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National Capital Race Weekend Revisited

Danielle Cloutier writes:

Hello everyone,
I’ve finally put my racing shoes back on after a five year break. Boy, do these shoes need a tune up. SLOW but sure, I made it to the finish line.
I write this short note to thank those who’ve helped me through this grueling 21 km run. (Somehow, the 21km seems longer than what it use to be)

I wanted to thank Paul Washchuk for convincing me to run in Ottawa. In recent times I haven’t felt the motivation to run races. Thanks Paul for giving me that extra push. Now I want to go bigger and better.

I also want to thank Vince for helping me out with the training. One thing I’ve realized about Vince is that he is very dedicated to helping others achieve their goals; if you’re ready to commit, he’ll go that extra mile for you. Thank you so much Vince.

Last but not least, I have to thank Stephanie Koett for coming out to Ottawa and helping me make it to that # $?#%?”# finish line. Like Vince, Steph goes above and beyond to help our running group. I would like to mention however, that I’ve discovered Stephanie’s secret for staying focused. : did you know that she watches the butts of men running in front of her? She forced me to look at that for 21km. What a job I had! Thanks again Stephanie, it was a blast!

Hats off to all participants!

Paul Washchuk writes:

I have not run a marathon in 25 years. I had participated in the 1977, '78, and '79 marathon in Ottawa along with a couple of others, and decided to participate in the 30th year anniversary of this race.

At the start of the race, I positioned myself with Jesse W just ahead of the 3:40 Bunny. When the gun went off and I had gotten about 100 yards ahead of the start line when I heard a number of runners shouting "You dropped your bottle". I did not know that they where referring to me until a runner tapped me on my shoulder and indicated that I dropped my 'gel' bottle about 20 to 30' behind. I decided to work my way against the traffic (mob) and retrieve it. Before I had completed the first km I then observed my 'gateraide' bottle rolling along the ground beside me. I stopped, bent down, retrieved it and almost got trampled. So much for a grand start. I am sure I lost 20 to 30 valuable seconds over this. I continued on and found that I was still on the time projected for my first km. When I arrived in the vicinity of where the 2nd and 3rd km markings should have been, I found they where not there. As I was feeling good, I continued at the same pace and found as I approached the five km mark, I was ahead of schedule by 1 minute. I then decided to look around and find someone who was running at the same pace. I struck up a conversation with a chap from New York State and found out after a couple of kms that his goal was 3:30 which was faster than I wanted to go. I decided to drop back and then met up with a couple who where hoping to complete the race in 3:40 which was comparable with my goal. He was from Florida while she was living in Minnesota. We talked for the next 18 km when I noticed my legs where starting to ache. I let them pull ahead and started to run by myself. When I arrived at the 30 km marking my pace was faster than the pace I ran at the 'Around the Bay Race' in Hamilton. At this point the muscles in my legs where burning. This brought back old memories as to why I had not run a marathon in a while. I decided to stop at the next water station, and fill my water bottle while giving my legs a break. This was where the 3:40 Bunny and troop passed me. I felt dejected. I motored on and noticed the 33 km marking on the next overpass. I had 9 km to go to finish and I started to convert every distance into miles to try and keep my mind off the pain in my legs. At 35 km I passed the chap I met from New York. At this point, I quickly calculated that if I ran every km at 6 minutes, I could still achieve my goal of 3:45. This perked me up. At 37 km, the young lady from Minnesota was beside me and I found out that Florida was somewhere behind. I couldn't stick with her, but Lansdowne Stadium was nearby and I focused on passing it. The pains from my legs where killing me. At this point I wanted to know why I couldn't I be blessed with legs like the Kenyans. I then focused in on the tall buildings in the distance which where near the finish line. I finally saw the crowd and finish line. Although the pain was excruciating, I kept on running and ended up crossing the finish ahead of plan. Got a little emotional when I finally realized what I had accomplished.................. Was it all all worth it? You bet your bottom dollar! "THANK YOU" Sudbury Rocks for helping me achieve my goal.

