The Top 100 Marathons?

Here is a website that lists the top 100 marathons in what looks like North America (The only Canadian Marathon listed is Toronto) according to readers votes. Obviously this needs to be taken with a grain of salt as there are a number of marathons that I know of that are better than some listed, but it does mention some that are a lot less known. Interesting to look these up, as there are links to the official web sites here as well.

A Challenge for Next Year

How about a 30.5 mile Trail marathon in Jay, Vermont. A race that is not for the faint of heart and which the organizers seem to be discouraging people to sign up for. 4000ft climb in the first 9 miles, 3 miles running through a creek, crossing a 50 ft river, you will get muddy and wet. Where do we sign up! There is a half marathon also (18.5 miles!). July, 2008.

The Donegal Creameries Mooathon

Anyone for a 1/2 marathon in Ireland (Brendan!!). Going by the results from last year some of us could win this. 500 Euro's prize money.

Damn Tuff results

Keith Lascelles and Kevin O'Neill had a successful day at the Damn Tuff Ruff Bluff Run in Owen Sound. On a beautiful day on a fairly tough course Keith finished in 8th place in 2:00:29 to take 1st in his age group. Kevin was 10th in 2:04:02 to take 2nd in the same age group, not bad for someone who wasn't at all well.

2 New Ironmen

Shawn Patton and Gary Doiron both completed the Lake Placid Ironnam yesterday (Sunday July 22). Awesome day for both, Shawn completed the race in 12 hours 17 minutes and 51 seconds, Gary's time was 14:44:42.

Owen Sound DAMN TUFF RUFF BLUFF Trail Race

This Saturday is the DAMN TUFF RUFF BLUFF Trail Race in Owen Sound, which is part of the Ontario Ultra series. Anybody planning on going? Other than Keith & Kevin. There is a 25k & a 50k event. In preparation for running trails, something some of us a a little foreign to, Keith & Kevin are running the trails in Midhurst north of the School Board offices at 7 pm ish, if you feel like joining in the fun!

Massey Marathon & Spanish River Half

The Massey Marathon was this past Sunday and conditions couldn't have been better, cool temperatures and sunny. Not a lot of Representatives from Barrie though, Clarence Wang was the top runner from Barrie with a 3:48 in the Marathon followed by Sylive Phillips with a time of 4:33. Neil Phillips ran in place of Oliver Owen in the Half and had a time of 1:49. Congratulations to all. Pictures to come.

RoadRunner gear

I don't know how far along you are on getting a shirt for the RoadRunners but someone is checking into a Sugoi shirt that was released on a limited basis for Canada in red and white and sports maple leafs on the front in a stylized fashion. I am trying to find a picture on line for you check out and have had no luck so far but will keep trying. We are trying to contact Sugoi directly for more info and availability. We also have some proposed art work (which I know Roger has been working on too) if anyone is interested.

Look forward to seeing what you can get.

Canada Day Races

July 1st saw the annual Canada Day Races unfold in support of The Special Olympics. The events consisted of a 1k run for the kids, 5k and 10k races. Congratulations to all those who took part.

Results

5K
5K Walk
10K
10K Walk