Jay Twist Video

Here is a link to a neat video, look for Scott in the river.

http://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/7/29/jay-with-a-twist.html

Link to More Jay Pictures

Here is a link to some pictures from the half, but the course was what we had to run through.

http://www.juliewaite.com/jayhalf/index.php

More pic's

http://picasaweb.google.com/wolfe2000/JayMarathon2008/photo#s5228799403196122562

Jay Marathon Madness

The results for the Jay Marathon are finally posted at: http://www.ultimatexc.com/results/MARRESULT.xls Only 218 finishers out of 400
Well, 5 of us went, we saw and we conquered (or maybe we were conquered). Any way you look at it I think all 5 of us will say that it was the most difficult race we have ever finished. At least we were able to finish, for some that wasn't the case. Apparently the 5 hour cut off limit at the 19 mile mark was strictly enforced even though the course was tougher, 7 days of rain prior to the race created more mud, water etc. That meant a lot of competitors were pulled off the course. As it was Scott and Oliver only made the cut off by minutes. As difficult as it was we did what we accomplished, finished and laughed about it, and had a Guinness afterwards.
Finish times were Kevin O'Neill - 7:26, Keith Lascelles - 7:33, Jamie Nielsen - 7:36, Scott Whynot & Oliver Owens - 9:15. The mud, the walk up the mountain, the brook running, the beaver swamp, the river crossing all made this a memorable experience. Look for pictures coming soon.

This Weekend

This weeknd will see 5 of our members, who have been christened "The Jay Peak Nutbars", travel to Jay, Vermont to compete in the Jay Mountain Marathon. This crazy race is actually 33 miles (53k) of mud, swamp, mud, a mountain, mud, bushwalking, mud, brook running, mud, river crossing, mud and climbing, oh yeah and there maybe a bit of mud. After this weeks "lovely" weather the mud should be nice and deep. Luckily they say mud is good for the complexion so you should see an improvement in the looks of Kevin, Keith, Jamie, Oliver and Scott when they get back, if they survive.
For info about the race and to read some of the past race reviews follow this link:
http://www.ultimatexc.com/forum/default.aspx

Run For One Planet update

Stephanie Tait and Matt Hill, two runners from B.C., are running across Canada and the US, doing a marathon a day!! , to raise awareness and funds for environmental issues. They will be coming through Barrie on the 29th of July, which is next Tuesday. Please welcome and support their effort by joining Matt and Steph in a 4k run at 10am on Tuesday July 29th around Kempenfelt Bay from Heritage Park to the Southshore Community Centre and back, ending at Nutrition Plus, 42 Maple Avenue. Festivites to follow from 11-2.

Check out their website at www.runforoneplanet.com

Please pass this along to anyone you think may be interested

Lake Placid Ironman

The Final results from the Lake Placid Ironman this afternoon have Shawn Patton coming out of the water at 1:08 and Tim Hatch at 1:09. After the bike Shawn is at 5:42 and Tim at 6:33.
Update:
Tim Finsihed in a time of 11:55 finishing with a 3:56 marathon, WOW!
Shawn was a little in the marathon (5:59) and finished in 12:59 overall.
Way to go guys.

Massey Marathon

The Massey Marathon took place this morning (Sunday July 20th), and a few locals were there. Eric Jackson finished with a good 3:11, Chris Dixon finished in 3:39, Chris Battaglia in 4:22 and Zora Luckett in 4:56. Way to go everyone.

The Run For One Planet

From an e-mail we recieved this past week:



I am reaching out to your running group in the hopes that you would like to be a small part of an amazing journey.

Matt Hill and Stephanie Tait left Vancouver, BC on May 4th that started an 18,000 km journey that will take them around North America. The Run For One Planet is a carbon neutral year-long run around the continent to inspire environmental action. The goal to run one marathon a day, to inspire 1 million environmental actions for the earth, and to raise 1 million dollars for the Run For One Planet Foundation. To do this, they will be running 18,000 km into communities, towns, and cities where they will run, speak, and inspire people to take simple daily actions, individually and corporately, to make a positive difference for the health of our planet.

With that in mind, Matt and Stephanie are looking to join up with running groups along the way. They will be arriving in Barrie soon, and are looking to get out for a run either on July 29th. So if the Barrie Road Runners can see an opportunity to get a run together, Matt and Stephanie would be more than happy to come along.

I thank you for taking the time to read this and look forward to hopefully a positive response that will lead to a wonderful run later this week.

we hope to have more information as to what time they plan on being in Barrie soon.

For more information see

Run For One Planet Support Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4312619243&ref=mfwww.runforoneplanet.com
http://www.watchmyrace.com/rf1p.php

Hills, Hills and then some real hills

This past Saturday saw 5 of our group running (and a lot of walking) the Creemore Vertical Challenge. The name is very apt for this race as it seems that most of it is on hills that most normal people wouldn't attempt walking. But a good day was had by all with Oliver Owens (2:21) and Clarence Wang (2:45?) completing the 25k and Oliver itching for more. The 50k of torture saw Scott Whynot (5:34), Kevin O'Neill (4:52?) in 7th overall and 2nd in age and Keith Lascelles (4:48) 5th and 1st in age. A well organized race, all be it tough. And some nice swag at the end.
A good training run for the Jay Mountain Marathon in 3 weeks.

Creemore Vertical Challenge

This Saturday is the Creemore Vertical Challenge 25k & 50k. Apparently an extremely difficult course over roads and trails around Creemore, climbing the escarpment twice per loop. Scott Whynot is living up to his name and joining Kevin O'Neill and Keith Lascelles in attempting the 50k, while Oliver Owens is expecting to do the 25k. This wil be good training for the Jay Marathon in 3 weeks. Good luck guys.

Canada Day Races

There were 2 "local" events that featured many of our runners this past July 1st. IN Algonquin Park The HBC Run For Canada 10k race was a huge success (nice shirts guys), results can be found here.
In Barrie we had the Canada Day Road Races with some great results.
5k Run
10k Run

JFK 50 Mile Race

If anyone was thinking of doing the JFK 50 Mile race in Washington County, Maryland on November 22nd, the web site has the printable registration form available as of this morning (July 1st). There is no online registration, snail mail only. This is the largest Ultra in the US (1000 spots), but will fill up by the middle of August. I know of 2 of our "silly" members who are planning on going.