Fellow Rock!! Paul McNeil Runs in Halifax

Paul writes:

Hi Vince,
Congratulations to all who completed the Ottawa race! I myself was torn
between running Ottawa or Halifax. I opted for the East coast and paid a
price for it...hills, lots and lots of hills. The course was tough but very
scenic. Parts of the course were on the Harbor front, other parts through a
forest, there was even a part through a small town not unlike Copper Cliff
flanked by a lake on one side of the road. For good measure there was a
section that ran past a few very very large homes. I enjoyed the race and
would recommend it to anyone who is seeking a different venue but not
looking for a PR. I look forward to seeing some Sudbury Folks in Toronto
this October.
Paul

Paul's Results:

66 3:33:16.8 5:04 3:32:28.6 1295 McNeil, Paul Sudbury 55/327 26/136 Open Men 1:39:26 1:53:52

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A "Snowy" Sun Run and now a "Sopping Wet" Mountain Bike Tour. What's Next?

First a snow bowl in the May "Sun Run" and now a thoroughly soggy "Mountain Bike Tour" as the skies opened up on Sunday morning turning this event into the muck bowl. The weather did dampen some spirits but Tara Del Bosco from the Outside Store informed me 87 hardy individuals did come out and competed hard.

Congratulations to to all you Bush Pigs for a job well done.

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Perdue Pirates Run "Relay for Life" in Peterborough - by Ken Stubbings

Hello Everyone,

We had an eventful Friday night / Saturday morning in the Peterborough area.

Most of you know Vince as our running coach. Unannounced is his secret life being a member of a lob-ball team called the Perdue Pirates. They came into existence in 1985 and cleaned up in ball tournaments from the late 80's to mid 90's; hitting such cities as Barrie, Lindsay, and yes Sudbury. They even had a personal trophy which other teams fought desperately to claim. (I am not sure where it is now. Maybe Vince sold it at one of his yard sales.)(OUCH - that was low Ken- vince)The primary members were Vince's brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews, but sometimes the rookie inlaws were brought in as "outlaw" members. As the team members aged, the more relaxing, pasture land game of golf took over. Except for Vince who new that the aggressive sport of running, unlike golf, would help maintain youth.

About a month or two ago, Vince's sister, Gail, took some members out of retirement to put a team into the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life. The team consisted of Vince's immediate family members Gail, Gary, Karen, Vern, Rosemary, Beverly, Lynn; niece Carol; outlaws Diane and Ken; and Lynn's friend Sharon. Bev's husband Wayne and Gary's wife Evelyn were in as support staff.

The 12 hour event went by rather quickly. The weather was 100%. No wind or rain and a low temperature of 5 degrees .Before the team hit the track, Gary reported needing an organized game plan. (You can tell it is in the Perdue blood here, yeh!) We came up with a 15 minute switch off roster, but changed it to a every half hour. We did what every runner/walker loves to do. Eat and run/walk. Not long after the first member finished, we strayed from the plan as more than one member went out to keep the listed runner company. Many members stayed out for more than one hour at a time. The rest of us discussed world issues, ate, carved some projects, ate, participated in a silent auction and other event games, ate, napped, and ate. A few members had obligations the next day, so they had to leave early, but the roster designated person was always on the track for their duration, sometimes alone, usually with company. During the planning of the roster, I was considering my own running schedule. I have been doing my long run on Saturday. Early in the week I figured I would just do it on Sunday. However I knew I would be tired from the 12 hour relay. So I decided to run the 3:00 am to 5:30ish time slot. I had never run at that hour of the morning, nor a long run on a track. This would be different and possibly boooooring. But it was not too bad. They had a DJ playing good music and the time went buy OK. How many times can a person run around an 400m ellipse in 2:30:56? 85++++++, I think. It was 85 for sure. Everytime I passed the finish sign I counted to the next number. A couple of times I could not remember if I was thinking of the lap I was on or the one coming up, so I added a couple laps at the end. One thing about running a flat course, it was fast. Perfect training for Massey. (No pancakes here though.) I switched directions half way through to give the legs a relief on the turning and camber action.
The event finished at 7:00 am. We did you proud Vince. The Pirates had a person on the track for the entire time.

