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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Quebec Ultimate XC

For anyone still on the fence about Quebec Ultimate XC, there are still spaces available in all races. Below is an excert from the latest e-mail form the race director:

Since the number of participants is limited for each race, please take note that there are only ten 10 spots left for the 10km, 40 spots for the ½ marathon and 50 spots for the 50km. If you have friends interested in coming to play in the great outdoors with us, make sure they register as soon as possible. They won't want to miss the boat and will be more than happy to be part of this marvelous adventure! Hope to see you many with your friends, and all in great shape!

Dan Des Rosiers www.ultimatexc.com

Belfast Marathon

Good luck to Roger this coming Monday as he travels to Northern Ireland to run the Belfast Marathon. This will be the 5th marathon in 5 months for Roger. We will be raising a Guinness (or 2) to you on Monday.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Are You a Maniac?

Are you addicted to running marathons?

Do your thoughts switch to the next scheduled race immediately after finishing a marathon?

Are you signed up for more than one race right now?

Do you know specifics about many of the marathons? Dates, courses, years run, etc.?

Do you know the story of how the marathon got started? Also why the course is 26.2 miles?

Do you read books on marathons like Marathon and Beyond?

Is www.marathonguide.com book marked on your computer? Do you look at the race schedule more than once a week?

Do you start to feel down when you haven't run a marathon in a while?

Are your closets and dressers filled with marathon t-shirts?

Do you have so many marathon medals that you've run out of room on the hook they hang from?


When asked about your racing from none running people, do you find yourself talking with great passion to the point that the person that asked the question regrets ever asking?

Have you run marathons on back to back weekends? Or better yet back to back days?

Have you run a marathon as a training run? Or just to pace a friend?

When asked by loved ones what your plans are for the weekend, you feel guilty telling them your running another marathon so you tell them "it's only a half this weekend"?

Do you plan all your vacations around a marathon race?

Well if you answered yes to any of these questions, you just may be a Marathon Maniac!!!

Marathon Maniacs is a group with a interesting web site (Marathon Maniacs)

I'm not sure if they have a 12 step program or may be it is a 26.2 step program.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Country Music Marathon


On hot (90f) day in Nashville, Bill Lovett, Rick MacLean and Keith Lascelles ran in the 10th annual Country Music Marathon with 32,000 other competitors (4,000 in the marathon) on Saturday. A very well organized event, from the expo through to the finish, the Nashville edition of the Rock'n'Roll series delivered on all accounts except the terrain and the temperatures. Record temperatures even for this far south greeted runners for the 7am start. By mid morning temperatures were well into the 80s, but the race officials were well prepared. The one one thing we were not prepared for was the hills. The first half is all hills, up and down, and not just little rises, but long and steep hills. Bill's attempt at qualifying for Boston came off the rails at about 8-9 miles in, the hills had taken their toll on his wonky knee, the second half was just hilly and hot. Regardless a good time was had by all especailly in the bar afterwards. Good food and good beer. We were asleep by 10pm.

Results:

Keith 3:27 placed 132nd, 10th in age.
Bill 4:19 placed 1021st.
Rick 5:00 placed 2339th.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Boston Results

Congratulations to all our Boston Runners, here are the results.

Rick Ball & Amputee world record in Boston

April 21st -

Just had some clarification that although Rick missed the world record for amputee in a marathon he did break the world record for single Amputees.




April 20th -

Thank you to Scott Rigsby for correcting us on the fact that the Amputee World record was recently broken by Richard Whitehead of Nottingham, Uk on March 23rd in Rome. 2 hours and 57 minutes. Amazing.
Rick did break the old world record of 3 hours and 4 minutes and won a head to head race with Richard, winning by 1 minute.
Thanks again Scott. For more info and links see the comment at the bottom of this post.




Rick Ball of Orillia, who many of you know ran the Boston Marathon this morning and broke the world amputee Marathon record. Although he came short of his goal of going sub 3, an amazing effort.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Boston Weekend

This coming Monday is Patroits day in the US, which means it is also the Boston Marathon. Take note of the runners from Barrie in the list below that are going and wish them well. It is quite a feat to qualify for Boston and not an easy race to run. So good luck to everyone, especially the first timers Steen, Oliver, Brian and Mark.
Any one who has bell expressvu can watch the race live or record it on WBZ-TV.



