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Deadline for newsletter submissions for the

September 2007

Newsletter will be

12:00 noon, August 30, 2007

Send articles and photos to

[email protected] and race results to

[email protected]

The next Pacer

Meeting is on

Monday, June 11, 2007,

at 6:00 p.m.

at

Grosvenor Lodge

See inside for more details

Newsletter The London Pacers Running Club

www.londonpacers.on.ca

June 2007

Farewell Connie and Bill

Plan to say good-bye at our June Meeting

Photos courtesy of Larry Gooder

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London Pacers June 2007 Newsletter

Executive President Eric Magni 680-0534 [email protected] Vice President Jim Burrows 474-3497 [email protected] Secretary Gerda Zonruiter 471-3550 [email protected] Treasurer Jennifer Dungavell 472-9528 [email protected] Membership and Race Reporter Gail Schmidt 657-9936 [email protected] Publicity Aggie Ramsden 858-0921 [email protected] Social Alita Milliken 472-0312 [email protected] Newsletter Sherry Watts 858-9880 [email protected] Paula Muxlow 293-3697 [email protected] Web site Victor Kratchovil 951-0243 [email protected]

Newsletter deadline August 30, 2007

Please send articles, information and photos to Sherry Watts.

London Pacers Meeting June 11, 2007 Grosvenor Lodge, 1017 Western Road (on the big

curve south of Platts Lane) 6:00 PM

PACERS GENERAL MEETING MAY 14, 2007.

Executive in Attendance: Eric Magni, Jim Burrows, Gail Schmidt, Gerda Zonruiter, Sherry Watts, Alita Milliken, Aggie Ramsden Attendance: 29 From the President Thanks and congratulations to Sonya Slaven and the Forest City Race Committee for a successful event Thanks to Pacers contributing to the Forest City Road Races by volunteering and participating Thanks to Don Ramsden who has built a new, lightweight flagpole that will make moving the Pacer flag easy Thanks to Pacers who are captaining teams, volunteering, and participating on teams for the Westover Shore to

Shore Relay. We have a total of six teams (10% of all teams) Next Pacer meeting is June 11. Come for a run and free pizza

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General membership meetings will continue with the same frequency and the November meeting will remain as the general elections meeting night

Teresa suggested that we look at ways to integrate environmental issues into our Club program and look for opportunities to advocate for sound environmental practices. She will provide suggestions for expert speakers on environmental issues to the executive committee. Eric agreed that the club could consider things we can do as a club

Speaker Mark Henshaw, Member of the Canadian National Cross Country team By way of introduction: After thanking the Pacers for their support, particularly those who attended his fund raising banquet, Mark intro-duced himself and why he runs by way of an excellent video. He spoke of some of his challenges as well as his successes. Mark is a student at Catholic Central High School. He will be going to University of Windsor next year to study Human Kinetics. He hopes to become a teacher. Highlights of the cross country championships in Kenya:

Receiving his Team Canada uniform in the mail

Arriving at the hotel (after a few mishaps) at 3 a.m. and finding flower petals on the beds

Meeting up with some of the world’s best runners, like Wilson Kipketer (800 m time of 1:41.1) and Paul Tergat (world record holder for the marathon with a time just over 2:04)

Running in 36 degree heat, with 75% humidity (making it feel more like 46 degrees Celsius). It was so hot that his feet were burning in his spikes

Racing with 60,000 people watching

Waking up in the hospital tent after collapsing in the last kilometer (okay, maybe that wasn’t a highlight). Up until then, he was running strong and focused

In conclusion: Mark thanked the Pacers for our support, along with the support of others in the community, to help him achieve his goal. Mark’s next goal is to qualify for the Canadian team to compete in the steeplechase in Brazil. Mark is currently ranked # 1 in Canada in this event. Race Reports There were various exciting and interesting experiences at the Forest City Road Races:

Donna Kraft had a p.b., running under 4 hours despite Ken Dungavell’s encouraging words the night before “no one gets a p.b. at the Forest City!”

Lenke passed and kept ahead of Victor in the half marathon

Alita managed to stay with James for a portion of her run

Jackie Windsor ran a tough race in Mississauga with her injuries, but still managed to finish with a chip time of 3:27 and placing 2nd in her age group

Mary Boyle (accompanied by Sherry Watts) did the Indy Mini half marathon and the Flying Pig Half Mara-thon on consecutive days (May 5 and 6th) and had times 6 seconds difference between the two: 2:58:18 and 2:58:12

Bob Fraser did the Flying Pig Marathon May 6 and Wendy Fraser did the half.

On May 12, Gerda Zonruiter set a Canadian masters age group record in the 25K in Grand Rapids, finishing in 1:50:26, nearly 8 minutes faster than the previous record which was set in 1994. Pacer walkers hold 41 records (most of them June-Marie) but this may be the first Pacer running re-cord.

Gail Schmidt also did the associated 5K race and placed 3rd in her age group against a very large, tough field.

