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      Hello Everyone,                                                                                                                                                                                                      March 10, 2022        

     In this Issue:

     

  1. Apex Warrior Trail Race Series 2022 is live!
  2. Don't Ditch the Mask
  3. Photos This Week
  4. Upcoming Events: April 2 YMCA Race to the Finish Line, May 22 Apex Warrior Trail Race Series 2022 is live!
  5. Running Room Run Club Update: 
  6. Track North and Laurentian XC News Laurentian University Indoor Track & Field Team
    Press Release
    Sunday, March 6, 2022

     

 

 

 

 

Apex Warrior Trail Race Series 2022 is live!

This is our first year having all our events go live

 


3 epic trail races in 3 different locations. This is our first year having all our events go live and they are going to be bigger than ever.


Race #1 - Apex Sprint
Date - May 22

Distances - 6km - 12km
Location - Laurentian Bio-ski chalet


Race #2 - Apex Rush
Date - July 31

Distances - 6km -12km - 25km
Location - Walden Mountain Bike trails


Race #3 - Apex Warrior
Date - Sept 18

Distances - 6km-12km-25km-50km
Location - Laurentian Nature chalet
Head to www.apexwarrior.ca for registration and more info.
Start running, it’s time to race!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't Ditch the Mask

Discarding Masks on Race Courses is Disgusting and Out of Control
By Ben Kaplan - March 2, 2022


A race director working at the Calgary Marathon in September describes runners tossing their masks at the finish line like “graduation day, with people flinging them off as quick as they could after crossing the line.” Masks, not valedictory caps, dotted the skyline and then, after the runners received their medals, they walked away, leaving organizers, and volunteers, to take rakes to the course and sweep up the discarded masks like so many leaves on an Albertan driveway. The takeaway? Gross.

“Don’t be a slob,” says David Papineau, 53, a Vancouver-based runner with a 2:44 marathon time and 31,000 masks picked up on the Vancouver streets. “Runners are used to grabbing a cup during a race and throwing it on the ground—that’s the culture we’re used to—but masks aren’t the same thing. I just feel like: Don’t throw the damn thing on the ground.”

We feel the same way. Let’s say there’s 15,000 runners this spring at the Vancouver Marathon. And let’s say 50% of participants feel inclined to wear masks at the start line and in their corral. Say 30% of these runners toss their masks on the course like so much rice at a wedding. That’s over 2,000 dirty, sweaty discarded masks for someone else to have to inhale. “When I ran the Calgary Marathon last September, the majority of runners just threw their mask on the ground after starting,” says Leanne Loney, who was there competing at the marathon. “I put my mask on my elbow and ran that way. I got a new one when I crossed the finish line and disposed of my pre-race mask in the trash.”

This is what we’re advising all race participants to do. David Papineau has a cloth mask, and he wears it at the start line and then, when he gets going, he gingerly places it in a ziplock bag and stores his mask in his shorts. He puts it back on after crossing the finish line. A race director captured the unfathomable thinking of runners who take a different approach with materials they want to discard.

“I am surprised that runners feel that on race day you can pretty much treat the city like a giant garbage bin and toss anything you want on the ground and expect a volunteer to pick it up,” the race director said. “How many runners or anyone for that matter do this on a walk, run or hike? Why do the rules change on race day?”

The return of in-person racing is a wonderful thing and equally triumphant, as we head into warmer weather and spring, is the decline in COVID cases and the general reemergence of humans, and runners, from their quarantine and into the world. But with our re-joining society, there’s a social contract that must be abided by, for the general well-being of those in the community we love.

David Papineau has picked up more than 31,000 masks. “I have the desire to make the world a better place,” he says, “I think that’s ingrained in me as a runner.”

