --------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ----
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
----- --------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ----
1 4:40:07.0 3:35 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
2 4:48:37.3 3:41 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
3 5:11:53.8 3:59 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
4 5:28:00.7 4:12 56 Aquafina Rocky Road Runners 1/18 Mixed 40+ 3
5 5:34:56.1 4:17 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
Stage 2 Results - 54kmStage 3 : Rain, pouring Rain! Lightning and Thunder!! see my post below. The night run! We run well, but so did the other teams. We run well, but our time drops to 4:32/km. That is fine - all the other teams were too. But it was a real soaker!
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category
----- --------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- -----------------
1 3:14:50.8 3:37 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
2 3:21:19.6 3:44 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
3 3:34:31.4 3:59 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
4 3:34:32.3 3:59 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
Stage 4 : Our pace picks up again [Luke starts off this stage, coincidence?]. We enjoy the 3:30am morning start and the rain has stopped. Running north along the St. Claire River and the outskirts of Sarnia to finish in Mike Weir park. No golfing, but a great pancake breakfast. The coffee is not in the same "great" category. Just ask Scott. But we moved into 4th place again.
Stage 3 Results - 61.1KM
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
----- --------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ----
1 3:52:47.5 3:49 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
2 3:58:03.2 3:54 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
3 4:25:22.2 4:21 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
4 4:35:00.8 4:31 56 Aquafina Rocky Road Runners 1/18 Mixed 40+ 3
5 4:36:36.8 4:32 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
Stage 4 Results - 63.4KM
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
----- --------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ----
1 3:55:58.4 3:44 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
2 4:03:15.6 3:51 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
3 4:33:25.1 4:19 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
4 4:37:01.5 4:23 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3 Stage 5 : Here are the top 8 teams. Even though we are at the end, and the last 3 legs of this final stage are run by Stephen, Andrew, and Warren who are doing their extra runs, we pick up the collective pace by 1 second and place 3rd overall. We are so happy to have finished together as a team. What is very telling is we frequently hear "1km for company, 2 for water". Having been there myself, it is great to see your team mates just ahead waiting and cheering for you, then just ahead again another km for water. It takes a team of friends to finish as a team.Stage 5 Results - 76.7KM
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
----- --------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ----
1 4:54:12.1 3:51 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
2 5:02:50.6 3:57 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
3 5:29:28.8 4:18 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
4 5:58:38.5 4:41 56 Aquafina Rocky Road Runners 1/18 Mixed 40+ 3
5 6:03:02.2 4:44 40 Oakville Blues 3/16 Open 40+ 3
6 6:05:44.8 4:47 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
7 6:07:22.9 4:48 6 what were we thinking 2/18 Mixed 40+ 3
8 6:12:53.4 4:52 55 Pepsi Rocky Road Runners 4/16 Open 40+ 3 See us next year!I'll post more here in a day or so for the final day's stories...
the results are in!
The results were posted on Sports Stats.ca. Drum roll please!!!!.... .... ....
3rd over all, and 2nd place for old geezers!
About 60 teams entered. With such a hard race some would inevitably not finish, but most did. The fastest team was also fast last year. We were placing 4th most of the time, but the 6-man team the Team Mudsharks [mud puppies?] started to collapse as the lack of sleep and so much running must have been too much. Maybe their running strategy was not the best too. But good running for them!
The My Sole Mates, a all gurls team from Guelph and area was headed by Team Captain Ginny - a defector from Guelph to Pennsylvania. While spying on our team's activities and good planning, they could not come anywhere near us. But good for them for their great effort. Not as great as ours, but all the same, not bad for a bunch of gurls! [don't worry, Ginny deserves all the trash talk she gets!] ;-)
I'll post the other stage results, but you can all see them online.
3rd over all, and 2nd place for old geezers!
The 2008 Westover Shore To Shore Relay
Friday-Saturday May 30-31st, 2008
London, Canada 6:00am
Final Results - 333.6KM
----- ---------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Stage1 Stage2 Stage3 Stage4 Stage5
----- ---------- ----- ---- ------------------------------------ -------- ---------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
1 20:51:41.6 3:46 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 4:40:07 3:21:20 3:52:48 4:03:16 4:54:13
2 21:00:20.2 3:47 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 4:48:38 3:14:51 3:58:04 3:55:59 5:02:51
3 23:48:59.1 4:18 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 5:34:57 3:34:33 4:36:37 4:33:26 5:29:29
4 23:54:33.6 4:19 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 5:11:54 3:34:32 4:25:23 4:37:02 6:05:45 ...37 31:51:30.7 5:44 16 My Sole Mates 2/5 All Women 40+ 7:02:09 4:56:11 5:59:05 6:20:27 7:33:41
...
55 35:30:58.3 6:24 45 More than just a pretty face gotta r 5/5 All Women 40+ 8:05:25 5:32:01 5:58:30 7:03:00 8:52:03
56 36:26:56.1 6:34 47 Power 5 7/9 Mixed 39 & - 8:57:13 4:54:57 6:44:23 8:14:05 7:36:20
About 60 teams entered. With such a hard race some would inevitably not finish, but most did. The fastest team was also fast last year. We were placing 4th most of the time, but the 6-man team the Team Mudsharks [mud puppies?] started to collapse as the lack of sleep and so much running must have been too much. Maybe their running strategy was not the best too. But good running for them!
The My Sole Mates, a all gurls team from Guelph and area was headed by Team Captain Ginny - a defector from Guelph to Pennsylvania. While spying on our team's activities and good planning, they could not come anywhere near us. But good for them for their great effort. Not as great as ours, but all the same, not bad for a bunch of gurls! [don't worry, Ginny deserves all the trash talk she gets!] ;-)
I'll post the other stage results, but you can all see them online.
Message from Vic!
Vic sent us this message! Hoi Vic!! Great to hear from you!
Hi Chris,
Your blog has been great. I have followed you guys every step of the way and having run it last year with the excellent reporting I almost felt like I was there. I tried to reply through the blog link but it was password proetected so I'm hoping you can pick this up. You guys are running great. Excellent times and you have moved up a position from last year in the 40+. Hope you have a strong team finish and enjoy the post race festivies. Hope you guys get to the podium it looks very promising. For those stating enjoy the cottage.
Best Regards, Vic
Hi Chris,
Your blog has been great. I have followed you guys every step of the way and having run it last year with the excellent reporting I almost felt like I was there. I tried to reply through the blog link but it was password proetected so I'm hoping you can pick this up. You guys are running great. Excellent times and you have moved up a position from last year in the 40+. Hope you have a strong team finish and enjoy the post race festivies. Hope you guys get to the podium it looks very promising. For those stating enjoy the cottage.
Best Regards, Vic
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