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Pacer General Meeting June 11, 2007

Calling all Pacers!!!

We’re calling our last monthly meeting before the summer “break”, RUN & FUN.

6:00 Gather for group run or walk 6:05 Leave Grosvenor Lodge on group run or walk (45 min.)

6:50 Return to Grosvenor Lodge for cool down with stretching 7:00 Group photo

7:15 Pizza ….special order made by the University of Western cafeteria 7:30 Draw for door prizes*

. . . . . . . and an opportunity to say farewell to Bill Nightingale and Connie Lebrun.

(*Note: Every Pacer who attends will get a draw ticket and be eligible for a door prize. Run or

walk with the group and you get a second draw ticket, which doubles your chances to win!)

Warm greetings to individuals on the active membership list for 2007 who are celebrating birthdays in June:

Anne Cramer, Sean Crowe*, Natalie Evans, Jeanette Evans, David Gale, Leslie Jones, Robert Panter, Linda Pimentel-Knott, June-Marie Provost, Scott Slaven,

Alastair Thompson*, Bill Wheeler, Jackie Windsor

*entering a new age category

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The Race is on…The Forest City Road Races – May 13, 2007

I had the absolute pleasure of running in the ½ marathon at the Forest City Road Races on Sunday May 13th. It is hard to stay objective given my home town, the friendship with the race director and my previous association with the committee. I am approaching this article attempting to think like an out of town visitor, much like I am at most races. This was a race I really wanted to do even if it was a scant 4 weeks after the Boston Marathon. Add in the 25th anni-versary and it was a must do. The anticipated medal was an added bonus. I had been in Toronto for the full week before ending up having an interesting conversation on the train on the Friday night before with a couple. I knew they were in for the race as knapsacks were retrieved from the overhead bins on the train with running shoes attached. They were indeed in London for the race, from Montreal along with 20 other people from their running club. They had the usual questions about where the Hilton was in relation to the start/finish line. Also want to add that they had nothing but great things to say about the race director, Sonya Slaven and the complete and quick responses she provided to their many inquires. Things like that mean so much to people, espe-cially when visiting new places. They get remembered and passed on to others. London competes with Mississauga and their series of races on the same weekend. London has many great spon-sors and that is excellent. Probably based on their geographic location, Mississauga benefits from a lot more mone-tary sponsors. This being said London puts on a first class show proven by the many positive comments already re-ceived for this year’s addition. It is not all based on numbers, but the experience provided. Given my hectic work schedule, I can no longer volunteer to be a full committee member but always attempt to help in some way for race weekend. I had the pleasure of volunteering for registration at the expo headed up by Aggie Ramsden. What an organized treat to do this. Walking into the Hilton it was evident that this event has reached the next level. The expo was professional and organized with many booths and appeared to extremely well attended. Sonya had indicated that pre-race registrations were well ahead of last year’s total numbers and that was encourag-ing. I along with many of my co-volunteers was surprised by the relatively small number of expo registrations given the weather forecast for the next day. We probably signed up 70 people in the first 4 hours of the expo. Maybe peo-ple were organized and had done it beforehand. I would rate the expo a solid 9 out of 10 based on the variety of booths and the organization. My friend Bob from Indiana had planned on attending the event and running the half marathon. Unfortunately his mother-in-law had been scheduled for surgery later in the week and obviously Bob and his wife Barbara wanted to spend Mother’s Day with her. Understandable, but disappointing. We had looked forward to going to the pasta dinner with Bob and Barbara, but decided not to. I heard it was very successful. Where else could you get a full dinner at a Hilton hotel for $15 not to mention a famous guest speaker like Ed Whitlock? Sonya and her committee must have done a lot of praying to the weather gods for the whole weekend set up and actual event as it was perfect. Race day appeared with brilliant sunshine, start temperatures of about 8 Celsius and little wind. Victoria Park seemed to be buzzing when I got there shortly after 7am. Someone nailed it down when they commented to me after the event that it felt like a festival in the park. How true? Placing everything so close to the finish line might make for some pushing crowds, but who cares? The more the merrier. The half marathon course is certainly not the hardest, but has its share of hills both up and down. Beautiful scenery

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through the university and Old North ending up in Masonville and finally down Richmond finishing where you started adjacent to the park. That last hill at 19 – 20km up Talbot Street plays with your mind a bit, but over-coming the psychological it is part of running. Enthusiastic and well spaced water stations were appreciated. The finish line has always been efficient and this year was no exception. The people handing out the medals were genuinely excited and I imagined people doing their first race at any of the distances and what this would mean. The course and finish line rates a strong 10 out of 10. It is so sad that most Londoners have not embraced supporting this run as crowds away from Victoria Park were sparse to say the least. It is embarrassing that the local media has no interest given the virtual lack of race day and post event coverage on television or the newspaper. Guess that is what out of town ownership of the media means. A sad comment and something the race executive has struggled with for years. Post event activities in the park are plentiful and varied from free Starbucks (love that) to the jungle safari for the kids being run by Good Life. Add in a free pancake breakfast and what can you say. Never did find a massage area, so not sure if that exists. Post events rates 9 out of 10. Love the technical t-shirt as it fits great and you cannot help but love the design on the front. Only can rate it 8 out of 10 given the amount of advertising on the back of the shirt. Know this is one of the main ways to give sponsors their dues, but it has always been something that I don’t really like. The medal is excellent. The tree theme is so fitting with the name of the race. Add in the turning tree and wow. It reminded me of the Fargo, North Dakota marathon medal I received. Unique gets remembered. Rates 10 out of 10.

