October 26 - James Cunningham 9.5 km
Nice day for a seawall run! On Thursday’s run, Paul claimed he was planning to run in costume - the link to Bettie’s pictures (I’m assuming she was there) will be added shortly.
Henry 35:27
Bill C 38:44
John 40:50
Arthur 52:41
Barb D 1:08:31
Paul P 1:08:32
But of more importance to John are the age-graded results (because it’s always more fun when you can find a way to be first):
John 34:39
Bill C 34:43
Henry 35:20
Arthur 41:33
Barb D 53:50
Paul P 55:46
Also Henry’s corporate team which included Bill C and John won their division with a total time of 5:15:27 or an average time of 39:26 per runner
Niagara Falls Marathon
Grant F - whose personal goal must be to run a marathon in every time zone this month - ran the Niagara Falls Marathon in a time of 3:24:01. That’s 15 minutes faster than Chicago 2 weeks ago.
October 25 - BC Cross Country Championships
Susan 26:46.4 - the only PRRer in this Stanley Park race and who is now apparently “unattached” according to the results - (don’t worry, we all know that means club status rather than something much more personal).
This was a 6.5 km run. Susan placed 11th among masters women in a very competitive field.
October 19 - the Rubber Ducky Run (Burnaby Lake 7 mile and Half Marathon)
This is a great race on a spongy but flat trail - and with the best possible medal - a rubber ducky! Put this one on your list for next year - it’s worth it.
Half Marathon
Terry 1:27:17 - 3rd overall and 3rd in his division.
Susan 1:29:47 - 5th overall and first woman. That’s one bigass rubber ducky as a trophy. We expect to see it at next summer’s pool party.
7 miler
Mike B 55:19
Dave M 1:00:45
Jackie M 1:04:45 (her longest race so far - in a year where every race is a new PB)
Nicki 1:05:17 (don’t stop to tie your shoe or you’ll never see Jackie again!)
Seriously - fun race. Nice trail. Only 400 people.
October 19 - Oktoberfest Brewski Daddle
Grant F was the only PRRer - 6th overall with a 5km time of 20:27. 5 km - seriously Grant? Just because you ran Chicago the week before doesn’t mean you had to cut back to 5km. There was a perfectly good half marathon in Burnaby.
October 18 - Fat Ass Trail race
Sukhi ran a 10 km (0:57) - coming in first. Arthur also ran the 10 km (1:20).
Jess (2:38) and Bill (1:52) ran the 20 km. According to the results Bill was in a 6-way tie for first. Let’s just call it a win.
20 PRR runners participated in various Thanksgiving weekend events (and if I’ve missed anyone - use the comments or email me so I can include your results.) One PRR member participated in two events. We all run for our own reasons and those reasons don’t always include “winning” - more likely just doing the best we can on that day. But still, it was a fine competitive showing. We had one 1st in division, four 2nds, and a 5th. Oh yeah, and one 3080 overall. Which is pretty good in a field of 30, 033.
October 13, Vancouver- Turkey Trot
Terry 40:49.7 (5th in his division, 24th overall)
Carol 45:39.8 (1st in her division!)
Karen 46:48.1
Monique (one day after her Kelowna half) 52:20.6
Bill P 57:00.8
October 13, North Shore Half Marathon
Bill C 1:29:45 (2nd in his division, 7th overall!)
October 12, Victoria
Full Marathon
Ellie 3:02:52 -second in her division - 9th overall Woo hoo!
Doug 3:34:48 - he’s Boston qualified!
Henry 3:59:08
Dan 4:47:40 - including altercation with a volunteer. Ah the marathon!
Half Marathon
Sukhi 1:35;59 - his personal best for this course by about 4 minutes!
Premica 1:41:25
Barb D 2:36:58
(Thanks Sukhi for sending in all the PRR results.)
October 12, Kelowna
10 km
Marco 48:39
Mike 51:06
Nicki 59:08
Half Marathon Beautiful weather, hilly course.
Susan 1:30:35 (so close!) 2nd in her age group and 6th overall. Woo hoo.
John 1:33:46 2nd in his age group with a medal to prove it! Okay, also a woo hoo.
Monique 1:48:53 seven seconds under her New York qualifying time
Lynne 2:13:49 and very happy with that thank you.
October 12, Chicago
Grant ran it in 3:39:01. Laura was still sleeping. Temperatures reached the mid 80s by the finish. Grant was 3080 out 33,033.
October 4, Run for the Toad - Paris
No not that Paris. Paris Ontario. Ellie was the first woman in this very oddly named 25k trail race - 20th overall with a time of 1:55 - in a field of 1,000 runners. That’s right - a 1000 runner trail race! Looking forward to hearing Ellie’s update.
October 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pm Congratulations all! What a weekend of running. Now, let’s put that energy into a collective effort at H2H. One comment though about my RVM. “Altercation” might not quite create the image of marathon as body contact sport, and the body check I took at 23km (right to the ground like a sack of potatoes). Shocking it was, shocking I say! Poor guy (water volunteer)was very upset - me too - thought my race was over for a few seconds. All’s well that ends well though and where would any of us be without our volunteers? I finished and there is always next time.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:18 pm RE: photos for JC Seawall Run Unfortunately, since Bettie wasn’t at the run, there are no photos recording costumes for posterity. I can, however, vouch that Barb and Paul P did run in costume but never did see Arthur. Re: age-graded results I’ve learned quickly that there’s always a “first” somwhere in the results… many thanks to Susan, the master at data unscrambling (or is it manipulating?)!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:32 am Hey, hey there John, don’t go knocking that age grading stuff! I live for that these days. Seriously, it is a great way to keep track of how you are doing as time marches on. Unless a person is a young’un or relative beginner, I don’t know very many who are running faster than they were 5 years ago. More than trying to prove my time is faster than anybody else’s, I use it to keep track of how I am doing against myself. There was a time that the system was a bit short of data, but the database is now huge. If you are older than 32, give it a try. Here is the link: http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup06.html Instructions are included. You get an adjusted time and % performance. Try comparing times you have done over the last 5 or 10 years (especially if you think you are slowing down).