Grey Cup Pub Run

On Saturday November 28th Joan Van Hilten, Victoria Northcott and Keith Lascelles drove to Hamilton to take part in last of the Slainte series of race the Grey Cup Pub Run 8k. On a very cool morning struggling to stay warm before the start in windy conditions. A good day was had by all, Keith finished 8th overall and 1st in his age group with a personal best of 31:33 (1st tiem in an 8k, :-)). Victoria was 2nd in her age group in a time of 39:40, and Joan blew away her PB by 5 minutes coming 3rd in her age group in a time of 43:23. For the second time this year the Barrie RoadRunners go to the Slainte Pub and come away with a lot of hardwear.

Update on Apparel blog...

There WILL be a new order for BRR shirts soon. Update on this and NEW GEAR on the apparel blog.

Philadelphia Marathon

Results for the Philadelphia Marathon ran today:

Theo Bosch - 3:34
Oliver Owens - 3:35
Roger Ison - 3:39

Awesome!

Mega Marathoners

Boston Marathon is Sold Out

As of November 13th the Boston Marathon is sold out for 2010. So if you were planning on going and haven't signed up... too late. Unless your one of the luck y one swho qualified late in the year and cna use your qualifying time for 2011 as well.

From Marathon Guide.com
Boston Marathon Registration by The Numbers
Boston Marathon registration closed on November 13, 2009 for the April 19, 2010 race (157 days early), compared to January 25, 2009 for the April 20, 2009 race (85 days early). We know many who were caught unaware by the earlier closing and many who were still hoping to qualify via races later in the year. According to the race website, the event will accept 25,000 registrants - the same as the stated number for 2008 (which yielded nearly 23,000 finishers). Beyond the open registration, the Boston Marathon has available charity registrations and reserves additional registrations - MarathonGuide.com estimates that somewhere over 6,000 registrations remain available through the alternate methods. MarathonGuide.com did a quick analysis of the numbers and here are some facts about the registrants on the day open registration closed:
By Country: USA (84%), Canada (12%), UK (1%), Mexico (1%)
Largest States: MA (8%), CA (8%), NY (6%), ON (6%), IL (6%)
Average Age: Overall - 42.2; Female - 39.4 (43%), Male 44.4 (57%)

Veterans and San Antonio Marathons

On Saturday Theo Bosch and Roger Ison ran the Veterans Marathon in Columbia City, Indiana. On a perfect day Theo ran 3:31 and Roger 3:35.

Meanwhile in San Antonio, Texas the weather wasn't quite as cooperative. 94% humidity greeted runners among them, Rick and Tracy Maclean and Keith Lascelles. After a rediculous line up for busses to the start, the wait for the start began. There didn't seem to be a lot of support at the start, no drinks, food etc.they made up for it on the course, including a Guiness beer stop about 6k in (maybe a little early for that). The course overall was rather blah, downtown was nice running by the Alamo. THe heat became a factor early and the humidity was thick enough to cause a lot of casualties. Rick, Tracy and Keith's times were all off by at least 30 minutes. Keith finished in 3:46, Rick in 4:37 and Tracy 5:43. Despite the weather , and times a good time was had by all. The steak dinner after would was worth it.

Barrie Tri Club Fall Meeting

Dear Runners, Ever thought about the swim, bike & run ? We admire the fun that the Roadrunners have and after a successful 2009 year the Barrie TC is branching out again.
The Barrie Tri Club is excited about the upcoming 2010 year. Please join us on Saturday November 28th 1pm at the East Bayfield Community Centre Activity Room #2 for what is in store. Memberships are $ 75 (included in this price is your annual OAT $40 membership).

This Weekend, More Races!

Yep, who'd a thunk it, but yes we've more RoadRunners who've found more races to run.
Rick & Tracey MacLean and Keith Lascelles are off to San Antonio, Texas to run the Rock n Roll San Antonio Marathon. (Tracy is still trying to decide whether or not to bump up to the marathon).
Also running are Theo Bosch and Roger Ison (number 10 for Roger this year). They are off to Columbus City, Indiana (where???) to run the Veterans Marathon. Oliver was seriously thinking of joining them if he can someone to look after his kids this weekend.
Goodluck everyone.