Personally I ran just under 1:30 for the event. I realized later that I had missed my personal best by a scant 10 seconds. Disappointing from that standpoint, but overall happy with the result. There is always a future run. Overall this race rates 9 out of 10 based on the organization, course and overall feeling for the event. Sonya and her committee deserve accolades for their dedication to making the 25th anniversary of this event the best yet. Congratulations! Mark Faust

Forest City Road races—report continued . . . . .

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Pacer Discounts Members of the London Pacers are given a discount on purchases at Runners Choice at 207 Dundas St and at the New Balance store on Fanshawe Park Road W at Hyde Park Rd. Be sure to let them know that you are a Pacer. Oh – and Paul tells us the store is carrying the headlamps and reflective vests we’ll need for the Shore to Shore relay.

PACER CLOTHING Pacer singlets and long-sleeved t-shirts in technical fabric are still available. Men’s and women’s sizing in both styles. Prices: singlets - $25; long-sleeved tees - $35 Sold at Pacer General Meetings or contact Aggie Ramsden at [email protected].

Pacers and the Environment Teresa Rutten has certainly made us think with her last newsletter article. It is true that we enjoy the great outdoors as much as any-one in London and area. The executive is looking for your ideas. What can we, as a running and walking club do to better care for the environment? We know that some members take pride in picking up trash left behind on trails and in parks. We know that many of our members commute by bike or on foot. We know that our members often car pool to races and training locations. What more can we be doing? Clubs in other cities take part in "Adopt a Highway" and "Adopt a Park" programs. Proceeds from some races go to environmental initiatives. You ideas would be most ap-preciated. Talk to your nearest executive member.

Caution!! It's not as safe as it looks! Cars are broken into regularly at the Guy Lombardo Museum parking lot area. Many Pacers have been victims of theft there. Leave valuables at home!

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HOT FROM THE PRES……… #07-05

May 29, 2007

Hello Pacers!! Pacer Volunteers. Everything we do in our Club depends on the energy and enthu-siasm of our volunteers. And we are very fortunate to have our share of hardworking individuals who seem to pop out of the woodwork just at the right time. They fill posi-tions on our Executive Committee and our Race Committees. A small army of these workers appears every year to support our race directors at the Turkey Trot, Vulture Bait, Really Chilly and Forest City Road Races. They publish our newsletter, maintain our website, store and organise our equipment, report our race results, catalogue our newsletters, and organize our road running, race walking and trail runs. They write articles, take photos, and make presentations. They fill special positions as required. They make A-frames for kilometer signs for races, manufacture lightweight flagpoles, they repair Km markers in Springbank Park, and they hold social and celebratory events at their houses. They arrange and organize the use of the Western TRAC through the winter. They organize and lead our Shore to Shore Relay Teams. And there are many, many more such examples that I have not mentioned. To all these people, I would like to express the thanks of our Club. And to those of you who have not tried it, please think about. If we all do our little bit, the Club prospers. Do your bit running the club!! My News. 2006 was a difficult year. Lots of calf muscle pain for me. In 2007, I started yoga and serious stretching (first time in 45 years of running … bad!). On Saturday, May 26, I ran the Sulphur Springs 10 Km Trail Race in the Dundas Valley Conserva-tion Area (up and down the escarpment), won my age category, and shaved 3mins 40secs off my 2005 time. Exhilarating!! This race is run in a most beautiful forest set-ting on the Niagara Escarpment near Ancaster. Great Pacer participation in the 10, 25 and 50 Km trail running events Summertime. I hope we will see you all at our June Pacer Meeting. Run, walk and pizza. We will also be taking our “official” Pacer Group Photo. This will be our last meeting before the summer break. I wish you a relaxing (not too relaxing … you have goals to achieve), and successful summer. Our first meeting in the fall will be on Monday, September 10. Take care, Eric PS Do your bit running the Club

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Alvinston to Watford 50th Annual Road Races, May 21, 2007

This was the 50th consecutive running of the 16k race from Alvinston to Watford. There were 11 entries but only nine runners in the first race in 1958. Seven completed the 9 1/2 mile course, finishing at the Watford Post Office on Watford’s Main Street. Roy Caley was race manager and Harold Newell was the official starter that year. In order of finish, runners were Hylke VanderWal, Bruce Faulds, Bill Phillips, Dick VanderWal, Don Duncan, Ray Acton and Lawrence Deschamps. Executive of that first race included President Lorne Smith, Vice-President Orville Edwards, Secretary Treasurer and Official Starter Harold Newell and Race and Publicity Manager Roy Caley.

