August 12, 2004

Track North Web Site

NOW UNDERWAY!

The First Annual Dream Trail Run is now officially underway. The event started with opening ceremony speeches at the Running Room Store including Mayor David Courtemanche, Make A Wish Foundation Representative Martina Keaty and Dr Kirsty Duncan, the founder of the run and also the major runner from Sudbury to Toronto.

At 10:00 am Kirsty, David Courtemanche and three Sudbury Rocks!! kicked off the the run by starting down Highway 69 on the first leg of day #1 in her 6 day journey which will cover 44 miles per day getting her into Toronto for a finishing 5k on Thursday evening.

As soon as Kirsty and Company took off the First Annual Dream Trail 5k commenced starting at the Running Room and covering a loop course in Loellen. Lisa Labrecque was the overall winner in 17:59 and Joel Ruel was the overall male winner in 18:19. Click Here for All the Results.

There will be more info including some pics next week. By the way, tomorrow Kirsty starts her final day on Yonge St. just below Lake Simcoe.

Thank you all who assisted and volunteered. I don't have the list at home so I can't include your names.

Try the Espanola TRi

SWIM 750m - BIKE 20 km - RUN 5 km

A SUCCESS!!

Results Here

Mike Coughlin writes:

Hi Vince,

I heard you had a successful event at the Dream Trail Run on Saturday. Congratulations!

A good number of us YTri'ers and Rocks!! Made the trek to do the Espanola triathlon Saturday morning. With the cold mornings we have been having, things were a bit chilly leading up to the race start but warmed up just in time to be bearable for wet bodies riding bikes. Before the start, Brent Walker found his borrowed bike had a flat and I was able to loan him my little tire irons to help fix it. Attempting to repack my repair kit and also pack my run transition bag at the same time, one of the tire irons went missing, but as usual there was no time to waste and I hurried to set up my bike and put on my wetsuit for the start.

Standing in the water, I saw Katherine, Gerry and Colin, all of whom took my Running Room Triathlon Clinic and all of whom were pumped to complete the goal event. High fives were given all around and agreements were made to meet again at the finish. Then the horn was off and so were we. The swim was fun and very challenging as we came back right into the sun and the glare was unbelievable. Did you ever see Raiders of the Lost Ark? It was just like that except for the people melting and all.

Onto the bike and the course was crowded with cyclists. Most of them were touring bikes however as there was some big group tour coming through Espanola at precisely the same time we were riding. After working hard to catch Bill Leonard on the way out of town, we rolled back into town together and managed to get lost for a block or two before finding T2. It was like we had our own tour going: "The back alleys of Espanola - a cultural adventure".

Somehow we found T2 and donned our shoes for the run. Within 50 metres I knew it was going to be a painful run. The stabbing sensation was excruciating and it just wouldn't stop. It felt like somebody was trying to cut the toes off of my left foot. I tried to run through it but it was just too awful. Then it dawned on me. "SO THAT'S WHERE THE TIRE IRON WENT!" (Note to self: It is not wise to ignore the pain that a tire iron in the shoe can dish out while running.) A quick stop to remove it and I was back on the road in considerably greater comfort (though there still was the running part to deal with).

All in all, it was a fantastic event put on by Steve and Christianne Tremblay and many great volunteers including Jan and Brent Weeres. I was thrilled to see all the YTriers, Rocks!! and friends finish, including my Running Room crew who were all smiles at the finish line. With the event behind us, we got down to the real business of devouring the post race food and soaking in the sunshine. And all before 10am too!

Mike

Locals Run Barrie Triathlon

By Mike Coughlin

A few locals competed in the Barrie Triathlon this weekend as well. Lee Toner and Louise Logan, a couple recently spotted training together at Delki Dozzi, cruised the sprint distance course in 1:13:54 and 1:42:51 respsctively. Lawrie Oliphant also finished the 700m/20km/5km course in 1:15:45



Barrie Triathlon & Duathlon

Barrie, Ontario, Augusth 8th, 2004

Triathlon Results

-------FINAL---- --------------------- ------------ ---------------------- ---- 700m 20 km 5km
Category --------SWIM---------- ----------BIKE-------- ---------RUN----------
Pos Time Name City Plc/Total Category # Cat Ovr Time /100m Cat Ovr Time km/hr Cat Ovr Time km
-------- ------- --------------------- ------------ ---------------------- ---- ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
35 1:13:54 Lee Toner Sudbury 6/21 M30 - 34 1111 10 79 16:12 2:19 7 29 34:49 34.5 6 35 22:54 4:35
44 1:15:45 Lawrie Oliphant Sudbury 5/11 M45 - 49 1224 1 5 12:24 1:47 4 34 35:31 33.8 7 127 27:50 5:34
179 1:42:51 Louise LOGAN Sudbury 11/11 W30 - 34 1256 10 146 19:24 2:47 11 189 51:08 23.5 8 169 32:20 6:28

Check out all the results Here

Alicia Kaye Wins Belwood Triathlon

By Mike Coughlin

Alicia Kaye took top honours as the first female in the Belwood triathlon last weekend. YTri member Steve Fessenden also finished, completing his 4th triathlon in 7 weeks!


THE 2004 SUBARU TRIATHLON SERIES

BELWOOD TRIATHLON & DUATHLON

August 7-8th, 2004

Triathlon Results

-----FINAL------ ----------------------- ------------ -------------- ---- 1km 33km 7km
Category ----------SWIM--------- -----T1 + BIKE + T2--- ---------RUN----------
Pos Time Name City Plc/Total # Cat Ovr Time /100m Cat Ovr Time km/hr Cat Ovr Time Km
------ -------- ----------------------- ------------ -------------- ---- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
21 1:37:56 ALICIA KAYE PICKERING 1/2 WPRO 3 1 6 14:10 1:25 2 48 56:18 35.2 2 39 27:29 3:56
233 2:03:45 STEVE FESSENDEN LEVACK 31/45 M35-39 123 38 324 25:01 2:31 39 236 1:06:21 29.8 25 172 32:24 4:38

Click Here for All the Results