This Weekend

This weekend has Kevin O'Neill travelling to South Bend, Indiana to run the Sunburst Marathon. Good luck to Kevin, although he usually doesn't need any luck.

Ottawa Marathon Results

Congratulations to those who completed the Ottawa Marathon and/or half marathon.
Here is a list of the Barrie runners results

Marathon

Half Marathon

Buffalo News Marathon Article

Here is todays article from the Buffalo News about the Marathon. There are a few familiar names in it.

Buffalo Marathon Results

Congratulations to all those who completed the Buffalo Marathon & Half Marathon. Barrie was well represented and took home a lot of hardware. Here are the Barrie results:

29th - Keith Lascelles - 3:04:03 - 3rd in age group. (PB)
36th - Brendan Kavanagh - 3:07:03 - 3rd in age group.(PB)
38th - Krista Bolyea - 3:07:15 - 1st in age group.(PB)
72nd - Nancy Chong - 3:22:18 - 1st Female Masters.
105th - Brian Lancia - 3:32:38
157th - Ron Leigh - 3:43:16
176th - Roger Ison - 3:46:39
202nd - Clarence Wang - 3:51:44
209th - Brian Chew - 3:52:30
538th - Janet Ward - 4:48:23

Half Marathon

126th - Scott Whynot - 1:41:48 (PB)

Buffalo Marathon News

Marathon changes course
Route won’t leave Buffalo city limits
(By Budd Bailey Updated: 05/25/07 8:46 AM
Courtesy Buffalo News)

The Nissan Buffalo Marathon in 2007 will be held in . . . Buffalo.
That doesn’t sound like it should be newsworthy, but it is. A slightly new course will greet runners who take off on a 26.2-mile jaunt Sunday at 7 a.m., and it will stay within the city limits.
There will be no more quick visits to Kenmore by runners. The new portion of the route comes in the first half of the race, as it heads south along the waterfront on Ohio Street. The halfway point will be right in the middle of downtown. The course then heads north through Delaware Park and goes as far north as Hertel Avenue before winding its way back toward the finish in front of the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.
“We had to change the course because Forest Lawn [cemetery] isn’t allowing us in this year,” Race Director John Beishline said. “That means we had to pick up 2.5 miles.
“We decided to eliminate Kenmore as well, and make it an all-Buffalo marathon. We made up the extra miles at the waterfront. It’s prettier. It’s more scenic. The course shows off the waterfront. It might be a little cooler.”
The new course also figures to be a little flatter and faster. The Kenmore portions of the route had been filled with twists and turns. This year’s route should be more direct.
Meanwhile, the half-marathon course starts on Franklin near Chippewa, also mostly winds around the waterfront, and finishes in front of the Convention Center.
The defending marathon champions — Jynocel Basweti and Lynn Dempsey — apparently won’t be back to defend their titles. But several top runners are scheduled to participate in either the marathon or half-marathon:
• Silas Soy of Kenya ran a 2:11:42 in the 2006 Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minn. That’s about eight minutes faster than Basweti’s eventrecord time last year.
• Joshua Koros of Kenya, who ran 2:22:52 in the 2005 Philadelphia marathon, good for second place.
• Retta Feyissa of Ethiopia, second in the 2005 Buffalo marathon (2:26:53).
• Jose Moreira, a masters runner from Brazil with a 1:03 half-marathon time to his credit.
• Jacob Charmar, of Kenya and Chapel Hill, N.C., who finished sixth in 31:01 in a 10-kilometer race earlier this month in Washington.
• Edward Gapak, who won the Brooklyn half-marathon in 2006 with a time of 1:09:21.
• Todd Witzleben, two-time winner of Buffalo’s Turkey Trot. Witzleben, the former Orchard Park star, won the 20K race at the Penn Relays last month in 1:05:43. Witzleben has a 2:21 marathon on his resume.
• Jim Park of Buffalo, who was the top local finisher in 2005 and was second among local runners in 2006 (2:43:18).
• Gina McGee, who has two of the four fastest women’s masters times (2:54:40 and 2:55:34) in the history of the Steamtown (Scranton, Pa.) Marathon.
• Tammy Slusser of Monroeville, who finished second last year in 3:10:21.
• Joseph Illuzzi of Cheektowaga, giving the marathon a try at the age of 86.
The male and female winners of the marathon will earn $2,000 each, while second is worth $1,000 and third pays $500. The masters’ winners of the marathon and the half-marathon winners will earn $500 each, while the first-place masters in the half-marathon will pick up $200 each.
A bonus of $1,000 will go to winners who break the event record in overall or masters competition. The women’s record is 2:44:57, set by Beth Anne DiCiantis in 1991. The masters men’s mark was set by David O’Keeffe in 2001 (2:29:24), while the women’s standard is held by Leslie Carson (2:57:32, 2004).
A relay event of four-person teams also will be staged.

