SUDBURY ROCKS!! RUNNING CLUB

April 26, 2007

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Hello Everyone, April 26, 2007

In this Issue:

Parry Sound Brings on the Spring
New Life in the Sudbury Fitness Challenge
Dine on Pasta and Listen to Ed Witlock
Can You Help by Volunteering
Upcoming Events - SUDBURYROCKS!!! Race, Run or Walk for Diabetes
Running Room Update -
Track North News -Laurentian Access Road - Official LU Position
Mike Coughlin's Tri Section:

Parry Sound ON

Bialkowski Trysport opened their Parry Sound sport season with the "Bring on the Spring" 2k, 5k and 10k road race events last Sunday. All distances started at the Bobby Orr Community Centre and ran along local streets. The 5k and 10k courses would be considered a good challenge as there are a good mixture of hills and flats. The Runs are ORA sanctioned and are "Class A" rated. Great food, awards and prizes awaited all finishers.

And there were Rocks!! and locals in the finishing groups. Mike Coughlin, Steve Fessenden, Mel Muise, Patti Socransky and Janet Guembel competed in the 10k while Dan Welsh tackled the 5k. Their results are here.

Bialkowski's next event is the "McKellor One" on July 22, 2007. All multisport enthusiasts should consider this one. Check out Trysports's Website at: http://www.pstrysport.com/index.htm

Mike Coughlin reports:

Hope you enjoyed the great weather this past weekend. I sure did, and enjoyed running in the "Bring on the Spring" 5k/10k in Parry Sound with a handful of other locals.

This was my second year doing this spring race put on by David Bialkowski. I like to support David's races since he gives so much to the sport. Having invested in his own chip timing system, David is one of the few people out there who can organize and execute all aspects of a road race or triathlon in-house.

Traversing the neighbourhood streets of Parry Sound, this 2 loop 10k is NOT fast. It is a fun and challenging course however with lots of hills to test your strength and skill. I had the added challenge this year of choosing to do a sprint workout 2 days before the race that left me pretty sore, and my "warmup run" was more of a hobble - ouch!

When the gun sounded I was pleasantly surprised to find I could run at 10k effort without too much trouble, but the hills was another matter, and they are everywhere on this course. A nice change from the "flat and fast" courses at the big races, but pretty hard on the legs!

My final time of 39:27 was slower than I had hoped for, but was still a good hard run. It was great to see us guys get our butts handed to us by the girls who won both the 5k and 10k races outright - wow! For those wondering about the first and second 5k splits, I estimate the halfway timing mat to be at 5.06km, which combined with downhill finish means that a 30-40 second negative split in the results represents an even split for the race. There is no way I negative split this one!

The best part of this race is that it's a great excuse to bring the bike down to enjoy some great road riding in the area. Four of us took advantage of the weather and quiet cottage country roads and snuck in a ride before heading back to Sudbury. A perfect way to end a beautiful Spring morning.

Congratulations to local Discomfort Zone athletes Steve Fessenden, Melanie Muise, Patti Socransky and Dave Welsh for their 10k and 5k finishes on this tough course. Steve even managed a PB with a 40:37, just 6 days after running the Boston Marathon.

New Life in the Sudbury Fitness Challenge

There is new life in the Sudbury Fitness Challenge and the Beaton Classic will be revived. At a meeting amongst a few of the Events Organizers it was decided to attempt to keep the Sudbury Fitness Challenge viable. There are presently (6) events that fall under the SFC umbrella (Nickel Loppet, SudburyRocks!! Race, Run or Walk for Diabetes, Canoe Marathon, Ian McLoy Island Swim, Beaton Classic and Mountain Bike Tour). The plan is to let each Event Team totally run their unique events. They would be responsible for advertising the Event on their own websites and posting results there as well. One individual will be responsible for tabulating all Event results to determine overall SFC winners. To provide continuity and ease of searching for Fitness Challenge Events, the Sudbury Rocks!! Running Club will provide a Sudbury Fitness Challenge Page which will include access to All Fitness Challenge sites and any other available data. The Access Page is now active and will be updated as information is provided to me. Note the new Link at the top of the Latest Running News Page. Of great news is the Nickel City Tri Team will take ownership of the Beaton Classic this year. Format details are being worked out but the event date has been set for Sunday, August 12, 2007.

It's great to see new action in the SFC and absolutely wonderful to see the Beaton return. Good luck All Event Teams.

Dine on Pasta & Listen to Ed Whitlock

All runners are encouraged to come to the SudburyRocks!! Race, Run or Walk for Diabete's first ever Pasta Dinner and Expo. Ed Whitlock (current world record holder for the 70+ marathon) - who lived and worked in Sudbury many years ago has generously volunteered to come up and speak at the dinner.

The all you can eat pasta dinner fee is $15 and is limited to 200 people.

