Akron Road Runner Marathon & Half

This past weekend saw 11 Barrie RoadRunners go on a road trip to Akron, Ohio to take part in the 5th annual Akron Road Runner Marathon on Saturday September 29th. The first thing to say about this event it is probably the best event that most of have been apart of from the expo through to the post race festivities (3 free beers to each finisher, although it was only Michelob Ultra light). Secondly the course is the toughest that most of us have done by far, but consider that a challenge. On a beautiful sunny day (most of the race was run in the early hours and in the shade) they were actually a few PB's. Oliver Owens knocked 22 minutes off his to finish in 3:26. Ron Leigh also set a PB with a 3:21.
In the Half Marathon we had only one competitor, Nancy Chong, who once again came away with some hardware. Ist place in the female masters division with a 1:33.
Congratualtions to the support crew who did their part to bolster the US economy by spending many of our recently rejuvenated Canadian dollars.
Pictures to come.