Head to Butterpot Park Sunday March 9 for a Ski and Snowshoe Adventure Race.
Check in 10 am at the Avalon Nordic Clubhouse for the 2-hour recreational event or the 4-hour competitive event. Registration is only $10 with BBQ and awards to follow.
If you plan to attend or need more information please contact Phil Graham by e-mail philgraham@warp.nfld.net or by phone 753-0379.
Click HERE for pictures from last weekend’s Outfitter’s Open.
The Hbc Run For Canada in Bowring Park needs LOTS of volunteers! And there are many jobs to choose from.
Click the banner above to sign up as a volunteer … a great way to spend your Canada Day morning and you get a VERY NICE shirt!
The NLAA Road Race Committee met last night to fine tune the 2008 Race Calendar. The only change from our PREVIOUS POST is that the Quidi Vidi 5K is moved to August 24 to avoid conflict with the St.John’s Triathlon and the Summer Games.
Road races and other events are posted to the NL RUNNING EVENTS CALENDAR … if you have an event you’d like to add let us know at admin@nlrunning.com.
Carbonear native Don Butt captured 3rd place in his age group at the 8K For H2O in Folly Beach South Carolina last Saturday. Don’s time was 47:10.
Also heading to the Boston Marathon are Will Small and Ann Chafe. It’s Will’s Boston debut, and Ann is returning after her re-qualifying run there last year.
Congratulations are extended to Rose Marie “Doot” James who was recently accepted for this year’s 112th running of the Boston Marathon on April 21. Doot has run 5 marathons to date, placing among the top three in her age category in 4 of them.
Doot trains with Joe Ryan’s “Friends on the Run” and will join fellow group members George Blackwood and Judy Sheppard in Boston this year. Thanks to Joe Ryan for the news.
Also making his Boston debut is Don Fry from the Nautilus Running Club.
Race season is creeping up on us so be sure to renew your NLAA membership. Download the form HERE.
Good Friday comes early this year … March 21. In what is becoming a tradition, many runners converge on the McNamara Drive start line in Paradise 9am that morning for a taste of the Tely, finishing 10 miles later in Bannerman Park.
Note that Phil Gushue started this tradition a few years back and LAST YEAR almost 200 runners were on the route! Mark your calendar and plan your training accordingly.
Congrats to the NL RUNNERS who stormed Myrtle Beach last weekend.
In the marathon Joan Hartery won her age group in 3:34:17 followed by Juanita Keel Ryan in 3:58:40. And the half marathon finishers were Vaughan Paul (1:32:02), Christiane Martin (1:38:43), Will Small (1:42:23), Sherry Grewal (1:46:37) and Rob Gamberg (1:48:20).
Christiane’s time was good for 2nd place in her age group, and Sherry capped off the weekend with a 4 hour ride in the 100K Michelob Ultra Bicycle Ride!
Two Newfoundland athletes had great performances at the University of Washington Indoor Track and Field Meet this past weekend.
Julia Howard was fourth in the Invitational Women’s Mile in a first class time of 4:38:09, less than a second behind the leader. And in the Open Division Ryan Brockerville won the mile in 4:27:33 and the 800 meter event in 2:00:70.
Story by Ray Will
