Hello
Everyone,
October
2, 2024
In
this Issue:
- GSPS officers and police professionals
participate in annaul 700 km. Ride to Remember
- Apex Warrior at Wilderness Challenge
- Two Track North CAMEL ELITES Excel
on the Weekend
- Participating in Ken's Honour at Prince
Edward County Marathon
- Oct
5 BB Backyard Ultra THIS SATURDAYand
SUNDAY
- Photos This Week
- Upcoming Events:
Oct 5 Laurentian
Run,Oct 6 Run for the Cure, Oct
6 Wiky Roadrace, Oct 13 Turkey
Gobbler Trail Run, Oct 20 Onaping
Falls Hike, Run, Bike
- Running Room Run Club
Update:
- Track North and Laurentian XC News
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GSPS officers and police
professionals participate in annual 700 km. Ride to Remember
Saturday Sep 28
GSPS officers and police
professionals are proud to be participating in the annual
700 km Ride to Remember National Peace Officers' Memorial
Run to honour our Fallen Heroes who have died in the line
of duty.
The events end in Ottawa to commemorate the Canadian Police
and Peace Officers' Memorial Canadian Police And Peace
Officers' Memorial on Sunday.
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This afternoon (Saturtay
Sep 28) on Parliament Hill, hundreds of runners and cyclists
accompanied by family and friends, conclude the annual
#RidetoRemember Canadian Police Memorial - Ride to Remember
and #RuntoRemember National Peace Officers' Memorial Run
to honour the 909 Fallen Heroes who have died in the line
of duty since the 1870’s.
We’re so proud of our Sudbury Police running team
who ran 460kms from Toronto to Ottawa and our cycling
team who rode 700kms from Aylmer to Ottawa to commemorate
our eight Fallen Officers;
Sergeant Richard McDonald
Constable Joseph MacDonald
Sergeant Laurier Quesnel
Constable Ernest Paul
Constable Edward Terrell
Constable Gerry Dault
Sergeant Frederick Davidson
Constable Albert Nault
Our Fallen will never be forgotten. We remember them,
we honour them. Their legacies will live on forever.
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Sunday
Sep 29
The 47th annual Canadian
Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Service honouring
fallen officers takes place in Ottawa
"On this day,
we honour police and peace officers who lost their
lives while serving their communities. These individuals
devoted their lives to ensuring that others could
live theirs without fear. They bravely stood for
justice while faced with harrowing circumstances,"
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The 47th annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers'
Memorial Service Sunday
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Apex Warrior at Wilderness
Challenge
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September
28 - 29, 2024
Location: Camp Pine Crest, Torrance, Ontario, Canada
Wilderness Traverse is a 24 Hour Adventure
Race hosted annually in Ontario, Canada. Teams of 3 or
4 navigate using map and compass over 150 kilometers of
rugged Canadian Shield back-country on foot, mountain
bike and canoe. It is one of the toughest team-based endurance
challenges around and simply reaching the finish line
is a massive achievement.
https://www.wildernesstraverse.com/home
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Team
Jeffrey Middaugh, Marc Cayen, Dennis Legault, Amy Crawford
Time Taken
28:49:00
Last Timed Location
Finish
Group
Coed-4
Last Tracked
29 Sep 14:50
Details
Apex 1, a group of
warriors from Sudbury, Ontario, came together at
their local gym, thanks to owner Denis Legault.
This strong team of athletes features triathlete
and CrossFit superstar Amy Crawford, whose positive
attitude keeps everyone motivated. Marc Cayen drives
the team to excel, pushing them to keep up with
him on the bikes, while Jeff Middaugh ensures they
stay on course with his navigation prowess. Together,
they are ready to tackle the challenges ahead!
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Wilderness Traverse
by Marc Cayen
“For those that
are unfamiliar, Wilderness Traverse is a 30 Hour
Adventure Race hosted annually. Teams of 3 or 4
navigate using map and compass over 150 kilometers
of rugged Canadian Shield back-country on foot,
mountain bike and canoe. It is one of the toughest
team-based endurance challenges around and simply
reaching the finish line is a massive achievement.”
My 3rd attempt at completing a wilderness traverse
adventure race and this year we made it with 11
minutes to spare. We finished at a time of 28 hours
and 49 minutes but we managed to accumulate an hour
penalty for misplacing some gear. That gives us
an official finishing time of 29:49:00.
I’m proud of everyone on my team.
Dennis has laser focus, he’s a natural born
leader, an amazing coach and great guy to be around.
