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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Whitby Waterfront Races Nov 21/10

The Whitby Waterfront Races were held today and a number of Barrie Roadrunners participated in one or more of these events. Yes thats right,one or more as Chris Battaglia ran the 5K, the 10K, and the 10 miler. Not a bad day at all for Chris who basically did 31K of race pace and was 2nd in his age group for the 5K. The day was one windy cold one with a head wind that made you forget all about those 32 degree summer days as we ran along the shores of Lake Ontario out and back. Oliver Owens, Tracy, and myself ran the the 10 miler and all had a good race with Oliver 1:15, Tracy getting a 1:47 and 2 minute PB, I also had a PB of 3 minutes at 1:16. It was a good event with a long sleeve tech shirt (3 for some right Chris) medal, and hot soup served out of the Ontario Shores Center which is an amazing facility.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Marshall University Marathon WV






11 hours by car is how long it takes to get to Huntington West Virginia.
Kevo, Theo, and myself headed for this Sunday marathon on the Friday before with some snow through the Ohio Valley but descent weather for most of the drive.This event was well done with a full zip fleece top(if you registered early enough) or a long sleeve tech shirt, free pasta dinner,and a nice medal. Out on the course we figured we were the only Canadians but I ran with a guy from Toronto, and then Andrea(see pic) joined in the conversation and she was from London. Andrea runs out of Runners Choice in London and as we talked about races,she was telling me this Sunday race was the 2nd of her back to back marathon. The course was fast and looped a couple times through Ritter Park and along the Ohio River as well twice. I started to get tired around mile 22 but kept going with quick stops at water stations and wanted to have a strong finish. The finish is right into Marshall Stadium were you can take a football and run the 100 yds to to the goal line finsh, it was great.
I finished in 3:54. Kevo had strong run as usual and his 2:56 got him 2nd in his age group and Theo PB'D at 3:28.
Oh and the stuffed Giraffe....thats from Tracy's car and we wanted to make sure it got around, and it did.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

4 Ways to Combat Off Season Blues

Well as I was trolling through Yahoo Canada I came across this little article that caught my eye. Now it's aimed towards triathletes *shudders* but we won't hold that against them; there's no accounting for taste.

Who knows it might help stave off the winter blues for those runners that are currently injured or sidelined for other reasons.

Enjoy.

And hug a tri-guy no one else will. *tee hee hee hee*

http://www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/4-Ways-to-Combat-Offseason-Blues.htm?cmp=282&memberid=100190871&lyrisid=21104504

 
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