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Clinics
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Hello
Everyone,
August
7, 2008
In
this Issue:
- Terry Fox's Econoline Van Crosses Canada - 28 Years later
- Rocks!! Run in San Francisco
- Results of the July 30 Time Trial Practice
- Join Team Sudbury Rocks!! Running Club in this year's Run
for the Cure
- Upcoming Local Events -
- Running Room Update -
- Track North News -
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Terry
Fox's Econoline Van Crosses Canada - 28 Years later
The 1980 Ford Econoline van used by Terry
Fox was restored by the Ford Motor Company. (Terry Fox Foundation
Terry Fox is followed by the Ford Econoline
van during the Marathon of Hope in 1980. (Canadian Press) |
The 1980 Econoline Ford van that served as Terry Fox's home
and the movable headquarters for his Marathon of Hope has
been restored for a cross-Canada tour.
The van that crept along the roadways of eastern Canada
behind Fox for 143 days was shown off at Ford's Canadian
headquarters in Oakville, Ont., on May 22, 2008 for the
first time since it was found and acquired by the Terry
Fox Foundation.
The foundation plans to use the newly restored van to
once again share Fox's goal of raising funds to fight
cancer with a cross-Canada tour that started in St. John's
Newfoundland.
It commenced a new journey raising funds for cancer
research as another extension of Terry's Marathon of Hope.
Beginning on May 25th in St. John's, Newfoundland and
"driven" by Scotia McLeod the van, accompanied
by friends and family members, will traverse the country
visiting over 50 communities. Please visit the interactive
map for event
details or read the daily
blog.
The van followed Terry through Sudbury on August 4, 1980.
Twenty-eight years later on Thursday, July 31, 2008 the
van returned and Sudbury Rocks!! and Friends were honoured
and thrilled to be requested to pace the vehicle into
town.
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Rocks!! and Friends Pace
Terry Fox Van through Sudbury
More Photos
here Photos Courtesy of Sara McIlraith,
Steph Koett and Louis Moustgaard
The Sudbury Rocks!! Running Club was honoured
this week when Terry Fox's original handler for the Northern
Ontario section, Lou Fines, called and asked if we would
consider pacing the newly restored Terry Fox van into
Sudbury as it makes its way across Canada. Our response
was a resounding YES and thank you for requesting our
support.
The van plus support staff, police and runners
all met at the Sudbury Running Room in the Cedar Pointe
Plaza in preparation for the run to Bell Park. Of note
was the lead car provided by the OPP. It was an original
1980 vintage fully restored Chevy Impala cruiser used
to lead Terry across Northern Ontario. The unit was a
great compliment to the restored 1980 Ford van.
The procession downtown was an exciting
one with 2 motorcycles leading the way followed by the
Impala cruiser, Sudbury Rocks!! and Friends, the Van and
a support police cruiser as our rear guard. There was
lots of horn blowing and cheers as we made our way to
Grace Hartman Amphitheatre in Bell Park.
I was fortunate enough to see Terry Fox
near Gravenhurst in late July 1980. The thought never
occurred to me to run a bit with him then. I'm sure pleased
that I was given the chance 28 years later to be a small
part of something that has become very big. All thanks
to a young guy who decided to try to make a difference.
AND DID!
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Fight against cancer inspired
Fox to run
In 1977, Terry Fox's right leg was
amputated above his knee after he was diagnosed at age
18 with bone cancer.
On April 12, 1980, Fox dipped
his artificial foot in the Atlantic Ocean off St. John's,
and began his run to raise money for cancer research.
He ran about 42 kilometres each
day, in freezing rain, high winds, even snow, with the
now iconic van following him on the highway.
But on Sept. 1, chest pains and
breathing problems forced him to stop running at a spot
along the Trans-Canada Highway northeast of Thunder Bay.
After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres,
he announced he would have to postpone the rest of the
run, saying, "I'm gonna do my very best. I'll fight,
I promise I won't give up."
In a B.C. hospital doctors discovered
the source of his chest pains: cancer had spread to his
lungs.
In the months that followed, donations
kept coming, and $24.17 million was raised, surpassing
his initial goal.
Since that time, a further $400
million has been raised in his name.
Fox died on June 28, 1981, but
not before becoming the youngest person ever to be awarded
the Order of Canada.
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The only race to run on the Golden Gate
Bridge roadway |
Rocks!! Run
in San Francisco
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Runs the Half Marathon and Ken Racewalks The San Francisco
Marathon
It was an amazing run on the Golden Gate Bridge and
a challenge
between the high winds and the hills!!! the many hills
of the San
Francisco Marathon. Hamilton's killer hill is a baby
hill in
comparison to San Francisco's hills. I needed brakes
on my running
shoes for some of the sharp declines. It was so much
fun. They
changed the course two years ago and added some challenging
hills to
their course. We had to slow down at times just to
look at the
scenery and runners were busy not only running, but
taking pictures.
Ken Racewalked the Marathon with a time of 5:14:18
and I ran the
Half Marathon in a time of 2:30:02. The San Francisco
Marathon had
19,000 runners/walkers and was well organized. We
started in waves,
because of the Golden Gate Bridge and the narrow course.
We
finished off the race with a delicious barbecue. Now
we have
another five days to tour San Francisco and do some
serious
shopping. PS: I will never complain about Skyward
Hill again.