Ganaraska Trail Run

The results for the Ganaraska Trail Runs are finally posted http://ouser.org/results/07/ga07.pdf

Great runs by Eric Jackson (2:00) in 5th place and Nancy Chong (2:10) 1st female. What a couple!

Interesting Marathon Story

Not so fast: Marathon mixup changes most men's placesThird-place finisher didn't run marathon, he ran half-marathonRon Newberry The Olympian
Mark Edin arrived at his son's elementary school Monday to the applause of a teacher. Friends called to offer their congratulations.
"It's been an interesting day," Edin said.
Edin spent most of his day Monday trying to set the record straight about his performance at the Capital City Marathon on Sunday.
Official results listed Edin, 46, of Olympia, as the third-place finisher in the 26.2-mile marathon with a time of 2 hours, 43 minutes and 58 seconds.
Trouble was, Edin didn't run the marathon - he ran the half-marathon.
"We don't know what happened," race director Lesley Roberts said.
Edin figures the mistake occurred because he registered for the marathon but changed his mind and ran the half-marathon instead. He said he informed race officials that he was planning to switch races Saturday and was told to let them know on race day. In the chaos of race day, however, he failed to do so.
"I told them when I picked up the packet that I probably would be running the half-marathon," Edin said. "They said, 'Let us know' that next morning. Of course, the next morning hundreds of people are in the middle of a pack. I had a purple number. I noticed everyone else had green numbers. Maybe, somehow, a glitch happened."
Edin, who recently participated in the Capitol Peak ultramarathon, is puzzled by his time. Runners' times are kept by computer chips on their shoelaces with scans at the start and finish of the race.
How Edin wound up with a time of 2:43:58, he doesn't know.
"I know my time was under two hours," he said. "I asked the guy in front of me. I'm pretty sure it was 1:50 something."
It wasn't long after the race that marathon runners questioned the "mystery" third-place finisher. Roberts said some of the top finishers such as Phil Jasperson (fourth place, 2:47.19) and Miguel Galeana (fifth place, 2:49.55) came to her and said they never saw Edin.
Another race official in charge of the timing system raised a concern.
"When it gets called into question like that I do an automatic disqualification," Roberts said.
Although the mistake was identified, the official results accidently were released with Edin still the third-place finisher. They weren't changed on the Capital City Marathon's Web site until Monday afternoon.
For the record, Paul Abdalla of Duvall (2:50.10) moved into the top five at No. 5.
"These kind of things can happen at any event," Roberts said. "Especially when you have a marathon and half-marathon running together."
Although he was amused by the glitch, Edin said he felt bad about the mixup.
"I was more concerned about the people who got the accolades," he said.
"The proper people should be recognized."

Up coming events

This weekend will see a number of our group going to Buffalo to do the Marathon or Half Marathon. Good luck to Brendan, Ron, Clarence, Brian, Keith, Roger, Krista, Scott, Nancy and Janet.
Looking for a chanllenge in your running, why not try the Creemore Vertical Challenge, part of the Ontario Ultra Series on July 7. It includes a 25k & a 50 k race and is the first time for this event. See link at the bottom of the page for more.

He's Done it Again!

