Ryan Brockerville continued to show his early season cross country form by finishing third at Saturday’s University of Washington Sundodger Open Cross-Country Meet in Seattle. The Marystown native finished the 8k course in 24:55 leading his Simon Fraser team to a third place finish.
800 metre specialist Julia Howard finished 16th in the Women’s 6k Invitational race. Her time was 21:18.
Submitted By Ray Will
Dean Alyward was first among 64 finishers to win Bob’s Half Marathon yesterday in 1:14:51.
This Corner Brook event gets bigger every year and this year runners enjoyed chip timing and a certified course.
Matt Hill and Stephanie Tait left Vancouver May 4 on an 18,000km journey around North America running a marathon EVERY DAY! They will arrive in St.John’s Wednesday September 24 and stay for a few days promoting environmental action. Visit www.runforoneplanet.com for more information.
Matt and Stephanie are asking all NL Runners to join them as they run into St.John’s next Wednesday. Their route and times will be posted to nlrunning.com within the next few days.
More information on tomorrow’s fun bike/run event on Bell Island is available HERE.
Results for the last 3 NLAA races are now posted … Blueberry Harvest 10K, Nautilus Half Marathon and Marathon.
Next Monday September 22 at 3:30pm Living NL will run a segment on bicycle clothing featuring our friends from Canary Cycles. And on Wednesday September 24 at 3:30pm (rebroadcast 7pm) the show will cover bicycle accessories including cool commuting aids.
Tune in to CBC Television and if you miss the TV show catch it later on the Living NL website.
Congratulations to Helen Couves on her completion of the Reykjavik Marathon in Iceland last month.
Helen’s time was 4:46:34.
This Saturday September 20 Athletics NorthEAST (ANE) is holding a “Trial Run” of the Bell Island Blast. Any and all are welcome to this fun bike/run event however please note there will be NO SUPPORT provided … bring your own water, snacks, etc.
The 30K bike will start at approximately 9:10am (take the 8:20 ferry) and the 15K run will start 11:20ish (take the 10:40 ferry). Both events start at St. Michael’s High School where there will also be access to showers. Bring a few bucks too as there are at least a couple of very good Fish & Chips shops in the area.
As posted below we await times and full results for the Provincial Marathon and Half Marathon. In the Marathon first place honors go to Edward Durnford and Angelique Myles. First in the Half Marathon were Fabien Basset and Karen Martin.
Top 5 finishers for each event are listed HERE.
Results from the last two NLAA events have been delayed due to technical difficulties. Times for the Blueberry Harvest 10K and last weekend’s Marathon / Half Marathon should be available within the next day or so.
