Fri Jul 1st HBC Canada Day 5k Run,
Kanata
Congrats to Francois A (6:30 & 7:30am Earlybirds) who finished
10th overall, 9th man and 3rd in Men's 40-49 in
18:59.4. Full results at http://www.sportstats.ca.
Sat Jul 9th OAC Triathlon
[Duathlon!], Meech Lake (1.2k/0k/9.6k; 160 individuals and 36
teams)
Individual:
Jamie S (High Intensity):
1st overall, 1st man,
1st in men's 30-34 in 51:51
Blair C (Whitecaps "A"): 5th
overall, 1st in men's 35-39 in 55:49
James Y (6:30am Earlybirds): 8th overall,
3rd in men's 40-44 in 57:27
Sheila K (Whitecaps "A"): 14th
overall, 1st woman,
1st in women's 40-44 in 1:00:15
Chad C (7:30am Earlybirds): 35th
overall, 8th in men's 30-34 in 1:03:32
Alice N (6:30am Earlybirds): 66th
overall, 3rd in women's 20-24 in 1:08:37
Anita P (7:30am Earlybirds): 72nd
overall, 4th in women's 35-39 in 1:09:45
Liz S (6:30am Earlybirds): 107th overall,
9th in women's 30-34 in 1:15:52
Natalie A (8:30am Earlybirds): 109th
overall, 10th in women's 30-34 in 1:16:47
Mike Sims (6:30am Earlybirds): 119th
overall, 22nd in men's 35-39 in 1:19:31
Shirley B (6:30am Earlybirds): 123rd
overall, 8th in women's 40-44 in 1:20:09
Robin V (Whitecaps "B"): 143rd overall,
5th in women's 20-24 in 1:25:37
Team:
Veronica (Whitecaps "A") did the swim on
the 1st women's team (2nd overall
team) in 57:04. [Sue S (Whitecaps "A") was the
cyclist on the team, so she didn't get to participate!]
Sun Jul 10th Peterborough Half
Ironman Triathlon (2k/90k/21.1k; 545 competitors)
Susanne R (6:30am Earlybirds): 49th
overall and 3rd women's pro in 5:01:56
Sun Jul 10th Utica (NY) Boilermaker
15k Run (9415 competitors)
Here is Louise's Race Report ("Boiling Good Time in Utica,
N.Y."), reprinted from TriRudy.com:
- A crashing cannon boom (at the start)
- Fighter
planes overhead (at post race party)
- Fireworks from the beer factory
rooftops
- Huge American flags
It's not War of the Worlds;
It's the Utica Boilermaker, the largest 15 K in North America, 11,000 runners -
from Kenyans at the front to party-ers at the back.
Far from a
party animal, and allergic to beer, it took my friend Lynn Campbell to talk me
into joining her gang heading down to the Boilermaker, which she said was their
favorite race. They'd all done it up to seven times before. Since this seems to
be my year for non-traditional distances, I agreed to add it to my
tally.
Lynn was introduced to the world of running races by
those friends, Terry Vivyurka and Peter Davies of Ottawa, David Baird of
Arnprior and Valerie Kirkpatrick.
Valerie, 66, distinguished our
crew by coming third in her 60 plus age category and winning $100 U.S. in a time
of 1:19. Valerie started running at 59 - a long time after growing up in a
little English village where her mother didn't think it was ladylike to run or
even wear shorts.
Running Boston is to the Boilermaker as
cycling Rideau Lakes is to the MS Cycle Tour - something to offer less talented
athletes a bit of the same flavor.
This was my first race with
seeding - the embarrassment of wearing your slow predicted time on your bib
color for all to see.
We stayed at Lake Chalet Campground and
Motel in Bridgewater, N.Y., some of us at each, and it was very pleasant.
www.lakechalet.com . Utica is four hours from Ottawa.
The race
course is a scenic point to point through Utica's best green boulevarded
neighborhoods, with a long uphill around the golf course. Spectators, music and
cheering the whole way. More waterstations than any other race, almost
continuous, with popsicles and ice in between. I stuck a bag of ice under my cap
for the second half of the race.
Lynn and I had agreed to run
together and seeded ourselves way back. As it turned out, we did a lot of
passing and dodging the entire race. It took 10 minutes to get to the start
line, because we were the second last corral of numbers. It was a novel
experience for me to be surrounded by fellow runners - and spectators, bands,
bagpipers, a leprechaun, 2 guys dresses as Blues Brothers, and other fun, the
whole time.
A highlight of the weekend for us was: While having
a post-race self-congratulatory lunch at Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse in
Utica, the manager came out and told us each year during the Boilermaker Weekend
a table is chosen at random to have their meal paid for. We didn't have to pay a
cent for wine, beer, steaks, dessert, tip, anything. And the food was excellent.
Delmonico's at 147 N. Genessee Street. They're great. Everyone go there.
www.delmonicositaliansteakhouse.com
Finishers received pins not
medals, and you had to buy a souvenir shirt if you wanted one, but you don't
feel shortchanged. Everyone downing the unlimited cups of beer at the finished
seemed very happy.
Sat Jul 16th: Technosport
3k Swim, Meech Lake
Quite a few Carleton swimmers participated. Results
next time!
Sun Jul 17th: Graham Beasley Triathlon,
Carleton Place