One of us had to swim to a checkpoint at 4:30 am
after walking through the bush for 7 hours and before
continuing our trek for another 3 hours. Next thing
you know someone is in his under wear treading water,
fetching us a canoe on the other side of the lake.
Amy is as strong and as fast as any man I know.
Her charismatic personality keeps time moving while
everyone is feeling the pain of racing. (At one
point she was singing).
Jeff is a god with a map and compass. He followed
our every move with a fine tooth comb and when we
got off course he could set a bearing on his compass
and get us right where we needed to be.
I’m proud of myself too. I like to be infront
and push the pace. I know I’m not everyone’s
best friend during a race. I mean business and I
like to keep a forward momentum. My role will always
be to push everyone, including myself to do more.
The race started with one member of our group running
to different checkpoints. This was short and quick.
From now on the group stays together and we’re
off to race.
The second part was 4km trail and bushwhack to 3
checkpoints. The last checkpoint was our first transition
bin was. We fuelled up, filled water containers
put on our helmets and off we went again. (1 hour
24 minutes into race)
The third was 18km of mountain biking with 4 checkpoints.
We thought this was going to be easy but like 90%
of the other teams we overshot and had cross 2 ridges
and a swamp to get back on course. It was brutal
hiking though that, let alone with a full backpack
and a bike. When we found the trail again we were
back in business and well on our way to transition
2. We put on our life jacket, grabbed the paddles
and off again (4 hours 19 minutes into the race)
The fourth was canoeing and portaging for 34kms.
It went great and we only had one hiccup where I
took a wrong turn for 25 meters but noticed some
trail markers. (later on this would help us) Our
goal going into the race was to be off the water
before dark. The previous setback on the bikes didn’t
allow our plan to happen. We finished one last portage
at dusk and paddled the last lake into the night
reaching transition 3. (11 hours 1 minute into race)
The fifth was 21kms of bushwhacking. Here we put
on our hiking shoes, headlamps and started off with
a good pace into the bush. We got turned around
countless amounts of times but trusted our navigator
and his compass. We went over countless amounts
of ridges and valleys. Through swamps, across a
lake, over beaver dams and of course razor like
grass and thorn bushes. We couldn’t find the
trail off a set of train tracks and ended up at
a trappers cabin. It was the same cabin we saw on
a portage earlier with the canoe. From there we
knew we had to cross the river and made our way
back to an another previous portage location. We
crossed the river and looked for the trail ( when
I say trail I mean an overgrown trail with marker
on trees here and there. Like finding a needle in
a haystack) we couldn’t find it. We looked
at the maps and not far away was another portage
we had previously done while on the canoe leg. This
time it was the one when I fucked up. That 25meter
that we went off course was on the trail we were
looking for. We navigated to that spot and were
back on track. We reached the lake where Dennis
swam across and got the canoe to taxi us over and
we continued the trek till the sun came up. Reaching
transition 4. (21 hours 43 minutes into race)
Back on the bikes for 50km of mud, road and trails.
The fist 33km were biking to checkpoints and then
for the last 17kms the checkpoints would be off
trails. Here we hid our bikes, shot a bearing and
hiked in and out. We repeated this a few times.
Eventually crossing the finish line on our bikes
at 28 hours and 49 minutes of race time.
I have 5 more days to recover and I’m attempting
my fist ultra marathon. Wish me luck, I’m
going to need it!
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Two Track North
CAMEL ELITES Excel on the Weekend
Sep 29, 2024
Caleb Beland and Allanah
MacLean
Another great Track North
CAMEL Elite Training Group result from today: Caleb Beland
won the 2024 Bimbo Global 10km Race in Toronto today.
Caleb ran solo and cruised to a nearly 4 minute victory
in a time of 32:56. A good tune up race/workout for Caleb
prior to the Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon in a few
weeks. For winning the race, Caleb gets an all paid vacation
to the race location next year (it has been in Spain and
Columbia the past few years!). Congrats Caleb!
AND
Unbelievable run today
by Alannah MacLean at the Berlin Marathon. Still unofficial
but right now it stands at 2:48:32! That is 3:59 per km
for 42.2km! She also negative split the race. Congratulations
Alannah! CAMEL Proud!
91. Alannah MacLean (CAN): 02:48:32
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Participating in Ken's
Honour at Prince Edward County Marathon
Ken and Lynn Stubbings
are active Sudbury Rocks!! member sas well as being family.
