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Hello Everyone,
March
17, 2005
In
this Issue:
- Running Room Clinic Grads Exceed all
Expectations
- FitFriends are back with their "Strive
to Come Alive" 5km Walk/Run In May
- The Sudbury Fitness Challenge's Sun
Run is Fast Approaching
- New York City Marathon Anyone? Last
Chance to go!
- Upcoming Events THIS
SUNDAY Around
the bay 30k in Hamilton , April 3 - Cambrian's Spring Tune
Up
- Running
Room Run Club Update
- Track North News - by Dick Moss
- Ytri News - by Mike Coughlin
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Running Room Clinic
Grads Exceed all Expectations
This last weekend Running
Room Sudbury clinic members from the Learn to Run, 5km and 10km
clinics graduated in style by participating and finishing distances
that were new to most of them. Three courses were set out to
accommodate the groups - a 3km for the newbies, a 5km and a
10km. This was our Celebration of St Patrick's Event and most
runners dutifully attired themselves in green.
There was a mass start at
8:45 when Phil the Timer yelled "GO" and started the
official Ironman Triathlon watch. About one and half hours later
all participants had finished and were glowing from having easily
overcome what most initially thought a difficult challenge.
Some of the glow may have been from one of the supplied beverages.
Something to do with Irish Cream.
Three Sudbury Rocks!! took
part in the runs. Henriette Washchuk and Maureen Moustgaard
are now veterans at the 5km distance as they've each competed
in a few. But this was Lorna Scoville's first shot at the 10km
distance and she was a little nervous going in. Not to worry
as she easily handled all sections including the hilly parts
with relative ease. And her time was under 1:18. Congratulations
to All the participants. We are very proud of you.
Thank you to all helpers
including the 1/2 marathon and marathon clinic members for helping
pace the participants in the run.
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FitFriends are back
with their
"Strive
to Come Alive" 5km Walk/Run
In May
Click on the above Banner for
Details
This run is
organized by Sudbury Rocks!! members, Donna Smrek and Lise
Edwards, and our Club provides assistance to them in every
way we can
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The
Sudbury Fitness Challenge's
"Sun
Run" for Diabetes is
Fast Approaching
Click on above Banner to access the Sudbury Fitness Challenge
Website
Please Note:
The Website is presently under construction and some information
may be inaccurate. Check back often.
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New York City Marathon
Anyone?
Last chance to go!
Registration and initial
payment must be forwarded by April 1, 2005. Please read below
and respond to Monique Fournier asap
This November members and friends of the Sudbury
Rocks!! Running Club will attempt to add the New York City Marathon
to our list of accomplishments. As most of you are aware the
marathon now has a lottery entry system. To ensure ALL runners
wishing to go do gain entry into the race, we will be booking
through a travel agent who guarantees our spots. Our entries
will include optional travel arrangements (plane or bus) , optional
hotel arrangements (New York or New Jersey) and the guaranteed
entry. Non running supporters are welcome at a reduced price.
Principle Sudbury Rock member, Monique Fournier, has taken on
the task of organizing the trip for us. She has provided more
information below. Please contact her directly if you are interested.
Hello fellow runners,
The following information is for those interested in running
the New York Marathon, November 2005 who don't have a qualifying
time or did not enter the lottery.
Package deals are offered through Thomas Cook Travel Agency
for running groups where your entrance to the marathon is guaranteed.
The more the merrier and possible cheaper rates with larger
numbers of participants.
Please look over the information to help you make a decision
of whether to join the fun or not. The travel agency can also
alter the packages within reason and possibly at an added expense
for individual needs/desires.
If you have any questions or want clarification on any of the
information please contact me at; phone 566-5004
or e-mail moniquedave@sympatico.ca
There is a deadline for you to commit and pay half the costs.
Because the lottery is completed in May the travel agency recommends
registration by mid April to guarantee spots on the bus, in
the hotels and in the race. The travel agency also prefers that
all the info be sent together if there is a group planning to
go. In order for me to get all the info to Thomas Cook before
the recommended deadline I would like commitment and payment
with registration completion no later than April 4th, 2005.
Hope to hear from you with great interest.
Monique
Please find attached several PDF files containing
the details and pricing
for the 2005 ING New York City Marathon Travel Packages which
include
guaranteed entry.