Flo and Ken Atkins
San Francisco Marathon
Full Marathon
3511 Ken Atkins Lively, 8051 M-52 5:14:18
12:00 M 50-54/190 2472 6:09:0
San Francisco Marathon
1st Half Marathon
4637 Florine Atkins Lively, 18024 F-54
2:30:01 11:27 F 50-59/119 2262 3:24:53
All
Results
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Results of July 30 TT Practice
at Valley View
by Bob Jeffery
Results of the July 30 Time Trial Practice
Despite some threatening clouds to the North the course
remained dry for
the Time Trial Practice. Twelve riders came out and we
had 6 volunteers.
Thanks to the volunteers Hussien W. Guy Z, Rebecca, Derek,
Tracy & Leah.
So results
*20km*
Place Name Time Split
1 Ryan Smith 29:58 14:20
2 Buddy Green 30:10 14:12
3 Drew Thompson 31.23 14.58
4 Chris Mark 31.29 15:02
5 Michel Barbeau 31:48 14:58
6 Jack Kosmerly 32.07 14.58
7 Bob Jeffery 34.53 16.28
8 Richard Ford 36:57 17.02
9 Bob Bagley 41.09 19:00
10 Dave Cheung 58.36 23.40
11 Mike Hay NDF
*10 Km*
Place Name Time
1 Craig Duncan 21.05
*Stay tuned for further details for the next TT practice.*
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JOIN TEAM SUDBURY
ROCKS!! RUNNING CLUB
by Sheila Yaw-MacLean
I've registered The Sudbury
Rocks!! Running Club team once
again to participate in this year's CIBC
Run For The Cure for Breast Cancer taking
place Sunday October 5th. Let's help find a cure
for breast cancer. Below are registration instructions
to help you get started.
Thanks
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE RUN FOR THE CURE
Go to www.cibcrunforthecure.com
If you were registered on-line last
year and can remember your user name and password,
enter them and the forms will all be there are well
as your team history. At the end, make sure you
join team SUDBURY ROCKS RUNNING CLUB, or enter my
name, SHEILA YAW-MACLEAN, as team captain.
To register from scratch:
Under “Register” Click
"Join a Team"
Choose a site "Sudbury"
Click "Register"
Answer the series of questions, on
the third page it will then ask for the team name
Enter SUDBURY ROCKS RUNNING
CLUB or if you have trouble use my name
as team captain SHEILA YAW-MACLEAN
and our team should come up.
Do not pay the registration fee of
$35. Check that you will raise the $150. You can
do that on-line, in-person or in a combination of
the two.
You will receive a “confirmation
of registration” email that will have an attachment
– your personalized sponsor sheet that you
can print out and start collecting donations.
I will need to get your donation sheets
by September 27th (latest). I will let you know
drop off points.
Any donations that you have received
on-line I will know about as I can access all the
teams’ on-line totals.
I highly recommend sending emails
to friends and family to get donations. There are
tools to do that once you log in to your account
and you never have to handle any money. It’s
really easy.
Please
call me if you have any questions. I’m at
692-9431 OR 522-9159.
Welcome to Team SUDBURY
ROCKS RUNNING CLUB
Cheers,
Sheila
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Upcoming Local Events
Minnow Lake 5k and 10k Run this
Sunday
Visit our
Events Section for all the Details
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Run
Club Update |
Hello
Everyone!
I hope everybody had a great and relaxing long weekend.
What a nice change to have the weather cooperate for
a few days in a row!
If you haven't already, be sure to book off this
Sunday, August the 10th! We will be hosting the second
annual Water Waddle 5k and Minnow Lake 10k Fun Run.
This event will start at 9:30 am at Minnow Lake place
(at the corner of Bancroft Drive and Lonsdale ave).
The entry fee will be a donation to the Red Cross
- so come on out for a great time!
Are you looking to complete the Run for The Cure?
Why not let the Running Room help you get there! Check
out these clinics that are building up to this GREAT
event;
Learn to Run: Mondays at 6 pm (Every Monday through
October 5th)
For Women Only; Fridays at 6 pm (Every Friday through
October 5th)
5k ; Mondays at 6:30 pm (Every Monday through October
5th)
While you're getting ready for the Run For the Cure,
be sure to drop by the store and check out the great
new RFC clothing line. We'll have you looking good
all the way to the start line!
Looking for a fun group to walk or run with? Drop
by the store every Wednesday at 6 pm or Sunday morning
at 8:30 am for our FREE practice times. We have a
ton of different speeds and distances - so come check
it out!
See you this Sunday at Minnow Lake!
Happy Trails,
From your Running Room crew
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Track
North News - by Dick
Moss |
Monday, August 04, 2008
OTFA Bantam,
Midget & Youth Track and Field Championships
York University, Toronto, August 1-3.
Two hurdlers from Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club placed
in the top-five at the Ontario Bantam, Midget & Youth
Track and Field Championships, at Toronto's York University
this weekend.
Grace Thomson placed fourth in the 100m hurdles in the Youth
category (17 and under). with a personal best time of 14.80
seconds. Grace also ran an open 400m in 64 seconds (official
results haven't been posted yet).
Kerissa Blacklock placed fifth in 80m hurdles in the the
Midget category (15 and under), running a personal best
12.09.
Nice way to finish the season - way to go girls!!
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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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