Ultra Marathoner Legend from Hamilton

Here attached are a couple of articles about Monica Scholz who regularly competes in the Ontario Ultra Series, but has done a lot more than that, a lot more...
23 100 milers in one year, over 80 100 milers (as of the time of the article, 2005)
incredible.

Monica Scholz

once more, Road2Hope Marathon - with feeling this time! :D

Burlington Runners

The Burlington Runners are a large running club in, of course, Burlington. They are responsible for many races in the Burlington area. They have added a link to our site on their site and we are reciprocating. You can find the link in our links area to the right. Other wise here is there web site Burlington Runners

Road to Hope Marathon, Hamilton

Congrats right off the top to Bill Lovett and Alan Hewson for qualifiying for Boston, well done guys. Prior to said result, we had gathered in a Gymnasium waiting for the start of the marathon. A great looking group as usual, but more of us sporting our new Road Runner shirts.

There were some different goals here today. Some for Boston Qualifiying, but also Shannon Lloyd and Joan Van Hilten for meeting the criteria to become Marathon Maniacs. Tracy MacLean running her 3rd marathon in 3 weekends also was rewarded with a PB on this beautiful day. Chris Battaglia who has run some trail races with us over the summer ran to an impresive 3:40 and Tigera Turner also posted a sub 4 hour marathon.It was a great course and I really liked running down the parkway and finishing along the water through some nice areas.

Thanks to Brendan and Marie for all the picture taking along the route, because I didnt see any event photographers at all. Sorry we missed you for beverages after Brendan.

Surf City Marathon less than 200 spots remaining

As many of you may already be aware, we have 16 Barrie RoadRunners signed up for this event in Huntington Beach California (Feb 7, 2010).  I received the following response regarding registration cap.

"There are only about 200 spots in the marathon. The half is half full.
Rebecca

Surf City USA® Marathon

info@runsurfcity.com

888.422.ORUN (0786)"

Anyone looking to get in on this one better do so soon! These details are a day old and they are boasting a nearly sold out marathon on their site!

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Marathon Maniacs

A couple of updates for our Marathon Maniacs:

Rick MacLean obtained his 3 star status by completing 5 marathons in 7 weeks (truely crazy).
Not to be out done and equally nuts, Tracey MacLean obtained her 2 star stausby completing 3 in 15 days.
Soon to join the ranks of the insane will be Joan Van Hilton gaining her first star, and Shannon Gervais gaining her first star.
The other maniacs are Cindy Marcelli (1 star, 3 in 8 weeks) and Keith Lascelles (4 star, 11 in 12 months)

Weekend Race Results

A very productive race weekend for RoadRunners in Hamilton and at Angus Glen. Highlights include Boston Qualifying times for Bill Lovett (3:14) and Alan Hewson (3:35), PB's for Joan Van Hilton (4:40) and Tracey MacLean (4:58)in the Hamilton Marathon. Race Results available here - Marathon results

Meanwhile north of Toronto the angus Glen Half Marathon took place with numerous PBs and great results: Barrie Runners
Innisfil Runners

Not to be out done, Lisa Thurlow completed the New York City Marathon in time of 4:44. Hope you enjoyed it Lisa.