The Peterborough chapter of the event raised approximately $73,000. The Pirates contributed between $1,200 and $1,300.

Congratulations to you all with your achievements at the National Capital Marathon.

See ya soon, Ken.

Success in Milton's Triathlon - by Mike Couglin

Hi Vince,
Just a quick note to let you know how things went at Milton. Steve Matusch
and I went down and had a blast. The water was brisk but the weather was
warm and everyone was happy to get the triathlon season underway.
In my case, I was pleased to swim a personal best time since I haven't hit
the pool a lot lately. On the bike, things were going great until midway up
6th line hill (think Long Lake Hill only steeper) when my foot snapped right
out of the pedal for no apparent reason. It was too steep to get clipped in
and going again, so I had to run my bike the rest of the way up, slipping
backwards in the bike shoes the whole way! Very embarrassing.
I managed to recover and had a lot more fun going down that hill on the way
back. The run was fun too, taking place on a mixture of road and trail.
Steve Matusch did great in his first triathlon (not including the Beaton
Classic) and reeled in dozens of triathletes with his killer run. I was
surprised to see many northerners in the race and have provided their
results below, with YTri'ers, Rocks!! and friends in bold. If you check out
this week's YTri newsletter, I have included Paul Graham's account of the
race, also his first triathlon.
Muskoka is coming up in only 2 weeks!! Should be great fun.
cheers
Mike

32 1:33:02 MIKE COUGHLIN SUDBURY 9/64 F 92 13 88 11:57 1:36 1:10 4 16 47:55
37.6 0:52 11 49 31:09 4:10
80 1:39:07 WILLIAM LEONARD SUDBURY 10/34 E 56 6 29 10:41 1:26 1:10 10 103
52:02 34.6 0:52 19 138 34:23 4:36
94 1:40:37 STEVEN TREMBLAY WHITEFISH FA 21/64 F 720 39 235 14:37 1:57 1:23
20 97 51:51 34.7 0:50 15 64 31:57 4:16
165 1:46:36 STEVE MATUSCH LIVELY 23/51 G 158 27 181 13:41 1:50 3:09 36 257
56:50 31.7 1:27 10 53 31:31 4:13
180 1:47:45 KEN BESWITHERICK NORTH BAY 1/5 M 300 1 154 13:11 1:46 1:48 2 198
55:03 32.7 1:42 1 182 36:03 4:49
189 1:48:24 WARREN SHUNK NORTH BAY 36/64 F 79 53 364 17:02 2:17 3:12 24 115
52:42 34.2 0:43 35 151 34:47 4:39
196 1:48:49 PAUL DUHAMEL VAL CARON 28/51 G 726 16 139 12:51 1:43 1:46 35 252
56:33 31.8 1:19 28 196 36:22 4:51
211 1:50:11 CHANTAL DEMERS COLLINGWOOD 4/12 P 322 8 226 14:25 1:56 1:36 5
312 59:19 30.4 1:31 2 103 33:21 4:27
241 1:52:42 SEAN LAMOTHE NORTH BAY 42/64 F 117 54 366 17:09 2:18 3:37 40 226
55:50 32.2 1:01 36 161 35:06 4:41
263 1:55:15 JENNIFER BLAHUT NORTH BAY 8/17 Q 327 14 280 15:08 2:01 3:19 8
305 58:55 30.6 1:05 7 205 36:50 4:55
267 1:55:38 ERIN KENNEDY TORONTO 9/17 Q 333 13 262 14:52 1:59 2:02 11 341
1:00:41 29.7 1:00 8 210 37:05 4:57
277 1:56:28 PAUL GRAHAM SUDBURY 27/34 E 433 25 272 14:56 2:00 2:58 28 297
58:45 30.6 1:22 26 261 38:29 5:08
307 1:59:15 ALLISON WHITE LITTLE CURRE 11/22 S 365 17 371 17:13 2:18 1:59 11
311 59:15 30.4 1:26 9 278 39:23 5:16
415 2:31:28 ROBERT HICKMAN LIVELY 16/16 L 287 16 410 18:59 2:32 4:21 15 406
1:08:36 26.2 1:35 16 419 57:59 7:44