Don’t make David, or anyone, pick up your mask. It’s disgusting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos this Week

Mar 3 Fielding Park

Mar 3 Fielding Park

Mar 3 Fielding Park

Mar 3 Fielding Park

Mar 3 Fielding Park

Mar 4 Perch Lake trail

Mar 5 Rocks!! Saturday am run

Mar 5 Rocks!! on Bennett Lake

Mar 5 Rocks!! on Bennett Lake

Mar 6 Sudaca in the freezing rain

Mar 8 Moonlight

Mar 8 Perch Lake trail

Mar 8 Perch Lake trail

Mar 8 Sudaca

Mar 9 Moonlight side trail

Mar 9 Bioski

Mar 9 Moonlight trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Local Events

 

  April 2, 2022

YMCA Race To The Finish Line

Race Information
YMCA's Race to the Finish Line presented by NSS Canada and designed by Apex is a 1k, 5k, 10k & 21k trail race at Kivi Park. Funds raised will directly support YMCA's My Y is Resilient Campaign to help reach their goal of raising $2 million dollars.

Join us at Kivi Park on Saturday, April 2nd, 2022, from 9AM-2PM. Award ceremony and cash prizes will be awarded at the Gala following the race from 6PM-10PM at Science North’s Vale Cavern.

All Info and Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apex Warrior Trail Race Series 2022 is live!

 


3 epic trail races in 3 different locations. This our first year having all our events go live and they are going to be bigger than ever.
Race #1 - Apex Sprint
Date - May 22

Distances - 6km - 12km
Location - Laurentian Bio-ski chalet
Race #2 - Apex Rush
Date - July 31

Distances - 6km -12km - 25km
Location - Walden Mountain Bike trails
Race #3 - Apex Warrior
Date - Sept 18

Distances - 6km-12km-25km-50km
Location - Laurentian Nature chalet
Head to www.apexwarrior.ca for registration and more info.
Start running, it’s time to race!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Run Club Update

 


 

 

Store News

 

Good afternoon Sudbury Runners and Walkers,

 

We have FREE run club Wednesday nights at 6pm and Sunday mornings at 8:30am.


Cancelled until Further Notice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Track North and Laurentian XC News

 

Laurentian University Indoor Track & Field Team
Press Release
Sunday, March 6, 2022


Attached Photo (Provided by Adam Kalab)
Kristin Mrozewski (#4) and Sarah Booth (#5) compete in the Women’s 600m at the Don Wright Team Challenge at Western University, Saturday, March 5th,

“Mrozewski continues strong season at Western University’s Don Wright Invitational”
First year Laurentian Nursing student, Kristen Mrozewski (Sudbury) continued her strong Indoor Track and Field season this weekend, placing second in the women’s 600 metre event at the 38th Annual Don Wright Team Challenge hosted by Western University this past weekend. Trailing the field through the first two laps of the three lap race, Mrozewski made a strong move over the final 200 metres, passing four athletes in the process, finishing in a time of 1 minute 40.74 seconds. Teammate Sarah Booth (Peterborough) placed fourth in the same race with a time of 1 minute 42.29 seconds.
On the men’s side, three Voyageur sprinters set new personal bests in the 60 metre event. Alexandre Noel de Tilly (Sudbury) placed sixth in the final with a time of 7.28 seconds. Tristan Routhier (Saint-Sixte, QC) placed 8thin 7.32 seconds and Anthony Olowu (Nigeria) placed tenth in 7.37 seconds. Noel de Tilly also placed sixth in the men’s 300 metre event, setting a new personal best of 38.06 seconds.
“Kristen continues to impress and she demonstrated some excellent patience today in her 600 metre race today”, noted Head Coach, Darren Jermyn. “When she made her move on the final lap, it was definitive and it’s a sign her hard work at practice is paying off. It was also great to see our sprint crew show continued progress, particularly for Alexandre, who in his fourth and final year as a Voyageur, has improved his personal best on three consecutive weekends." Up next for the Voyageurs is the Ontario University (OUA) Championships, March 18thand 19th at York University.
Contacts:


Darren Jermyn, Head Coach – dx_jermyn@laurentian.ca 705-507-8246


 

 

 

 

For information call me.
Vincent Perdue
vtperdue@cyberbeach.net

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