Congratulations to Jennifer McCreath on completing TWO marathons in TWO countries last weekend. 3:50:05 in Akron Ohio on Saturday and 3:42:26 at the Toronto Waterfront on Sunday.
Michael Ryan from Marystown also completed Toronto, finishing in 3 hours 53 minutes. Michael will be running the upcoming New York City Marathon to raise funds for Hole In The Wall Camps, a family of camps for children with serious illnesses.
18 year old Patrick O’Grady made an impressive debut for the Memorial Cross Country Team at the St. Mary’s University Meet in Halifax last Saturday. He finished 9th (25:27) in a large and strong Atlantic Division field that raced 7.5km.
Another rookie, Victoria Ralph, led the MUN Women with 13th place (20:19) in the Womens 5km event.
Both Patrick and Victoria were named MUN Athletes of the Week.
Submitted by Art Meaney
The Turkey Tea 10K road race is this Sunday October 5. Race starts 8:30am in Mount Pearl at the intersection of Glencoe Drive and Dundee Avenue.
Register this Thursday October 2 from 6-9pm at Toyota Plaza Kenmount Road.
Sunny all weekend with temperatures in the high teens and low twenties!
Put those tights away for another while!
Online registration for the September 13 2009 Ironman 70.3 Muskoka opens this Friday September 26 at 9:30am NST.
Last running sold out in under 2 months so sign up early to get a spot.
Thanks to all who greeted Matt and Stephanie upon their arrival in St.John’s yesterday.
Their afternoon started with NTV reporter Jodi Cooke meeting them on the highway and shooting a story for last night’s NTV News. They are pictured here front and center leaving the Aquarena en route to the Running Room where the group doubled in size and they took a few minutes to address the crowd. Finally all converged on City Hall for a welcome from Councilor Tom Hann and a photo shoot for The Telegram.
Matt and Stephanie will rest up for a few days before continuing their 1 year journey around North America raising funds and awareness for positive environmental action.
The Trapline Marathon is less than 3 weeks away. On October 11 be part of this inaugural event and enjoy a spectacular run and some time in the Big Land!
Register by the end of September for early bird rates. And if the Full Marathon distance is too much for you, opt for the Half or even the 10K.
Rhonda Mitchelmore joined Dean Alyward on the podium last week at Bob’s Half Marathon in Corner Brook. Rhonda was the first lady across the line in 1:44:28.
Story HERE from the Western Star.
Further to LAST WEEK’S POST, Matt and Stephanie will arrive at The Aquarena 5:30pm Wednesday where local runners will escort them to City Hall … the more the merrier!
They are finishing the cross-Canada segment of their 18,000km run around North America promoting positive environmental action. And they are running a MARATHON EVERY DAY!
In the event of a picket line at The Aquarena, meeting place will move to the main entrance of the Arts & Culture Center.
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