The Optimist Clubs became involved in sponsorship about a dozen years ago. Roy Caley chaired the committee for a number of years before Greg Wallis and Mark Faust took it over. Since then, there have been several dedicated chairs and committee members.

Don Steeper

Jackie Windsor photographer and cheer leader

Susan and Cal Neely,

Mark and Judy Faust (I’m not sure who the man is) and Christine Dirks

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Race Calendar Some local races and those of interest

June 1, 2 Shore to Shore Relay, 305K run, 179 and 59K walks, Port Stanley to Grand Bend

www.shoretoshorerelay.com

2 OMTFA track and field Championships, London www3.sympatico.ca/ontario.masters/ 3 Alfie Shrubb 8K, Bowmanville www.alfieshrubb.ca - honouring a great runner – and the finishers get a replica of one of his medals

3 Trot to the Beach Half marathon, 5K, Blenheim to Erieau (the long way) www.runningroom.com 3 Milton Triathlon 750m swim, 30K bike, 7.5K run plus duathlon, tri-a-tri www.trisportcanada.com

9/10 Lakeside Tri/Du various distances www.multisportcanada.com 10 Dave Clarke Memorial, 10K, 5K, 1.6K, Dorchester – one of the Run Piker Series

www.runnerschoice.on.ca

10 Mud Run 10K, Toronto “Canada’s dirtiest 10K” www.mudrun.ca - an obstacle course with mud, hills, tunnels, climbing walls – yikes! 17 Waterloo Classic 10K, 5K Waterloo www.runwaterloo.com 20 Hog Jog – Pork for a Cause 10K, 5K, Stratford - Wednesday evening race www.opic.on.ca – some fellow-Pacers involved in organizing this one

24 Go the Distance 8K, 3K, London – another of the Runners Choice series www.runnerschoice.on.ca 24 Share the Power of a Wish 10K, 5K, London – pretty much guaranteed a PB on this

short course www.runningroom.com 24 CHOK Bridge Run, Sarnia. Run from Port Huron to Sarnia across the Bluewater Bridge

www.runningroom.com 26 Peachbud 10K, 5K, Grimsby - a Tuesday evening race www.instride.ca 27

July 1 Embro Highland Games 10K, 4K, Embro www.embrohighlandgames.ca - Ontario's oldest Highland Games

1 Run for Canada 10K, Windsor www.hbc.com - help support Canadian athletes 15 Canadian Track and Field Championships, Windsor - open 5, 10K racewalks 19 Downtown Dash 5K, 10K, Burlington www.vrpro.ca 20 Summer Night 5K, London mmmm - beer and ice cream www.runnerschoice.on.ca 28 Durham 1/4 marathon, Oshawa www.runningroom.com - not a common distance! 29 Whitby 5000 and Mini marathon (5K and half marathon) www.runningroom.com

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August 12 South Huron Trail Run 8K, 3K, Exeter www.runnerschoice.on.ca 17 Reach the Beach 5K, 2.5K, Port Stanley Friday evening race http://reachthebeach.info 18 Flying Chicken 5K, 10K, NOTL - amazing food at this one www.runningroom.com 18 A Midsummer Night Run, Toronto 30K run, 15K walk www.amidsummernightsrun.ca - this one has pace fairies and folks in costume - 6:30 PM start

19 Cactus 5K, Dundas www.runningroom.com 25 Crim, Flint, MI www,crim.org 10M, 8K, 5K, 1M run, walk, wheelchair, racewalk - something for every one in this terrific event

Another way to use your old running shoes

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Hog Jog, Stratford Some Pacers and other members of the pork industry have put together a fun event which raises money for causes close to their hearts - this year especially close. The race each year honours a different member of their commu-nity; this time Doug Maus, friend and business partner to Bob Fraser. Doug died of a heart attack during a hockey game last year. Proceeds will go towards providing public places like arenas with defibrillators. The entire entry fee is a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The 5 and 10K courses are certified and the race is chip timed. A bar-beque follows the race - you know that's going to be good! This one is a Wednesday evening race (June 20) in lovely Stratford, Ontario. Information at www.opic.on.ca

Reach the Beach, Port Stanley The Children’s Health Foundation in London touches so many lives. In fact, some of you reading this right now may not be here today if not for the CHF. Reach the Beach races aims to raise awareness and funds for the CHF through competitive and fun running/walking events. The 5km event will be a race from the Main Beach in Port Stanley, through the outskirts of town and back to the beach. The 2.5km event will follow the same type of course and be a fun run/walk for everyone in the family. For a great day of running/walking, followed by a post race party with food and draw prizes, join us in Port Stanley! Event Date: Friday August 17th at 7:30pm. http://ReachtheBeach.info

Try these races for something a little different

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At our last general meeting, Teresa Ruttan challenged the Pacers to look for opportu-nities to advocate for sound environmental practices.