You will need Acrobat Reader in order to view
the attached PDF files. For
a free download visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Files:
New
York City Marathon Brochure PDF
Guaranteed
Entry Application PDF
Non
Entrant Application PDF
Insurance
Information PDF
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March 20 - THIS
SUNDAY
Hamilton's "Around the Bay" 30k Roadrace
April 3
Cambrian College Sudbury's Spring Rune Up 5km Road race
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Run
Club Update - by Donna Smrek & Lise Edwards |
The Running Room Club Update:
March 15, 2005
Sudbury (Cedar Pointe Plaza)
A big thank you to all those that attended
our pre-St. Patrick's Day Fun Run and congratulations to
all our clinic graduates. A special thanks to those providing
munchies - great job on the shammrock muffins John Leonard.
Spring is sooooo close - can you feel it?!!
Come to the store and you can see it. All our spring/summer
clothes are coming in so for those really keen (or taking
a warm venue vacation) we can suit you up.
Right after the real St. Patrick's Day and
a day off for good behaviour we can all start looking forward
to a great season. We have several local events to kick
things off;
April 3, 2005 - Spring Tune-Up - 5 Km Fun
Run - Cambrian College - $10.00 fee - registration forms
available at the Running Room
May 1, 2005 - SFC Sun Run - 2Km, 5Km, 10Km
& 1/2 Marathon - details to follow.
May 8, 2005 - FiTFRiENDS 5 Km Walk/Run - All
Participants Welcome for this charity event benefiting the
YWCA Genevra House. On-line registration at runningroom.com
or in store forms
available.
We also have new clinic sessions starting
for those looking to discover the athlete inside:
March 17 - Marathon Clinic - Thursdays @ 6:00 pm - event:
Massey Marathon
March 22 - 1/2 Marathon Clinic - Tuesdays @ 6:00 pm - event:
Massey 1/2 Marathon
March 28 - For Women Only - Mondays @ 6:30 pm
April 2 - Learn To Run - Saturdays @ 10:00 am
April 28 - 5 Km Clinic - Thursdays @ 7:00 pm - event: Firecracker
5 Km
We also have a 10 Km clinic in it's second
week so there is still time to join - it is on Wednesdays
at 6:30 pm - if you can run 5 Km continuous come challenge
yourself and get ready for the SFC Sun Run.
Our clinics include weekly discussions on
nutrition, injury prevention, program development and numerous
other running-related topics along with group support to
get you up and keep you going.
For those of you willing to help out we are
always looking for experienced runners to assist with our
clinic instruction, please let Lise and I know if you are
interested.
With the spring events happening we are also
looking for volunteers to help out on race day with marshalling,
water station assistance and timing - we can use some high
school students if you need some volunteer activities as
well as some assertive marshals to keep the runners on track.
Looking forward to a great season and to seeing
some familiar faces that were in hiding during the winter.
Happy Trails - the snow is melting
Donna and Lise
If you are looking for events outside Sudbury please take
look at these on the Running Room website:
Mount Sinai Hospital Walk/Run 2005 Toronto, ON June 19,2005
Triple A Walk & Run Whitby, ON May 29,2005
A Race for Life...Fighting Blood Cancers Ajax, ON April
24,2005
5Km Sunset Run/Walk Ajax, ON July 20,2005
Where's Franktown? Franktown, ON May 14,2005
Norwood 5km Fun Run/Walk Norwood, ON April 30,2005
FiTFRiENDS 5km Run/Walk 2005 Sudbury, ON May 8,2005
Trot to the Beach 2nd Annual - 2005 Blenheim, ON June 5,2005
Hands and Feet Run 2005 Stouffville, ON June 4,2005
Spring Into Action Physiotherapy 5K Toronto, ON April 16,2005
Berlin Wal(k) 10k Relay Run/Walk Petticoat Creek, ON May
7,2005
Happy Trails,
Lise & Donna
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Track
North News - by Dick
Moss |
Monday, March
14, 2005
As Dick sits on a beach sipping Corona, I thought I should
pass on some impressive results.
NCAA Indoor Track
and Field Championships
Fayeteville, Arkansas
Andrew Ellerton ran a 1:49.8 800m leg for Michigan's Distance
Medley Relay Team that ran to a gold medal for the second
straight year.
Full story at: http://www.mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=17567
Congratulations Andrew!!