Through their running careers they participated in every
Prince Edward County event until Ken was unable due to
sickness in 2023. They also participated in every SudburyRocks!!
Race until Covid put a damper on in person races. I believe
Ken won our very first Rocks!! Marathon in 2006. Unfortunately
Ken passed away in November 2023. To honour Ken's memory
Lynn and friends walked the 2024 Prince Edward County
Half Marathon this Sep 29th. Lynns adds below:
Today was incredible
on so many levels. I completed my 98th half marathon which
was my 21st Prince Edward County (PEC) half marathon event.
The best part was the privilege of sharing this experience
with a very special group of people who participated in
Ken's honour. Our group of 7 walkers included Ken's sister
(my sister-in-law) Cheryl, my sister-in-law Evelyn, &
my friends Deb Patton , Nicole Patton , Kim Jaye &
Iwona Yvonne Kay . Cheryl's hubby Wally was our support
crew & photographer. It was an emotional & heartwarming
event.
Check
out the awesome pics
I had special race bibs made for each of us to wear with
Ken's pic on & the message "Participating in
Ken's Honour"
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Oct
5, 2024
THIS SATURDAY
What
is a backyard ultra?
In a backyard ultra, runners complete
a 6.7 kilometre loop every hour. Why such an odd
number? It is the pace equivalent of running a 100
miles in 24 hours. The format is simple yet demanding:
runners have one hour to finish the loop, and any
time left over can be used to rest, refuel, and
prepare for the next lap. This cycle repeats until
only one runner remains, having completed one more
loop than the second-to-last competitor.
But there’s more to it than
being the last bb standing. This format allows you
to truly challenge yourself to go further than you’ve
ever gone before, whether that’s 13.4km, 100km,
or more ??
Join us on October 5-6 at Kivi Park
and challenge yourself to go one more lap.
Information
and Registration
BBBU24
Runner's Handbook
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Photos This Week
Sep 25 Rocks!! Apex Wednesday
pm run
Sep 25
Sep 24 Deep River trail with
unique displaced rock
Sep 24 Deep River trail with
Rocks!! member Elizabeth Priebe and Catharine
Sep 26 Ottawa Ridieu Canal
Sep 26 Ottawa Centre Block
Sep 26 Eternal Flame
Sep 26
Sep 26 Skyline from Hull
Sep 26 Skyline from Hull
Sep 26 Ottawa Notre Dame Cathedral
Sep 26 Ottawa Notre Dame Cathedral
Sep 28 Rocks!! Saturday am run
Sep 28 Rocks!! Run
Sep 28 Rocks!! Run
Sep 28 Ottawa Rodent
Sep 30 Ottawa
Sep 30 Ottawa
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Upcoming Events
Oct
13, 2024
2024 SFC Turkey Gobbler
Walden Cross Country
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The Turkey
Gobbler Trail Run offers you the opportunity to pre-burn
some Thanksgiving calories with either a challenging 8km
route or a stroller friendly 3.5 km route. Kids are encouraged
to to take part in the 1km fun run. This is the final
event of the 2024 Sudbury Fitness Challenge. Proceeds
from the event go to support the Walden Nordic Race Team.
Please note that the 1km entry fee does
not include a T-shirt however t-shirts can be purchased
separately for a cost of $10.00.
T-shirts are included at no additional charge with the
8km and 3.5km entries.
Sizes for all events are subject to "first come,
first serve" availability. We will have a selection
of previous year shirts available if you would like to
exchange your shirt for a different size or colour at
pick up. Supply chain difficulties may mean last minute
changes to size options/availability or colours.
Race Kit Pickup
Race Package pick will take place at the Running Room
from 11am until 3pm on Saturday October 12th.
Packages can also be picked up race morning at the Walden
Cross Country Fitness Club Ski Chalet from 7:30am onward.
If picking up on race day, please pick up your package
at least 15 minutes prior to your wave start time.
Race Times
Sunday October 13, 2024
8km TRAIL Run/Walk Wave 1 @ 9:00 A.M.
1km Kids Run/Walk Wave 3 @ 10:30 A.M.
3.5km TRAIL Run/Walk Wave 4 @ 11:00 A.M.
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October
20, 2024
The
Onaping Falls Nordic Ski Club invites you to join
us in a fun fall event at the Windy Lake Trails.
October 20, 2024
8:00 am registration
9:00 am Hike/Run Start
11:30 am Bike Start
5km, 10km or 15km
After the race enjoy hot chocolate, s’mores
by the bonfire at the finish line.
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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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