August 31 - Nike Human Race 10K
Congrats to Barb D, Paul P, Arthur, Laura and Grant who joined the throng of “red” on the 10K course winding from the Start at Smithe & Cambie; South over the Cambie Bridge; East along 2nd Ave, North on Quebec Str, West on the seawall from Olympic Village to Granville Island; West on 1st Ave; North over the Burrard Bridge; East along Pacific Ave and up Cambie to the Finish at Georgia. Well done!
August 24 - Iron Man Triathlon
Amanda was our only Iron woman in this year’s 25th anniversary Ironman Canada race. The weather was great in Penticton - not too hot. Amanda finished the race in 12:25:59 - 21st in her division out of 110. (1:18:45 swim - and no black eye this year! 6:26:52 bike 4:31:09 run.) Congrats Amanda!
August 24 - Four Lakes 10 km
It was a typical November day - cold, windy, rainsoaked. Typical for November, really bad for August. Four PRRers set out from Egmont after a night of too much wine and too many roasted marshmallows. We were sure we’d be the only ones at the race - but no - 23 other nut cases also braved the weather. 8:30 am start time - despite fears the wind might blow the start line over.
Despite the hilly course I had my best ever mile time - so good in fact that I quickly clued in to their game. The 1 mile sign was really only 1 km. No one had a personal best on this course but with the small field - we cleaned up on hardware anyway.
Mike 50:23 fourth overall, second in his age group.
Dave 58:49 first in his age group!
Nicki 1:01:16 third in her age group
Jackie 1:01:43 (the only one of us who didn’t place due to the unfortunate fact that her age group was “loaded” with fast runners. But if she had run as a man - she’d have been second.)
This is probably the only race where the organizer announces that the medals have all been “previously won” and were pulled together when she was cleaning out her basement. What do you expect for a $15 entry fee?
August 17 - Bare Buns Run
Only 2 intrepid/exhibitionist PRR runners in this event this year. Judging from the turnout in Chip’s underwear category - one would have thought this was the next logical step. Butt only John and Dan ran in the buff.
It’s a 5km-ish run. With chip timing (where do you wear your bib number?) John finished in 17:43. 3rd in his division. 9th overall. Dan finished in 22:19. 8th in his division. 37th overall. An improvement of 8 minutes over last year’s time! Dan - while running naked may make you faster, we generally prefer that you wear something to regular club runs.
Congratulations gentlemen. How’s the sunburn? (I’d ask “where’s the sunburn” but I don’t want to know the answer!)
Oh yes, there are pictures. http://www.flickr.
August 10 - Delta Half Marathon
Despite having a cold and despite running in Stormy the day before, Len posted a better-than-Scotia result in the Delta Half Marathon. His time was 2:07:58