The National Commuter Challenge Event, which is taking place June 3 to 9 is a per-

fect opportunity. Commuter Challenge is a national program that aims to increase the awareness of the benefits of sustainable commuting and to encourage Canadians to take action by walking, cycling, taking transit, carpooling or tele-working instead of

driving alone to get work.

Last year, over 38,000 Canadians took part in the Challenge by walking, cycling, tak-ing transit, carpooling or teleworking instead of driving alone to get to work. This re-sulted in the reduction of 887,115.80 kg of eCO2 emissions or 704 passenger vehi-

cles not driven for a year! Online registration will be available

Visit their website for more information and register online by clicking on this link: http://www.commuterchallenge.ca/english/index.html

And drop me, Gerda Zonruiter, a line on June 10 to report your participation level.

And then look for your results in the next newsletter. You can email me [email protected]

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RACE REPORT FIFTH THIRD RIVER BANK RUN/US NATIONAL 25 K CHAMPIONSHIP RACE - Gerda Zonruiter

Great travelling companions, interesting people and a great race all combined to make the Fifth Third River Bank Run an event to remember. Last fall, Sherry suggested going to Grand Rapids to run the 25 k this spring. It is the US National 25 K Championship event so it promised to be an exciting event. And, if I had a good race, I might even break the 25 K Canadian “road best” for women age 45 to 49.

It wasn’t until just before Boston that I decided to commit myself to this race. As the time came closer, I really started to question what I was thinking. However, Gail had signed up to do the 5 K at the same event and Sherry had made travel arrangements, so there was no way to back out.

As far road trips go, this one was amazing. First off, we did not get lost. Our border crossing, while it took a while, was so easy. In response to telling the customs official that we were going to Grand Rapids to compete in a race, we heard about his running and his doctor’s claim that he needed to lose 20 pounds. And then we were waved through. In Flint, we decided to stop at a Bob Evans for dinner. The only seating was in the smoking section - we had forgotten that those existed! However, given that the non-smoking section was right next to the smoking sec-tion, we decided that it wasn’t going to be a big deal to sit there. Our server was quite the character, cracking jokes and making sarcastic comments all the time she served us. And when we left, she provided us with a goodie bag containing fresh, hot banana bread, buns, and packets of jam, butter and peanut butter. We were set! The hotel that Sherry booked us in was beautiful, though we did feel a little out of place in our traveling clothes when all around us we saw ball gowns and tuxes. The hotel was only five minutes from the start of the race and the expo - couldn‘t be more convenient!

Race organization could not have been better. When Gail and I wandered out of the hotel at about 6:30 am to pick up our race packets, we saw the beginnings of a lot of activity. A Caribbean steel drum band was setting up, race officials were getting organized, radio and television crews were setting up, and there were already so many runners and walkers around! An event held in a city the size of London had attracted over 14,000 runners, walk-ers, wheelchair and hand-cycle athletes. The spectators, cheerleaders, and music lining the route were so en-couraging. Gatorade and water tables were at each mile marker and the volunteers handing out these supplies were really good - I think I spilled only about 10 drops of water the whole time.

The course is quite nice. It is a loop that follows the river that winds through the city (just like our Thames River) for the first part, and then follows a hilly, route through non-residential, forested areas. The route started out quick and flat, with a slight downgrade for the first 6 miles. At about the seven mile mark, we crossed the river and the route became hilly. We finished by running back into the downtown area - it kind of reminded me of the Boston finish, except that I felt a whole lot better.

The route, the people, the weather all combined to make this an excellent race for me. I ran faster than I thought I could, thanks in large part to veteran marathon runner Seppo Osala, from Nippigon, Ontario. Thanks to him, I set a 7 min to 7:05 min per mile pace for the first 7 miles. Even after he dropped back a bit, I benefited from his tips and suggestions. Somehow, I managed to keep up that pace. By mile 11, I had the absurd thought that Bos-ton was the perfect training run for this event. By mile 15, I was anticipating Sherry’s shock at seeing me so soon (unless I crashed and burned). But I didn’t. I finished was ahead of schedule and feeling great.

And the best part? Getting a huge hug from my cousin who had waited at the finish line in anticipation of seeing me. Laughing with Gail and Sherry who thought I was being accosted by a race official. And spending time with two people who were generous enough to travel all that way with me to help me achieve one of my goals.

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Gerda Zonruiter set a Canadian Masters age group record!

This is the only record held by a

Pacer in a running event.

She set it at the Fifth Third Bank 25K race in Grand Rapids, MI on

May 12. The old record which had stood since 1994 was

1:58:13. She beat that handily with a 1:50:26.

Congratulations!!!

Photos courtesy Gail Schmidt.

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Advanced Distance Program

Are you ready to step up to the next level? Have a marathon or half marathon goal for the fall? Need something new in your training?

This may be the program for you.

