Bellingham Bay Marathon
Arthur ran his first post-injury marathon in 5:03. Well done. (Dan calls that a 4:63 - doesn’t like to see times over 5:00)
Scotiabank Toronto Half Marathon - Sept 28
Dave M must like out of town races best. 2:08:40 in his second! half marathon this year. Well done Dave. Looking forward to hearing about the course. (Those Torontonians think they do everything better.)
Grouse Grind Mountain Run - Sept 21
Our intrepid Susan competed in this “run” and placed 6th in the elite women’s category with a time of 37:57, earning her a cash prize of $75. Rumour has it she may splurge her winnings by buying a round on Tuesday??
Frosty Mountain Trail Race, 50 and 25K - Sept 20
This first annual Mt. Frosty trail race was held in Manning Park on Saturday. Without overdoing the superlatives, our “indomitable” Sukhi capped a “stellar” year by completing his 3rd “ultra” race. He finished the 50K in a time of 6:58:52 and judging by the website photos hardly appeared to have broken into a sweat! And not to minimize our other PRR participant’s efforts, Bill and Jess completed the 25K in 2:59 and 4:00 respectively. Ellie participated by volunteering as a sweep. Great effort, all. The race website photos are here: http://www.hmac.dphoto.com/
The Terry Fox Run - Sept 14
Jack and Ellie participated in this Ceperley Park (2nd Beach) location of the annual memorial and fund-raising event.
Maui Marathon - Sept 14
Despite the blistering 30C heat and high humidity Dan completed this marathon 8th in his age category. Well done. Check out the separate blog entry for Dan’s race report.
Buntzen Lake Run - Sept 13
Kudos to the 3 PRR’ers that competed in this final race of the 2008 5 Peaks Trail Running Series. Ellie and Grant achieved 1st and 14th, respectively, in their age groups with the 15.5K Enduro event and Laura came in 7th in her age group in the 11K Sport course.
Coho Festival Fun Run 14K - Sept 7
Only 2 PRR runners in this race from Kits Beach to Ambleside, but with fantastic performances! Henry achieved 7th overall and 2nd in his age group with a time of 51:36. Carol (although officially a “no age” category, but we know better!) came in 1st in her category with a time of 1:00:36. Well done.
Marathon du Medoc - Sept 6
If performance in this marathon is rated by how long one can dawdle at the wine, cheese and oyster stops (er… aid stations) and still make the race cut-off of 6.5 hours, then top honours go to Jess, Nicki, Mike B, and Mike S for squeaking across at 6:24 and Len at 6:13. Monique, Bill P and Bonnie also participated in this “race”. We’re looking forward to a full race report in the next newsletter.
Come join us on Monday, Oct 20, 2008 at 7 - 9 pm for the annual PRR Seminar being held at the Roundhouse Community Centre (Pacific Blvd & Davie Str). This year’s title is “Training Strategies for Full and Half Marathon Running - A Panel Discussion” moderated by Peter Butler (co-founder of Forerunners). Admission is free to all but please arrive early as seating is limited. For further details, see www.pacificroadrunners.ca/firsthalf/seminar.htm
Hi Folks! Nicki doesn’t have internet, and I didn’t until now (six days!!! I was practically in withdrawal), but I’m happy to report that we all completed the medoc marathon and had a great time. In short, the whole thing was completely ridiculous! Once I get my pictures up on flickr (in process), you’ll see what we mean. Nicki, Mike B., and myself brought up the rear with a time of 6:24. We made the cut-off of 6:30 so as to get our bottle of wine and medal, and to our surprise, a medoc duffle bag, a rose for the ladies, and a Medoc rain poncho (which many used the next day on the 9km wine tasting recovery walk as it poured for part of it). Lots of stories which I’m sure we’ll be sharing on return. Cheers, Jess
How it all went down (Nicki’s version):
We had 11 runners on race day - which is a story in itself but we’ll save that for another time - 7 PRR and 4 others plus one Japanese girl who happened to be staying at the same hotel.
Timewise everyone had a personal worst but just about everyone agreed that the experience was unparalleled in the running world.
Janet 3:50 - can’t drink while running poor thing
Monique 4:45
Rick 4:50
Bonnie & Cindy 5:20
Len 6:09
Mike S & Fumiko 6:23
Mike B, Jess, Nicki 6:24
Definitely more fun to run with a friend because in this race you have to discuss tanins and whether 1999 was in fact a good year in Bordeaux. Plus it helps to have moral support when you’re strolling up a hill and 2 of The Beatles start heckling les Canadiens for not running. Those damned Beatles spent so much time at the wine stops - I swear they passed us 6 times. And yes we were walking each time. Damn our easily recognizable costumes. Allez les canadiens.
I’d not only recommend this race - I plan to run it again. Well I plan to run half of it. From 20k on it’s party time (that’s where they start using real glass wine glasses - it’s the good stuff).
Au revoir mes amis. A bientot.
Jess’s Flickr link
http://www.flickr.
Nicki’s Flickr link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30692653@N03/sets/72157607400499125/