New Address for the team apparel page

Didn't want to mislead anyone into thinking this was a buisness so we dropped the word 'merchandise' from the site address and went with the word 'apparel'.
New link is now http://brrapparel.blogspot.com/
Not sure if this will affect any of the subscriptions to that blog but it will definitely affect any bookmarks or favorites saved to browsers. Sorry for the technicality. Next post should be relevant to new 'APPAREL'

Road 2 Hope - The dreamer's dream

Wow wow wow. What a GREAT day today was for most everyone of the 11 or so folks that ran the Road2Hope Marathon in Hamilton. Though before I get into the details of the race - let's back up to yesterday for a moment shall we? Roger, Keith and I headed down to the Expos around 11am - got there after a uneventful ride. Found the right turn off, then the next, and then the next. As we entered Confederation Park they were in the midst of the 10 run. Nice to cheer for the in coming runners as we headed to the expos and the much needed portopotties. Ya'll know about hydration and then the de-hydration that occurs shortly after. The expos... well uhmm.. How can I say it with out being unkind? It was rather economical in size. Held in the palivilian in the Park. With 80km/hr winds - they may think about WALLS for the next one next year. display racks were being tossed over. People being swept away from the bargains. ( that was sarcasim) Not a lot at the Expos. Four tables at the most. E-Load table ( since they were a sponsor), The Runners Den - sponsor-. Deals... ehhhh...., Phyo-berry, and uhmmm yeah that's about it. The packet pick up was painless. VERY painless. Getting the shirts. Not so plainless, but then I wasn't speaking teenager, I had taken off my translator when I left home. Drat. The nice thing about the actual bag the chip & bib came it was that it was uncontaminated by an over dose of pesky bits of advertising, samples, magnets & lip balm. Phew... Plus with the limited Expos; I walked away with my handbag being the heaviest thing I was carrying. Then lunch at the Queens Head. A rousing game of footie on the Big Screen TV,checked into our hotel room. Low and behold as we walked in - it looked like much grappling had gone on in there. Musta been a MMA or UFC try out... *blinks innocently* well that's what the guys said. Dinner at Boston Pizza. YUMMY. Then back to the room to laugh at the outfits that the Canadians were wearing & Tim Curry's outfits in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, then lights out and loud a/c on. Clocks back. Woke up in time. Breakkie. And then off to check out and head to the race. We won't mention the fact we took a wrong exit and landed up on the 403 rather than the QEW. It was a short detour to get the andrenaline going. Pump Bill up a bit more. Park up. Line up for the bus. We won't talk about the incident by the car - but if you ask any of us - we'll gladly tell you about Keiths' unfortunate moment. On the bus to the start. Off the bus - meet our BRR crew and get ready for the run. Bzzzzzzzzzzz... The run is actually very wonderful. LOTS of country roads. Very little traffic to get in your way. However with country roads comes ROLLING HILLS... yeah.. NOT a big fan. However; Rick stuck with me on this to help me PB - I was hoping for a 4:30 something... We were well on track. At 22 K then we started down the express way for about 6 K. The cambre on the road at times was pretty severe to you had to be on the top or bottom of the road. There were no water stations there either. But it was AMAZING to run on the motorway. IT WAS CLOSED to traffic. Imagine that?! Then we took on part of the ATB route. under the under pass and heading up that street. PB'd the 30 K at 3:13. Yippee. Then 35 k happened. I started slowing down. Rick was great - he was chattering to me the whole time. Then we were on the Hamilton Beach Trail for the last 6 K. ARGH... Things started slowing down. I was exhausted. 37,38, 39... " Hey Ricky just get me through the next 90 seconds - then walk break." He was soo good. Kind when I needed it an ass kicking when I needed it more. There were Barrie supports on the route as well, Chuck Lloyd & Brendan & Marie Kavanaugh. It was so GREAT to hear them cheering. I so needed that. With only 400/500 metres left Brennan & Marie were there cheering saying the finish was really around the next corner. I thought for a moment about how many times I had heard that in the past and how many times they LIED THROUGH THEIR TEETH - but knowing they were runners & from Barrie it had to be true. So I dug a little deeper and started to pick it up. Not enough to get my 4:30 something - but enought to get 4:40:15 - drat drat drat drat. Shouldn’t have taken that last walk break,Oh well. It's still a PB. Well deserved, beers, hot chocolates & teas at Jack Astors and homeward bound there after. Thanks to everyone , the runners, the well wishers & on site cheering clapper less section. What a truly wonderful day it was!!! JvH

Road2Hope Marathon aka PB's / BQ