Starting June 12, ending sometime in October. Meeting Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Individual training schedules based on your goals, experience, individual strengths and weaknesses and job and

family situation. Covers strength, nutrition, mental training, tactics, flexibility, speed and much more. Includes video analysis of running form. Information on the latest in scientific training.

Limited group size for lots of individual attention.

Cost $100.

For more information contact:

Sherry Watts (NCCP level 4/5 candidate, RRCA and USTCA certified) 519-858-9880 or [email protected]

Larry, Lisa, Patrick and Karen at the Seaton Trail Run in Pickering on April 21, 2007

Courtesy of Patrick Timmons

Eric and Nancy J. at the Sulpur Springs Trail Race on May 26, 2007

Some Trail Race Photos . . . . . . . .

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Lots of Pacers have been running and walking in May; lots more than we have in these pages. If your results do not appear here, it is because they have not been sent to Gail. We want to know what and how our club mates are doing but our race reporter is not omniscient. So this summer, send in your results or brag about your training partner or spouse or children. See the executive page for contact information. - Ed.


May 5, 2007 OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, Indianapolis 29213 finishers; 13972M/15241F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 18693 2:38:22 Phoebe Wilson 7907 320/1175 22027 2:58:18 Mary Boyle 10006 489/1175 22029 2:58:19 Sherry Watts 10008 491/1175

May 6, 2007 Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati 3974 finishers; 2387M/1587F Overall place Chip Time Clock Time Pacer Gender place Division place 1551 4:08:13 4:09:28 Robert Fraser 1187 119/227

May 6, 2007 Flying Pig Half Marathon, Cincinnati 5574 finishers; 2136M/3438F Overall place Chip Time Clock Time Pacer Gender place Division place 1443 2:00:42 2:03:18 Wendy Fraser 510 10/142 4455 2:58:12 3:04:34 Mary Boyle 2502 95/142 4454 2:58:12 3:04:33 Sherry Watts 2501 94/142

May 6, 2007 The Downtown Mudpuppy Chase, Kitchener 143 finishers; 71M/72F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division Place 35 46:16 Jackie Windsor 8 1/9

May 12, 2007 30th Running of the Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K, Grand Rapids, MI 5149 finishers; 3098M/2051F Overall place Chip Time Clock Time Pacer Gender place Division place 392 1:50:11 1:50:26 Gerda Zonruiter 53 4/179 Notes: Canadian Record!!

May 12, 2007 Fifth Third River Bank Run 5K, Grand Rapids, MI 4867 finishers; 2235M/2632F Overall place Chip Time Clock Time Pacer Gender place Division place 335 22:29 22:52 Gail Schmidt 36 3/194

May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races 2.5K, London 205 finishers; 85M/120F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 11 10:51.9 BURROWS, JACOB 7 1/4 49 13:10.8 BURROWS, SHAYLA 21 4/18 189 26:23.4 LITTLETON, HARRY 83 21/31

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May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races 5K Walk, London 40 finishers; 9M/31F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 1 34:41.4 VAN LEEUWEN, DIANNE 1 1/7 2 36:36.5 MAGNI, MARY 2 1/9 3 41:09.8 DUQUETTE, LORNE 1 1/4

May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races 5K Run, London 245 finishers; 87M/158F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 4 19:21.2 CHAPMAN, FRED 1 1/6 28 23:03.7 JOHNSTON, MEGAN 10 1/30 57 25:30.0 CAPPA, SHERI 21 5/47 87 27:25.3 TIMMONS, BETTY 37 3/17 108 28:21.4 NEELY, SUSAN 52 5/17 111 28:40.4 YOSHIDA, PAT 55 7/17 112 28:44.5 CONWAY, BERNARD 57 4/7 113 28:48.2 FENWICK, GERRY 58 1/4

May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races 10K Run, London 374 finishers; 170M/204F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 8 37:03.3 DIETZ, JOERG 8 1/22 72 48:05.9 ANDERSON, BRUCE 57 7/24 125 51:46.8 MELVILLE, RITA 38 1/7 143 52:40.7 SLAVEN, LISA 49 5/17 169 54:02.1 WOOD, BRIAN 106 15/26

May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races Marathon Relay, London 17 teams; 9 Mens/8 Mixed Overall place Official time TEAM/Pacers Category Place 9 3:45:52.8 SLOW MOVERS Jennifer Dungavell; Brad Elms; Jacob Elms; Mark Elms; June-Marie Provost 3/8

May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races Half Marathon, London 620 finishers; 277M/343F Overall place Official time Chip Time Pacer Gender place Division place 9 1:18:43 1:18:42 BURROWS, JIM 9 1/46 29 1:29:53 1:29:46 FAUST, MARK 27 5/46 47 1:34:13 1:34:08 HOUSE, DAVE 42 10/46 77 1:39:19 1:39:01 MEHTA, SANJAY 62 12/46 121 1:45:20 1:45:16 DIRKS, CHRISTINE 28 1/13 129 1:46:18 1:45:43 MILLIKEN, JAMES 100 17/43 148 1:47:48 1:47:15 KUSSNER, REBECCA 36 7/55 201 1:52:21 1:51:45 OBOKATA, DEBBIE 64 2/29

