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                   Hello Everyone,                                                                                                                                                                                                October 2, 2024        

                    In this Issue:

     

  1. GSPS officers and police professionals participate in annaul 700 km. Ride to Remember
  2. Apex Warrior at Wilderness Challenge
  3. Two Track North CAMEL ELITES Excel on the Weekend
  4. Participating in Ken's Honour at Prince Edward County Marathon
  5. Oct 5 BB Backyard Ultra THIS SATURDAYand SUNDAY
  6. Photos This Week
  7. 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
  8. Running Room Run Club Update: 
  9. Track North and Laurentian XC News

     

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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," said Governor General, Mary Simon in a statement.

The 47th annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Service Sunday

 

 

 

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

 

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!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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!

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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

 

 

 

 

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"

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

 October 5, 2024

 

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  October 6, 2024

 

Information

https://support.cancer.ca/site/TR/RunfortheCure/RFTC_NW_odd_?pg=entry&fr_id=29883

 

 

  October 6, 2024

 

 

https://www.wikyhealth.ca/pages/events

 

 

 

  Oct 13, 2024


2024 SFC Turkey Gobbler
Walden Cross Country

 


Email: BeatonClassic@hotmail.ca

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2024 AT 8:30 AM EDT
20243 Turkey Gobbler Trail Run

 

NEW MAPS 2023

Register Here   

 

 

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.

 

 

    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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Run Club Update

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Track North and Laurentian XC News

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Proud sponsor of the Sudbury Rocks!!! Race-Run-Walk for the Health of it

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