Well another great showing by the very consistent Roger Ison. A 3:29 result in Cleveland. Way to go Roger.

Akron RoadRunner Marathon Videos

Her is a video promoting the Akron RoadRunner Marathon. It looks better all the time.

Akron Marathon

Here's a video of the course (it's a little quick).

http://media.discoverneo.com/movies/marathon06.wmv

Great video

The following is an article I found on a couple of facebook sights, watch the video. It's very inspiring and I would love to see the full documentary when it is released.


Dear runners,I am a documentary filmmaker producing a documentary on the decline of marathon running in the UK. One interesting fact is that during one season in 1985, 102 British men ran under 2 hours 20 mins. To date this year with the main event the London Marathon having past, this number stands at just 2.To really understand your subject as a filmmaker I wanted to totally commit myself in the project to see how far the average guy (myself) could progress in a two year period. Project outline http://www.theroadtobeijing.co.uk/trtb-documentary.htm I am currently conducting some research into the reasons behind this massive decline. Please feel free to give me your views.To watch the 5 mins video of how I have got onto date click on the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7yG4tImGd0For regular updates on the documentary please join “The Road to Beijing” Facebook group.Good luck with the training and races.Best wishesAlex Vero

May 24 weekend!!!!

This weekend sees a couple of events of interest. The Blue Nose International Marathon (Halifax, NS), any one going? The Cleveland Marathon happens this weekend and our very own Roger Ison is running this one (a week before running Buffalo!!!).

Some other exotic marathons coming up this weekend for those who the time and money:

5/19/07
Fiji Bula Marathon
Korotogo
Fiji
5/19/07
Great Wall Marathon
Beijing
China
5/19/07
GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf
Schmiedefeld
Germany
5/20/07
Bunbury Marathon
Bunbury
Australia
5/20/07
Glitnir CPH Marathon Copenhagen Marathon
Copenhagen
Denmark
5/20/07
Great Ocean Road Marathon
Melbourne
Australia
5/20/07
Heilbronner-Trollinger Marathon
Heilbronn
Germany
5/20/07
Regensburg Marathon
Regensburg
Germany
5/20/07
Brathay Hall Trust Windermere Marathon (UK)
Windermere, Cumbria
United Kingdom
5/20/07
Half Marathon, Relay (Stafette), 10K, kids run Winterthur Marathon
Winterthur
Switzerland

Weekend Results

Mississauga Half

Mississauga Marathon

Ganaraska Results

Congratulations to all, some great results. Looked like a nice day.

Weekend Events

This weekend sees two races in the area. On Saturday it is the Ganaraska Trail Run, with 12.5k, 25k and 50k events, run on a challenging route at Horseshoe Valley. Also we have the Mississaugua Marathon along with the half marathon on Sunday.
A little further away is the Forest City Road Races in London.
Good luck to all who are taking part.
Let me know if there are any events that I am forgetting.

Sporting Life 10k results (Click here to get all results)

Congratulations to all the runners in the Sporting Life 10k, it looks everyone did well on a perfect morning for a race. Highlights included Kevin O'Neill 37:41, Nancy Chong 40:11 (3rd in her age), Donnie Ellis 45:24 (5th in her age), Terry McFarland 45:41, Sandra Lalonde 48:31, Andy Mitchell 47:35, Kate Walsh 52:19. Sorry if I missed anyone.

Sporting Life 10k - Toronto

Good luck to all those running the Sporting Life 10k on Sunday. I know we'd love to be there with you, but we would rather be running 35k on Sunday morning... If anybody wants to join us on Sunday, we will be starting a little bit earlier (7:30). To beat the stifling 16C heat predicted.

Another Running Club?

It seems Barrie has gone from having no running clubs (not including store based clubs), to having 2 clubs now. As well as the RoadRunners we also have the Barrie Harriers. As I have read on the Harriers Facebook website http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2373715896 there is a suggestion for both clubs to merge. I think this is a good idea as we don't want 2 clubs competing with each other for members etc. There are already a number of people on both clubs. Any suggestions????