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206 1:52:45 1:52:36 KEEVIL, CARL 140 3/8 225 1:54:18 1:53:40 HILLMAN, TRACY 74 16/55 226 1:54:18 1:53:40 HILLMAN, STEVE 152 31/46 239 1:55:31 1:54:47 NEELY, CALVIN 160 5/21 256 1:56:52 1:56:10 MILLIKEN, ALITA 92 20/55 298 2:00:14 1:59:22 JOHNSTON, JULIA 118 1/2 311 2:01:17 2:00:26 YOSHIDA, KEVIN 184 32/46 359 2:05:50 2:05:00 MELVILLE, GORD 201 7/21 432 2:12:41 2:11:40 CLIFFORD, SUSAN 211 12/29 450 2:15:07 2:13:57 MCWATT, JACQUIE 224 49/68 466 2:17:58 2:16:51 BRAECKER, MICHELLE 238 53/68 497 2:24:47 2:23:37 RAMSDEN, DON 236 8/8 548 2:45:55 2:44:24 KRATOCHVIL, VICTOR 248 30/31 549 2:45:55 2:44:29 MORRISON, SARA 301 51/59 550 2:46:28 2:45:01 KRATOCHVIL, LENKE 302 12/13

May 13, 2007 Forest City Road Races Marathon, London 270 finishers; 181M/89F Overall place Official Time Chip Time Pacer Gender place Division place 15 3:07:30.7 3:07:30.7 JONES, ANDREW 13 2/34 28 3:19:06.0 3:18:57.3 CONNOR, PATRICK 23 6/42 82 3:46:18.1 3:45:58.4 HARRIS, JAMIE 67 2/9 121 3:57:53.4 3:56:51.4 KRAFT, DONNA 28 7/19 137 4:03:38.6 4:03:08.6 RIKLEY, PHILL 106 9/16 139 4:04:06.4 4:03:56.9 D'ARIANO, LISA 33 11/19 143 4:07:56.6 4:07:21.7 HAMM, RICHARD 109 6/9 221 5:11:41.1 5:11:33.2 GRIBBONS, BEVERLY 74 18/19 May 21, 2007 Watford-Alvinston Optimist Road Race 8K 323 finishers; 160M/163F Overall place Gun time Pacer Gender place Division place 79 41:58 Lisa Slaven 13 11/50 202 51:35 Susan Neely 86 8/25 May 21, 2007 Watford-Alvinston Optimist Road Race 16K 149 finishers; 90M/58F Overall place Gun time Pacer Gender place Division place 12 1:09:19 Patrick Connor 11 7/67 33 1:14:45 James Flesher 30 9/47 35 1:15:01 (PB) Gail Schmidt 4 1/20 42 1:16:42 Mark Faust 37 16/67 50 1:18:55 Christine Dirks 7 2/18 56 1:21:02 Gwyn Hayman 10 3/18 57 1:21:03 Donna Kraft 11 4/18


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95 1:29:05 Cal Neely 68 33/67 101 1:30:01 Don Steeper 70 35/67

May 26, 2007 Sulphur Springs Trail Run 10K 116 finishers; 58M/58F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 23 49:47 Dominik Dobransky 20 2/3 33 52:18 Eric Magni 24 1/5 45 55:41 Nancy Johnston 17 1/9 63 58:13 Simona Dobransky 29 13/22 76 1:01:28 Bill Nightingale 41 10/16 91 1:03:49 Ian Johnston 48 14/16

May 26, 2007 Sulphur Springs Trail Run 25K 130 finishers; 84M/46F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 43 2:18:15 Patrick Timmons 37 5/23 59 2:24:23 Tammy Whitehead 12 2/19 68 2:29:16 Tina Morgan 15 5/19 71 2:30:11 Lisa D'Ariano 16 6/19 72 2:30:18 Brian Martell 56 23/33 95 2:41:41 Carl Keevil 70 15/23 110 2:56:58 Karen Gooder 33 1/9 111 2:56:58 Louise Moriarity 34 2/9 114 3:00:17 Larry Gooder 78 18/23

May 26, 2007 Sulphur Springs Trail Run 50 miler 31 finishers; 21M/10F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 27 4 11:56:04 Tomas Dobransky 20 12/13

May 27, 2007 The Dairy Capital Run 5K, Woodstock 210 finishers; 84M/126F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 6 19:50 Paul ROBERTS 6 2/15 131 32:55 Beverly GRIBBONS 67 18/31

May 27, 2007 The Dairy Capital Run 10K, Woodstock 118 finishers; 75M/43F Overall place Time Pacer Gender place Division place 33 48:46 Christine DIRKS 3 1/4 35 49:37 Donna KRAFT 4 1/13 38 49:51 Susanne TESTOLIN 6 2/13 43 50:38 Tammy WHITEHEAD 9 4/13 114 1:09:38 Doug KINGSTON 71 12/12