National Scholastic
Indoor Championships - New York City.
Kaitlyn Tallman competed as part of an OTFA select team
and ran an 800m PB of 2:17.85.
If you check out the meet results, Kaitlyn and a runner
from California had their times mixed up (or Kaitlyn has
assumed a new surfer dude identity!) Full results at: http://www.dyestat.com/3us/5in/NSIC/results.htm
Lastly, good luck to Lisa
Labrecque who is with the Canadian Cross
Country Team preparing for the World Championships this
upcoming weekend in St. Galmier France.
Lisa races this Sunday in the 4.1km short course event -
website: www.iaaf.org - follow the links.
Also, just a reminder, regular Track North practices will
resume next Monday, March 21st at 4:45pm at Lockerby.
Take care.
Darren
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YTri
News - by Mike Coughlin
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YTri Newsletter,
Volume 12, Issue 5, March 9
In this
issue...
Swim drill of the week - The fist drill
SFC Nickel Loppet a success
YTri members score age group wins in Peterborough and
Ottawa!
Mark your calendars - Spring Tune up 5k coming April 3
Sunday runs are back!!
YTri Weekly Schedule
Swim drill of the week -
The fist drill
Many beginner swimmers believe that their hands are the
most important part of the catch and pull phases of the
freestyle swim stroke. While our hands do provide the
great feel for the water that can initiate a good catch,
our "paddle" also includes our forearms, which
too often slip through the water ineffectively due to
a low elbow position.
One great way to engage the forearms in the catch and
pull phases of the stroke is to practice the fist drill.
The drill is simple to explain; just make fists with your
hands and swim freestyle. In order to gain propulsion
at all, the forearms must find a way to catch and pull
the water.
The fist drill can be tiring and frustrating at first,
but it does a fabulous job of improving your elbow position
during the catch and pull. With practice, the fist drill
can approach the feel of actual freestyle swimming. Then
add your hands back into the equation, and you can really
pull the water!
For more help with this and other drills, come out to
the YTri Wednesday swim from 6:00-7:30am. All levels of
swimmers are welcome for this workout which combines technique
development, fitness and fun!
SFC kicks off with Sofie
Manarin Nickel Loppet
On February 20, the 2005 Sudbury Fitness Challenge kicked
off with the Sofie Manarin Nickel Loppet. A total of 80
skiers toed the line and skied a variety of distances.
Conditions were fast and abrasive, challenging the skiers
technique, waxing skills and double poling strength.
In the adult events, Paul Lammens (1:34:21) and Alison
Godwin (1:54:37) won the 30km event, Brendan Waddell (53:13)
and Patti Kitler (1:20:46) won the 15km event, and Dean
Waddell (20:56) and Erica Bota (27:16) won the 5km event.
In the Dairy Queen Youth Challenge, Jeremie Bourque (6:46)
and his sister Florence Bourque (7:48) took top honours
in the 1km event while Victor Hopper (9:24) and Emmilie
Tomini (13:01) were first across the line in the 2km event.
All finishers earned Sudbury Fitness Challenge points,
which are tabulated for 6 events taking place from February
through August. The next event is the SFC Sun Run for
Diabetes scheduled for Sunday May 1 and will feature the
Dairy Queen Youth Challenge 2km walk/run as well as a
5km walk/run, 10km run and a Half Marathon run.
For complete results visit http://www.sudburyrocks.ca/Results/2005/02-20-2005%20Nickel%20Loppet.htm
For more information on the Sudbury Fitness Challenge,
visit www.sudburyfitnesschallenge.ca
YTri members score age group
wins in Peterborough and Ottawa!
The month of February saw several YTri members come out
of hiding to participate in various events throughout
the province. In particular, Amanda Kosmerly traveled
to Peterborough to run the 5k at their half marathon and
5k event, and Katherine Knight traveled to the famous
Keskinada Loppet near Ottawa to give her best at the 50km
classic ski event.
How did they do? Well it turns out that Amanda rocked
her first 5k of the season in 20:30 to win her age group.
