Mother?s Day weekend marks the first of many big race weekends covering 5k to the marathon and also the beginning of triathlon season. From West to East, Julie Soule ran the Forest City Marathon in London in 4:33:35. In the half heather and Jane Clement crossed the finish line with friend Susan Goebel in 2:32:46 while Elizabeth MacDonald finished in 2:21:17 and Cathy Warren finished in 2:14:35.
Mississauga hosted 12,000 racers from the 5k to Marathon. Marlene Wolters ran the 5k in 34:13, Sandra Novroski (55:20), Ryan Christian (42:50), Ryan Smetaniuk (40:19) and Danielle Cain (1:02:44) ran the 10k. Karyne Framand (2:17:51), Emily Holmes (1:39:11), Bill Beckett (1:48:59), Kristin Crowe (2:10:24), Gregory Leal (2:10:23), Karen McPherson (2:27:15), Ashley Padippurathu (1:42:22), Natasha Uens (2:10:24), Brandy Williams (2:11:00), Kathleen Neary (2:12:25), Susan Stephenson-Baker (2:12:22), Lisa Huff (2:12:23), Julia Swedak (2:12:25), and Julianne Schwartz (2:40:27) ran the half marathon while Colin McLean (3:36:02), Cuthbert Cheung (3:53:14, Andrea Doucette (5:23:58), Janet Foran-Goneau (4:12:31), Cathy Speedy (4:27:43), Sharon Voteary (4:27:45), Leah Schmidt (3:44:09), Julie Mainprize (3:41:47), Tim Johnson (2:56:00), and Karrie Philip (5:20:16) ran the marathon.
Heather Hoelke ran the Lakefield 5k on May 9 crossing the finish line in 27:27.
The Limestone Triathlon is the first tri of the season and has a pool swim which provides a good opportunity for athletes to gage their winter training without the worry of an open water swim and the logistics of a wetsuit. The day was cool, wet and windy causing slower than usual bike times and colder than usual triathletes. Some of the local tricycles (cold triathletes-credit Janet Allaire) were Tony Nelson (1:09:57), Terry Gough (1:19:51), Jeff Cammaart (1:21:07), Celina Rodzinyak (1:21:33), Jennifer Tretina (1:24:01), Nancie Gibson (1:24:11), Darryll Styles (1:26:23), Wendy McCoy (1:26:34), Sue Clements (1:28:43), Brenna Thorton (1:30:10), Janet Allaire (1:31:20), and Michelle Milligan (1:43:58). Dave Clements completed the duathlon in 1:18:44. Complete results can be found at
http://www.chiptimeresults.com/results/.
Locally One to One Health and Fitness hosted their annual 5k Cancer Walk/Run with over 150 people in attendance and over $14,000 raised for Cancer research. Congratulations to all who ran and fund raised. For results or to begin getting fit for next year?s event contact One to One Fitness at 613-962-2032. Although it didn?t feel much like spring was thawing, the Belleville Runners Club hosted the Spring Thaw 4k/10k on Mother?s Day May 10th. Check here
http://www.redballradio.com/runners/runners.htm , complete results will be posted soon.
If you are feeling like you missed out and are ready to race then don?t miss the Frankford Riverfest 5k/10k this coming Saturday May 16th at the Frankford Arena. Call Fred at 613-398-0910 for more details. The Quinte Triathlon, Duathlon and Tri Relay will be held on July 12. Choose from the Sprint (750/20/5), Olympic (1500/40/10), Duathon (2/20/5) or relay (1500/40/10). To register go to Tri & Run Sports or register online at
http://estores.wws5.com/triandrun/wecs.php?store=trinrun&action=category_view&target=662.
If you are thinking about running a marathon in the fall you should start training soon, PEC Marathon runs on Oct 4; 20 weeks away.
