6 Hour Trail Run Relay for Pine River

Here's a new race close to home at the Mansfield Outdoor Centre on May 27th. It the 6 hour Run for Pine River which can be run solo, as a relay. For more details go to the website at Pine River

Chilly Half Marathon

As usual the Barrie RoadRunners made an impressive appearance at the Chilly Half Marathon. There were two bus loads and then some that went on there own. to compete in the various events. Some impressive results as usual on a cool windy day in Burlington, Ontario.

Results: Barrie Runners Orillia Runners and Darren Collins of Victoria Harbour came in 45th place in a time of 1:21:38. Amazing!! Congrats to all.

OUS Slam

For the really crazy runners amongst, and yes there are a few, here is challenge put on by the folks running the Ontario Ultra Series.

The Ontario Ultra Series (O.U.S.) SLAM challenges seasoned ultra runners to complete four of the five longest races of the Series within the calendar year. Few are expected to rise to the challenge and even fewer are expected to realize the goal. By its very nature, the SLAM will push both physical and mental boundaries, recognizing and rewarding those that complete it.

Rules:

1 - You must declare your intent to participate in the O.U.S. SLAM before the start of the Niagara Ultra (Saturday June 23 2012)

2 - The form and a fee of $50 can be handed to the Race Director at either the Sulphur Springs or Niagara Ultra races or mailed/addressed to Dirty Runner, P.O. Box 23043, 125 Carlton St. St. Catharines, ON L2R 1R5.

3 - The fee is non-refundable

4 - Successful SLAMMERS will be recognized and rewarded at the annual O.U.S. banquet and on the website.

5 - You must complete, as per the rules of the respective races four of the following five races:

Sulphur Springs 100 miles Niagara Ultra 100 km dirty girls 24 hours (120 km) OR dirty girls 48 hours (100 miles) Haliburton 100 miles Ottawa 24 hours (140 km) More at OUS SLAM Good luck to anyone who my try this one.

Huronia Half Marathon

Yes the Huronia Half Marathon is back and it will be taking place on Sunday April 29 at the Midland YMCA.

Huronia Half Marathon registration is officially OPEN!


We invite you to register to join us again this year for the Huronia Half Marathon, 10k run or relay or 2k fun run.

Hope to see you on Sunday, April 29th!

fax to 705-526-8735 to save your spot!

All proceeds from this event go to the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign which supports families (of all ages and kinds) who are in need. Visit www.ymcastrongkids.ca for more info.

Jessica Rawn, CFRE
Manager, Association Advancement
YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka www.ymcaofsimcoemuskoka.ca
705-726-9622 x 444

Orillia Snowflake Series wrap up.

With the final race yesterday the 2011/12 Orillia Snowflake series comes to an end.
It was a good series put on by CANI Running,with nice weather and of course tough competition as always. A number of Barrie Road Runners participated in the series and some great results and lots of fun. Nancy Chong finished the series winning her age group, Chris Dixon and Shawn Patton also placed in thier respective age groups as well. Logan Duffy was 3rd in his age group for the youth series. Other BRR that ran the entire series were Wayne Hodge, Jim Duffy, Anne Marie Dixon, Lisa Thurlow, and myself. Lisa and I posted PB's for the final race which always makes a race that much better. Tracy MacLean and Keith Lascelles were out for some of the races as well. Keith won his age group in the 10k New Years Day Race. After each race Brewery Bay provided pizza and wings. There were also lots of draw prizes that included gift certificates for CANI Races, MEC Headbands, and a pair of Snowshoes.
Congratulations to all the runners who participated. Now its full on Marathon training time for the spring.

Orillia Snow Flake Series

The Snowflake Series is almost here!

The Snowflake is a fundraising series for the Sharing Place, a food bank in Orillia.
The goal of the Snowflake is to get people out and enjoying winter and to help out our local community.


The dates for the Snowflakes are:

27 November, 2011 -5km

18 December, 2011 -5km

1 January, 2011 -10km

8 January, 2011 -5km


For more information please visit www.canirunning.com/snowflake.htm

To make things run smoothly on race day please take advantage of our online registration, there is no online fee - you pay your entry on race day.


Happy Trails

Road to Hope Marathon

On Sunday Nov 6th at the Road to Hope Marathon in Hamilton, Brendan Kavanaugh got his sub three hour marathon with a time of 2:58:24. Awesome racing weather and some BRR cheered him at a couple of points along the course and then watched him cross the finish line all smiles. Brendan was also 3rd in his age group. Well done and congrats Brendan.

Other Barrie Road Runners in the Marathon were;
Erin Barrie, 3:37
Bryan Pellerin, 3:39
Steen Klint, 3:52
Angela Rutherford, 4:06
Aniie Pilon, 4:08
Chris Battaglia, 4:19

In the Half Marathon;
Shawn Patton, 1:32
Dan Revell, 1:43
Tracy MacLean, 2:36 her official time was supposed to be adjusted by 5 minutes due to wating for a train to pass.many others were held up by the train.

Sorry for missing any other runners.