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Hello
Everyone,
June
5, 2024
In
this Issue:
- Sudbury runner covers fast Sporting
Life 10km course in PB sub-31 time
- Apex Sprint coming on June 22, 2024
- The Ageless Athlete Blog Martin Parnell
- Photos This Week
- Upcoming Events: ,
June 3 Bush Pig Open, June
22 Apex Sprint
- Running Room Run Club
Update:
- Track North and Laurentian XC News
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Sudbury runner covers
fast Sporting Life 10km course in PB sub-31 time
Randy
Pascal
2024-05-31
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According to Laurentian Voyageurs'
cross-country alumnus Caleb Beland, the Sporting Life
10km race in Toronto "is known for being a pretty
quick course".
It just has not been, historically
speaking, for the graduate of Bishop A. Carter Catholic
Secondary School in Hanmer.
"I ran this race the
last two years and both were pretty rough," Beland
noted, having just finished his clinic internship to round
out his academic requirements at the Canadian Memorial
Chiropractic College in Toronto and writing his board
exam on the weekend.
"Going into this race
(May 12th), there were some demons that I wanted to slay,"
he added. "Thankfully, I was able to do that."
Beland most certainly did,
dropping his personal best time in the 10km by almost
20 seconds as he clocked in at 30:53 on the course that
runs faster over the first five km than the second five.
"I was flying the first
half of the race," noted the 26 year-old who established
a new PB for the half-marathon (1:08.33) earlier this
year in Houston and crossed the midway point in Toronto
in 15:01.
"You just have to commit
to the pace. I didn't look at my watch a single time in
the second half. I just ran."
Ironically, all of this would
happen exactly two weeks to the day when his half-marathon
run in Mississauga required an altering of the race plans
very early on.
"It was a very humid,
windy day and I wasn't feeling reeally good so we turned
it into a workout knowing that the big 10km I had been
thinking about for a while was two weeks away from then,"
said Beland.
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overall scope of his 2024 racing calendar, it was easy
to see why the new resident of Burlington (he begins working
in the Hamilton/Oakville area shortly) was not overly
despondent over his lack of success in his latest crack
at the 21km distance.
"Heading into Mississauga,
we hadn't really focused on the half-marathon this spring
because we knew that I really wanted to run well at this
particular 10km," said Beland. "Also, with it
being an Olympic year, we're going to run the 5km at the
end of June at Olympic Trials."
"Basically we knew that
we would be doing 10km/5km more so this spring and summer."
As for the Trials, it is
not necessarily with an eye on Paris in July/August that
Beland is taking to the track in Montreal a month or so
earlier.
"The Olympic standards
are crazy and I did not run a single track race in the
entire year of 2023," he said. "Ultimately,
this is more just getting out and seeing where I am at."
"Obviously I want to
perform but it's more about seeing what I can do, but
enjoying the moment."
Clearly there was plenty
of enjoyment to be had from his results at the Sporting
Life 10km as Beland finished fifth in a field of 16,854
runners / joggers / walkers.
"I knew early on that
I was feeling good and mentally, I was ready for the course,"
he acknowledged. "This was very pleasing. There is
a difference in being a 30-minute runners versus being
a 31-minute runner."
Caleb Beland is now in the
former bracket and not the latter - and pretty darn proud
of that.
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Apex Sprint June 22, 2024
Check out these Shirts!
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We have all new shirts
this year and they look amazing, we can't wait to see
you running this year. If you haven't registered yet then
what are you waiting for? No really, what's the deal?
This race is all new and bigger and better. We park at
Moonlight Beach and take a bus ride to our start location
then run back to Moonlight Beach down trails you have
never seen before.
And yes I did get the date
wrong in the last email. The race is this month! June
22!!!! We want to see you there, it's going to be so much
fun.
Proceeds from registrations
go to the Laurentian Conservation Area. We love that space
and want to do everything we can to help it out.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Joelle Dubois Real Estate
Greater Sudbury
Apex Warrior
LA Nutrition
Laurentian Conservation
Area
Dennis Legault
apextrailraceseries@gmail.com
7059200793
https://www.apexwarrior.ca
https://www.apextrailraceseries.ca/apex-sprint
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MARTIN PARNELL
and MAL KENT
THE AGELESS
ATHLETE
Age is just a number
(Martin
is a SudburyRock!! from the early days)
There will be 25
blogs in total, with 2 or 3 a month and finishing
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BLOG
16/25
THE AGELESS ATHLETE
May 29th 2024
BY MARTIN PARNELL AND MALC KENT
Chapter 11
Marathon of Afghanistan (Part 1 of 2)
“Sometimes
you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it’s
there. Never get so old that you forget about having
fun.”
- TOM GIAQUINTO, Author
I’m sitting in Frankfurt airport
after a nine-hour flight from Calgary. I have a
nine-hour layover before my flight to Istanbul,
so lots of time to catch up on my journal. Where
do I begin? Well, since my first trip to Afghanistan
we’ve had two fundraising events for Free
to Run. This has allowed the women and girls to
go camping, kayaking, ice skating (we installed
a rink) and have their first taste of hockey, both
ice hockey and ball hockey.
In March (2018) we had the first Secret Marathon
3K. Runners from across Canada, the US, the UK,
and Zainab and her friends in Maraz-e-Shaif. Also
work continued on the book. I received chapters
from Kate, Taylor and Mahsa. I Skyped and transcribed
interviews with Zainab, Kubra and Nelofar and received
chapters in Dari from Zahra and Behista. The book
will be published on October 30.
Packing for this trip was interesting.
The girls had started to play ball hockey and I
wanted to take them some ball hockey gear. In Canadian
Tire I found two sets of goalie gloves, a blocker
and a mitt plus six ball hockey balls. Perfect.
I had asked Kubra if there was anything she’d
like me to bring over. I thought she’d say
a bar of chocolate or a Canadian flag. No, she wanted
a copy of The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Sue and I found
a beautiful copy at the local Chapters....
Full
Blog Here
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Photos This Week
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May 29 Rocks!! Apex Wednesday pm run
May 29
May 29 Bioski pond
May 30 Moonlight Bridge pond
May 30
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June 3 Finlandia
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Upcoming Events
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June
3, 2024
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Store News
Good afternoon Sudbury Runners and Walkers,
Cancelled
until Further Notice
NOTE:
There is a Wednesday pm group leaving the Apex
Warrior gym On Loach's Rd. at 6pm
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