A handful of other locals went down as well and their
results can be found at
http://www.sudburyrocks.ca/Results/2005/02-27-2005%20Peterboro%20half%20and%205k%20Results%20revised.htm
Katherine took a little longer to finish her event (ok,
it was 10 times longer) but also managed to win her age
group with a 4:34:03 - more than 40 minutes ahead of second
place! Several other locals traveled to the Keskinada
as well, including Kerry Abols who finished 13th in the
50km classic race only to come back the next day and take
7th overall in the 50km freestlye, out of a field of over
450 skiers!
Results:
http://www.sportstats.ca/res2005/50cl.htm
http://www.sportstats.ca/res2005/50fr.htm
Congratulations guys!
Katherine writes about her experience:
Hey Mike,
Good to hear from you. Now I'm
really curious as to how you found out about my
latest endeavour...Who told you?
I did the Keski on a whim with my housemates and a few
others from my team. The
initial plan was for some of us to just ski it together
and finish. (Although I
had been fighting an ongoing mental battle of whether
or not I was actually
going to race it, losing sleep over it the night before).
We began together and
pushed through the first 10k until the pack thinned out.
Then something in me
was triggered and I kept pushing, even though they'd taken
up a relaxed pace.
Things really picked up around 35km in, partly because
I realized that I had
17km left and partly because I'd passed people from my
team who had taken off
ahead of me. I really hammered through the last 17k, took
a wrong turn (rumor
has it that Kerry did the same thing) but managed to go
hard through to the
finish.
It was interesting for a couple of reasons. In the last
17k, I didn't see
another woman out there. This distance is completely dominated
by men, in
particular those who are 60+. Also interesting because
I wasn't sore, nor
excessively tired. Not even the day after (after a night
on the town in
Ottawa). Possibly a sign I didn't go out hard enough.
But no complaints for a
race in which I didn't start racing until 10k in.
Katherine
Mark your calendars - Spring
Tune up 5k coming April 3
Once a staple of the Sudbury Running Calendar, we are
lucky to have a true spring tune up back in town. This
one takes place at Cambrian College on April 3 and is
being organized by YTri Member Amanda Kosmerly.
Amanda Kosmerly writes:
Hi Mike,
Could you please forward this to the tri club and anyone
else who may be interested. Please encourage your group
to forward this to anyone on their contact lists too.
Also, some people were asking about the male and female
overall winner cash prize, we are planning on using 10%
of the entry fees collected. I'm guessing we will have
$50-$100 each. Hope you are well.
Amanda
Information on Spring Tune-up
What: 5km spring Tune up fun run
Where: Cambrian College, Barrydowne Campus
When: Sunday April 3rd, 2005, race starts at 10:30am
Registration: $10 no preregistration, $5 for under 12
years. Registration starts at 8:30am
Route: Flat with one small hill at the end. Km markers
will be posted at the roadside.
Prizes: Children - all receive a prize when they cross
the line, age categories both male and female 8 and under,
9-12, 13-15, 16-19 years, young children must be accompanied
by an adult.
Adults - cash for top male and female finisher and prizes
for top 3 in each age group males and females, 20-29,
30-39, 40-49, 50+, no awards repeated.
Post race: There will be food/refreshments and some draw
prizes.
For more information: call Cambrian College at 566-8101
and ask to speak to Bob Piche rgpiche@cambrianc.on.ca
or Jewell jcbrunette@cambrianc.on.ca
Sunday runs are back!!
Good news for all you folks interested in running on Sunday
- our YTri Sunday runs are back! Jaime Thurston has agreed
to lead outdoor Sunday runs at 12 noon leaving from the
YMCA. All abilities and distances are welcome to join
- just show up at the Y lobby ready to run outside.
Now you have 2 YTri workouts to choose from on Sundays:
Heidi's 8:15am spin/core and Jaime's noon run. For the
real brave, try both!!
YTri weekly schedule
Wednesday Swim
6:00-7:30am
YMCA Pool
All abilities welcome, come for all or part of the session
Friday Brick (spin/run/core)
6:30-8:30pm
YMCA Spin Studio
Bikes and trainers encouraged, spin bikes available
Sunday Cycle/Core
8:15-10:15am
YMCA Spin Studio
Bikes and trainers encouraged, spin bikes available
Sunday Run
12 Noon
Outside leaving from YMCA lobby
All distances and speeds welcome
See you there!!
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For
information call me.
Vincent Perdue
341 Fourth Ave, Sudbury On. P3B-3R9
705-560-0424
vtperdue@cyberbeach.net
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