Duathlon

-----FINAL------ ----------------------- ------------ -------------- ---- 2km 30km 7.5km
Category ----------RUN1--------- ----- ----------BIKE-------- ----- ---------RUN----------
Pos Time Name City Plc/Total # Cat Ovr Time Km Tr 1 Cat Ovr Time km/hr Tr 2 Cat Ovr Time Km
------ -------- ----------------------- ------------ -------------- ---- ----------------------- ----- ---------------------- ----- ----------------------

102 1:56:44 KATHARINE MCCLOSKY NAUGHTON 5/12 TV 706 7 127 10:08 5:04 1:27 7 107 1:03:01 28.6 1:29 6 86 40:42 5:26

 

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Karen Beaulieu's Latest Pics from the Knoxville Running Scene

Our Tennessee Rock!! has been keeping up the competitive running and has some pics to prove it.

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Running Room Triathlon Clinic - It's not too late to sign up!

The Running Room is still accepting registrations for their 10 week
Triathlon Clinic. The clinic is held Wednesday evenings and is designed to
help you prepare for the Espanola triathlon held on Saturday August 7 in
Espanola.

Mike Coughlin and Alicia Kay will be co instructors. You can't get a more enthusiastic duo then this pair to get you to your first tri. So don't procrastinate and join up now!

For more information or to register, email Mike at mcoughlin@hrsrh.on.ca., call the Running Room at
523-4664, or visit http://www.runningroom.com and look under clinics.

Upcoming Events

June 13 - Lung Association 5k and 1/2 Marathon in North Bay.( I want stories from finishers)

June 19-20 Subaru Series Muskoka Duathlon and Triathlon Weekend (always well attended by Northerners)

June 27 - Sudbury Fitness Challenge "Canoe Marathon" (Get those canoes down and start training NOW)

July 1 - Inco Walden "Firecracker 5k" (this is a must run for Sudbury Rocks!! It's a jewel...and Prizes for ALL)

July 4 - Italian Festival 5k (for $6 you get to run and get a full Chicken and Pasta Dinner. You can't beat that)

July 18 - Sudbury Fitness Challenge "Island Swim" (Laura Young writes: Island Swim is July 18. That's a Sunday and we are responsible for running it. I need volunteers! We are apparently covered by City insurance through the Sudbury Fitness Challenge. let me know ASAP if you can volunteer: I need 3 awesome timers and results people.) Contact Laura at: leyoung@sympatico.ca

July 18 - Friendly Massey Marathon (this is our local distance run and is becoming more popular every year.)

August 7 - First Annual Dream Trail Run (It exists for one purpose—to fulfill the special wishes of children who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.) This event will start at the Running Room Sudbury location.

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Track North News - by Dick Moss

June 7,

OFSAA Track & Field Championships, June 3-5th, Etobicoke

Whew - what an OFSAA. Medals, lots of finalists and many PB's in what was probably the first nice weekend we northerners have experienced all Spring. Temperatures in the mid-20s and sunny - great racing weather.
Here are just a few comments about our finalists, with complete results below:

Gold Medal!
Kaitlyn Tallman, JG
1500
Kaitlyn has definitely learned how to run sound tactical races, as she ran away from the curb, out of trouble and unleashed a blistering kick (AKA, the "Tallman Fury") in both the heat and the final. Her time in the final was an 11-SECOND PB!

3k
After her 1500 performance the night before, there wasn't much left in the tank, but Kaitlyn still managed to run a PB.

Bronze Medal!
Paul Walker, SB
800m,
After Paul placed 1st in a close heat, the final was just as exciting as he made a gutsy move with 300m to go (after a SLOW 58 second first 400). Paul decided "catch me if you can," bolted to the lead and led the race by as much as 10 metres, holding off the entire field except for Ryan Finn and Geoff Standen, with Standen catching Paul in only the last few strides. Both heat and finals were PB's.