I don't know how they allowed an Irishman on this list!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

4 Marathons in 4 months


Roger Ison completed his 4 marathon this year, this morning. This is part of his quest to complete one per month. This morning's race was in Champagne, Illinois and he finished 288th out of 1700 runners in a time of 3:33. All 4 marathons have been with in 7 minutes and he has completed each one in a different state. Way to go Roger!!!!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Letter Regarding the Barrie Running Room's 10th Anniversary

This letter is being sent to the Running Room Magazine (hopefully for inclusion in a future issue). Thanks to Hellaina for putting it together.

Ten years ago this spring, Barrie finally transitioned from regional urban centre to a progressive big city. Well, in the minds of runners, anyway! No longer did we have to travel an hour to find a suitable selection of footwear, and we now had a place to meet and share our passion. The Running Room had arrived.

The first managers, Craig and Jason, established the store in a downtown plaza, accessible to the waterfront recreation trail, and at the foot of the ancient shoreline (hills!). Roger was among the first run club members, soon followed by Clarence, Nancy and Eric. Keith started while taking a clinic, and Hellaina started coming out. Georgian College runner Nataliya joined in, and thus formed, in the first year of the Running Room in Barrie, a dedicated group that continues to this day. Along the way, Anne, Mike, Peter, Tim and Renee shared the running trail before their lives took them elsewhere across the country.

While the group started small, the running movement swept into Barrie and along with the energy supplied by a super new manager, Kathy, Run Club in Barrie flourished. Clinics were full, and Wednesdays and Sundays erupted in popularity. So much so, that a new location became desirable. With the help of run club volunteers, the store was packed up one Saturday evening, moved two blocks further downtown into a larger location, and reopened Sunday morning. What a team effort!

Barrie’s Running Room continued to serve a local population eager to "Learn to Run or Walk," achieve their "Personal Best," or try "Marathon Training." Run Club volunteers including Jim and Janet lent their talents to create a downstairs clinic room at the store which, thanks to the hard work of current manager Lindsay, is often double-booked on any given evening. Members and clinic leaders Terry and Sandra have been among the most active Run Club members, organizing numerous bus trips to various events. Barrie runners represent their city as "The Barrie Roadrunners," a group that provides an online forum, social networking, and identity through team gear. The Barrie store now ranks among the top stores for registration in the Resolution Run and participation in the 20 Minute Challenge events, a testament to the dedication of Barrie’s running community.

Meanwhile, that original group has seen its own members progress: we have travelled together to several local and international events, including the Boston Marathon; when a few of us tried some ultras several years ago, the others questioned our sanity until they tried it and loved it, and a couple of us have taken time off for injury or to have children only to return to the continued support of the others. And of course we have grown: Terry, Brendan, Kevin and Oliver are now long-standing, and Jamie and Theo have recently joined the ranks.

It would be impossible to measure the years in miles, but the strength we have each gained by what we have done and where we have gone together, will carry us through the next 10 years, the new running adventures, and beyond.

Happy 10th Anniversary, Barrie Run Club!

Quotes from the group:

Getting together socially outside of running is a big part of the successful longevity of the group. Supporting each other as runners in our momentary escapes from the realities of daily living . . . but then the willingness to share those realities after the run is in part what keeps us together.
Terry from Barrie

Of those who have been part of the group, the one who deserves mention would be Peter. He was our speed teacher and had been to Boston: wow, he was a real runner. I don't think any of us would ever have dreamed we would get there.
Roger
When I first met Keith, he mentioned to me that he saw me running around the neighbourhood and wondered "what the hell I was doing running up and down the hills" and to this day I still don't know. It is through running that I forged strong friendships with Barrie running community. I want to thank each and everyone of my running friends for getting me through some challenging times both in my personal life and in my running career.
Clarence

Monday, April 6, 2009

Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans

Jamie Nielsen was in New Orleans this past weekend and completed the 70.3 Ironman event in 5:47:48. Awesome job Jamie. All the results are available here: Ironman

Martian Marathon Results


Theo Bosch Qualifies for Boston!.
Although he had some technical difficulties with his timing chip, the official race results have Theo finishing the Martian Marathon in Detroit, in 3:30, 7th in his age group and 66th overall out of 450 runners. Way to go Theo.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Angus Glen 10 Miler

Looks Barrie RoadRunners had a good day at the 1st annual Angus Glen Sprin 10 miler, not only were there some good times, but it was beautiful day, hard to believe after yesterday:

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Martian Marathon This Sunday

No it's not a marathon on Mars, but I guess Detroit (Dearborn actually) might as well be an alien planet. Anyway regardless of that fact, Theo Bosch will be off and running there on Sunday. He's already had a battle trying to get a hotel room (It's final four weekend of March Madness and it's in Detroit), hopefully his 2nd marathon will be a little easier. Good luck.

 
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