Toronto Marathon Results

Here are the Barrie Results for the Toronto Marathon. If anyone has any comments or a race report to submit e-mail it to us and we will post it. And if you have any pictures send them in and we will post them.

Carribean Cruise & Running

Anybody interested in going on a Carribean cruise and running at the same time? Check out the following sent to us from the people at Instride.

The Cruise To Run sails on January 12th to the 19th aboard the beautiful Crown Princess. The ship will sail from San Juan Puerto Rico and Visit Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, Tortola and St. Thomas. Runs are planned for each island as well as some great on board activities. You will still have time to enjoy the Caribbean and all it has to offer. This cruise is for everyone from the serious to recreational runner. Guests speakers and participants on the Cruise are Runners World CRO Bart Yasso and 11 time Ironman champion Lisa Bentley.

Get a break from the cold and come and run with us. The Cruise To run is organized by a runner for runners. For more information or to register for the Cruise visit our web site at www.cruisetorun.com or email me at instride@primus.ca or call at 905-562-8669



Jerry Friesen

Cruise To Run Organizer.

Ontario Masters Cross Country

Anybody interested in some shorter cross country races for the older crowd, click the link above for some good cross country races not too far from home.

Crazy Runners!

We have amongst our group a couple of runners who some may call determined, strong, or just plain nuts. One is Kevin O'Neill who this coming weekend will do back to back marathons. On Saturday Kevin will run the Hartford Marathon followed by the Atlantic City Marathon on Sunday. And if this doesn't sound crazy enough he will also do the Detroit Marathon on the following Sunday. 3 marathons in 8 days.
She may not be doing 2 marathon's on one weekend, but just as crazy, or maybe more so, is Sylvie Phillips who after an intense summer of trail races, competed in the Horseshoe half marathon on September 23rd, followed by the Akron Marathon on the the 29th, this past sunday she completed the Chicago Marathon (despite having officials trying to pull her and others off the course - see below). Next Sunday she we'll be trying the Toronto Marathon, after that will be Niagara and Philly, and oh yes she will be doing the Goofy challenge in January. Hopefully our runners will stay healthy. Good luck.

Chicago Marathon etc.

Running in the Heat (Courtesy Marathonguide.com)
The biggest marathon weekend of all time.... The final day to qualify for the USA Men's Olympic Trials.... The weekend should have been a different story than it turned out to be, but the main story of the weekend was the weather. With a heatwave blanketing much of the USA, runners at the Chicago Marathon had to endure temperatures in the high 80s while runners at the other weekend races endured versions of the same (with the exception of the St. George Marathon where conditions were ideal). Different races chose different approaches: at the Twin Cities Marathon it was business as usual, but hot. The Lakefront Marathon chose to lengthen the course limit, to allow runners to take it easy and still finish. The Chicago Marathon chose to announce an early end to the marathon and reroute finishers who did not reach the halfway point in under three hours (gun time). For safety reasons, the approach of Chicago was probably necessary, but from the point of view of runners who were yanked off the course, the approach of the race was the equivalent of murder. The reviews we've been receiving at MarathonGuide.com have been uniformly angry with runners citing the "wasted cost of travel," "inability to take advantage of training for a marathon to actually finish a marathon, a now-broken string of Chicago Marathon finishes and other travails. CNN called it a "fiasco." The New York Times called it "havoc." We call it a lose-lose situation for the Chicago Race Director and City Officials

The Ultra Marathon Man

FOr some good video clips about Dean Karnazes and ultra marathons go to the link, some interesting stuff. And we wonder why people think we are crazy.

2007 Akron Marathon - Part 5