Finalists
Meghan Jutti, SG
1500
Two 1500m PB's in two days - and excellent finishing kicks and good tactical running in both.
3k,
Not much left in the tank on this hot Saturday afternoon, but Meg still managed to run close to her PB

JUNIOR MEN
Eric Ouellete, JB
800m, 7th
After shocking the race favourite by outkicking him in the heats to advance to the final.

Midget Medalists from Sudbury
They haven't been training with Track North, but their performances were so exceptional, that I have to mention them:
See Rebecca Johnston and Paige Leclerc below (Silver and Bronze Medals - Midget Girls

Full TNOR Results (H) = Heat, F = Final
Kaitlyn Tallman JG 1500 1st 4:50.60 (H), 4:36.54 PB
Kaitlyn Tallman JG 3000 9th 10:24.91 PB
Paul Walker SB 400 14th 51.79
Paul Walker SB 800 3rd 1:56.11 (H), 1:55.99 F PB!
Meghan Juuti SG 1500 7th 4:50.87 (H) PB, 4:47.14 PB
Meghan Juuti SG 3000 9th 10:39.77
Eric Ouellette JB 1500 21st 4:29.55 PB
Eric Ouellette JB 800 7th 2:02.48 (H) PB, 2:04.11 F
Rebecca Johnston MG 200 2nd 26.22(H) PB!, 26.43 F
Rebecca Johnston MG 400 3rd 60.21 (H), 58.43 F - PB!
Paige Leclerc MG 100H 3rd 12.54 (H), 12.51 F PB
Paige Leclerc MG 300H 4th 47.60 (H), 46.39 F
Candie Sabel SG 4 X 400 61.3 Anchor PB
Candie Sabel SG 400 20th 63.84
Candie Sabel SG 400H 14th 69.48
Dave Endleman JB 100H 17th 15.62
Dave Endleman JB 300H 18th 43.87
Dave Endleman JB 400 17th 55.58
Jeff Turgeon JB 800 22nd 2:09.57 PB!
Katelyn Roberts MG 100 14th 13.15
Katelyn Roberts MG 200 11th 26.98 PB
Kyle Caverson JB 1500 22nd 4:29.92
Kyle Caverson JB 3000 12th 9:34.83 PB!
Ryan Gillard JB 300H 19th 44.0
Andrew Athanasopoulous SB DISC 19th 37.08
Andrew Athanasopoulous SB JAV 9th 50.49

June 9,

Ottawa 10k & Half-Marathon
Nice races by masters runners, Bill Thompson and Ron Poirier. There are action photos of both at the Sudbury Rocks website: http://www.sudburyrocks.ca

Bill Thompson, 5k, 99th overall, 1st in 60-65 Age Group, 38:27
Ron Poirier, Half-Marathon, 2nd in 55-59 age group, 1:28.08.8

Sudbury Junior Elementary Track Meet
Congratulations to Bobcat Erika Kiviaho, who broke the old city record in the Atom 80m dash 3 times in one day to win the 80m at the city Junior Elementary meet. Erika's best time of 10.59 broke the old record of 11.20 that has stood since 1975.

June9

Track North News

Track North runners have been prominently featured in the local media lately. See below:

Nice article on Andrew Ellerton in the Northern Life:
http://www.northernlife.ca/sportsArticle.asp?35id12-pn=&view=65141

Sudbury Sports article including elementary school runnes,Jenna Kiviaho and Emma Tallman (and mentions Serena Jennings's elementary school record).
http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=408

There's a profile on Jeff Deault on the SudburySports website at:
http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=401

There's an article on Sudbury's OFSAA results in the Sudbury Star at:
http://www.thesudburystar.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=69674&catname=Local+Sports

Finally, an article on Sudbury's results at OFSAA at SudburySports.com
http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=399

Dick Moss, Coach,
Track North Athletic Club/Laurentian U. XC,
http://www.tracknorth.com