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WOSSAA Track and Field Championships, May 23 – 24, 2007 TD Waterhouse Stadium, UWO, Lon-don ON Midget Women 400 Overall place Pacer Time 4 Leah Ditchfield 1:03:03

Midget Women 800 Overall place Pacer Time 2 Leah Ditchfield 2:25:57

Midget Men High Jump Overall place Pacer Result 16 Dustin Dobransky 1.50m Junior Women 300m Hurdles Overall place Pacer Time 1 Johanna Dobransky 46:76

Junior Women High Jump Overall place Pacer Result 2 Johanna Dobransky 1.61m

Junior Women Long Jump Overall place Pacer Time 2 Johanna Dobransky 5.09m Junior Men High Jump Overall place Pacer Result 9 Jonas Dobransky 1.65m

Junior Men Triple Jump Overall place Pacer Result 11 Jonas Dobransky 11.35m

Senior Women Triple Jump Overall place Pacer Result 2 Jen House 10.52m Senior Women Pole Vault Overall place Pacer Result 1 Jen House 3.30m For those following Mark Henshaw's fortunes: in the WOSSA Track and Field Championships May 23 and 24 in London Mark set a PB and got under the Pan Am Junior's standard for the 2000m steeplechase with 5:57.15 with a 2nd place. He was also 3rd in the 3000m in 8:57.47. Top 5 in each event go on to OFSSA.

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Doing the Double Indianapolis. Cincinnati. Two half mara-thons. Two consecutive days. Mary Boyle and I wanted to return to the Indy Mini this year and there, only 2 hours drive away and the next day was the Flying Pig. Run-ners have raved about that race so it seemed too good to pass up. Perspective is everything. I’m quite sure if we had only done the Flying Pig, we would have been more enthusiastic about it. But it was preceded by the best half marathon in North America, the Indy Mini. Imagine a race with 120 entertainment groups along the course, with 35000 partici-pants; that starts in downtown Indianapolis with a hearty rendition of “Back Home Again in Indiana”, heads to the track at Speedway (home of the Indianapolis 500), circles the famous 2.5 miles, including crossing the hallowed row of bricks, and heads back to finish on the campus of IUPUI along the “Victory Mile”, alive with cheering spectators and pulsing with music.

The Indy Mini is part of the great celebration of the month of May leading to the Indianapolis 500. Some of the drivers run the race each year and cars are on display. The expo is huge but superbly organized, with lots of give-aways and even a few bargains. The pasta dinner, though expensive, is a sit-down, served meal with linen table cloths and silverware and an array of speakers. Along with the T-shirt (unmemorable, cotton, long-sleeved) and ny-lon backpack we got tickets to a Saturday night baseball game and to the first day of practice at the Brickyard the next day with a free pancake brunch. Throughout the route, people were on their front porches and along the side-walks, enjoying the entertainment and celebrating along with the runners and walkers. At one grungy bar, men with tattoos handed out cups of beer. The finishers’ medals featured a race car moving on the Indy track.

By contrast, the Flying Pig expo was large but not generous and rather annoying in making you go from place to place to collect the bag, shirt (an even less memorable short-sleeved cotton) and poster. How two races with such great themes could come up with such bland shirts is a mystery. The pasta dinner, once we found it in a tent tucked away behind the baseball stadium, was rather bland with plastic table cloths and cutlery. It even ran out of cookies before the second sitting. There were a few entertainment groups along the route and spectators gathered in a few places, but nothing to compare to Indy. The finisher’s medal was a very cool flying pig.

The routes are certainly different. The largest hill at Indy is the underpass leading under the track. At Cincy you climb for three miles before returning downtown. Cincy had a lovely park and breathtaking views from the two bridges you cross while Indy had some industrial scenes. But Indy had the zoo, with keepers and large fuzzy animals outside and two bridges of its own. Cincy had lots of water stops but Indy had twice as many. On almost every count, Indy is the superior event.

There is, of course the disadvantage of a large race at both - that we were seldom really free to walk - at least where we were in the pack. At Indy it took over 20 minutes just to reach the start line; at Cincy, only six. At both races however, we spent a lot of time dodging those walkers who move through the world in large groups. The advantage of that though is that you can talk with people and hear their stories - cancer survivors and charity runners and first time participants. An entire family walking with grandpa and those running in memory of absent loved-ones. Every participant has a story and each is worth a listen.

If you ever want to be paced to a sub 3-hour half marathon, Mary is the person to do it. She has such a steady pace, she passes the mile markers like clockwork. In the two half marathons, she walked 2:58:18 at Indy and the next day, on a far hillier course, on tired legs, she walked 2:58:12. Amazing!

Other Pacers were at the two events – Phoebe Wilson in Indy and Bob and Wendy Fraser in Cincy. Both races are certainly worth going to but given the choice, I’ll be back to Indy some day.

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