You can purchase tickets 2 ways

When you register for one of the events here
If not registering for an event, you can still purchase tickets by contacting Jennifer Blouin at 670-1993 ext 7 or via email at jennifer.blouin@diabetes.ca

Can You Help by Volunteering

Putting on an event like this requires lots of assistance. Around 250 volunteers are required to fully person all areas of the Run.

CAN YOU HELP BY VOLUNTEERING?

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Place: Downtown Sudbury

Tasks to be filled for the event include manning water, food, and beverage stations, clean-up on course, marshalling, directing or checking on runners on course, manning registration desk, finish line, etc.

If you would like to volunteer or if you require more information about volunteering for this event. please contact:
Carol Kirkwood at sudburymarathon@hotmail.com

The 2007 Sudbury Rocks!!! Race, Run or Walk for Diabetes appreciates your help.

Upcoming Events

1k, 5k, 10k, 1/2 Marathon and Marathon

Canada's ONLY Chase Marathon!!

Visit our Events Section for all the Details

Run Club Update

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The Running Room Club Update: April 25
Sudbury Store (Cedar Pointe Plaza)

Spread the Word

10 days until the 2007 Sudbury Rocks!!! Race, Run, or Walk for Diabetes.

1K, 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Full Marathon

We are soooo excited for this event!

The Sudbury Rocks!!! Race, Run or Walk for Diabetes is Northern Ontario's largest distance event. For the first time this year, the CIS SudburyROCKS!!! Chase Marathon will be a staggered start event. The event will literally have 21 different start times. So it's anyone's race!

Free Technical event shirts for the first 300 combined registrants in the Half and Full Marathon.
Pasta Dinner on Saturday, May 5 at the Radisson Hotel $15 per person
Race Expo Saturday, May 5 at the Radisson Hotel
Register online at http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=2645 or at the Running Room

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Part-time Position Available

Are you looking to help other people who love to walk or run? Are you a runner or walker? Then perhaps you'd be interested in a part time position at the Running Room! We are looking for eager candidates to work evening shifts and weekends. If this sparks your interest give Johanna or Kris a call at 523-4664 or drop off a resume next time you're in the store!

Instructors Needed

We are looking for instructors for the following clinics: 10K Walk, 10K Run, 1/2 Marathon Run

For more information, please contact the Running Room at sudbury@runningroom.com, or at 523-4664

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This week's practice schedule:

Wednesday @ 6:00pm

Learn to Run (Pam) 4 min. run + 1 min walk x 4

For Women Only (Emilia) 4 min. run + 1 min. walk x 4

5K Run (Christina and Denise) 10:1 x 2 + 2 min walk

10K Run (Cory) 5K

1/2 Marathon Run - Massey (DJ and Mike) 4 K

1/2 Marathon Run - Sudbury/Ottawa (Bob and Mary Bess) 4K fartlek

Full Marathon Run - Sudbury (Sharon and Paul) 10K fartlek

10K Walk (Jo) 4 Hills

1/2 Marathon Walk - Ottawa (Janet) 6K

Casual Run Group - 10K

Sunday @ 8:30am

Learn to Run (Pam) 4 min. run + 1 min walk x 4

For Women Only (Emilia) 4 min. run + 1 min walk x 4

5K Run (Denise and Christina) 10:1 x 2 + 2

10K Run (Cory) 6K

1/2 Marathon Run - Massey (DJ and Mike) 10K

1/2 Marathon Run - Sudbury (Bob and Mary Bess) 6K

1/2 Marathon Run - Ottawa (Kris) 18K

Full Marathon Run - Sudbury (Sharon) 6K

10K Walk (Jo) 6K

1/2 Marathon Walk - Ottawa (Janet) 18K

Happy Trails,
Johanna and Kris

Track North News - by Dick Moss

Friday, April 20, 2007

Laurentian Access Road - Official LU Position

Good news on the access road issue. Laurentian's Board of Governors have officially declared opposition to the proposed access road through the trail system (much of which is on Laurentian property).

A portion of their statement is below.

Upon recommendation of the Property Development Committee, the Board agreed "that the interests of the University and the community will be best served by traffic management and development options that do not involve a new access road to the campus such as currently proposed by the City of Greater Sudbury." The Board also called on the City to establish a task force of key stakeholders and interested parties to "consider and recommend options for managing traffic on Ramsey Lake Road both now and in the future."

This will make it difficult for the city to approve the road since they would have to expropriate LU lands, even though their stated reason for building the road was to service the university.

Mayor John Rodriguez has also gone on record, saying that no road would be built during his mandate. He has signed the petition opposing the road.

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

Mike's TRi Website

by Mike Coughlin

mike@discomfortzone.com
www.mikestriadventure.ca

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Vincent Perdue
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705-560-0424
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