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Postby purdy65 » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:40 am

Hello all.

I joined 1599 of my closest friends at Ontario Place for a nice 10K run along the lakefront.

I wasn't sure how I would do in the lovely sunny, but warm conditions. Plus I forgot my Garmin, so I was going by perceived effort!

Fortunately, much of the route was shaded and getting a breeze of the lake. A bit of it was uphill though, making it a bit tougher than the Sporting Life 10K I did a couple of months ago.

In the end, I hung in there

Gun time 55.37, chip time 54.37, so no PB today, but I did finish 41 out of 206 in my AG, so I'm definitely not picking up the rear any more.

Just coming over the news as I type - Apparantly someone collapsed at finish line, and arrived at hospital vitals absent. So sad. Need to wait on this for more details

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Postby jameskoole » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:04 am

Not good news - hope it wasn't the 75-year-old man I passed around 4k in. He looked strong though...

Good race for me as well - knocked 5 minutes off my Sporting Life time and broke 50 minutes for the first time. I was super pleased.

Great race, great energy in the runners and the crowd. The course was nice as well. I'll be back next year, for sure.
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Postby jameskoole » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:07 am

FYI, it sounds like a runner in his 30's fainted at the line and struck his head on a barricade. Let's hope things turn out okay.

Can't post the link as I'm too new to the forums, but have a look at CityNews dot ca for the story.
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Postby runningman » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:23 am

Congrats on a good race and finishing so high in your age group. A good reason to go and enjoy Canada day.
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Postby Irongirl » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:30 am

congrats on finishing really high in your age group! :)

hope the news about the collapsed runner gets better.....
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Postby Sir Crashalot » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:31 am

Congrats on the run :D

Hope the dude is ok...
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Postby Dr. S » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:16 pm

YAY Lisa!! Great effort out there, close to a PB =)

PS someone posted on the GDT about the collapse of that runner.
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Postby waynerdog » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:18 pm

Very well done! Thanks for the report, and I hope the runner that collapsed is OK.
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Postby casual-runner » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:29 pm

Congrats on finishing high in your age group :clap:
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Postby scrumhalfgirl » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:11 pm

Great placement - good stuff!
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Postby braveheart » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:22 pm

good job- well done!
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Postby Sanders » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:45 pm

Top fifth!! Woohoo!
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Postby Jwolf » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:15 pm

Good work today, Lisa! Glad you had a nice race.
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Postby cgraham » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:49 pm

Nice job on the race - it was a great day for running today.
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Postby HCcD » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:11 am

Aweseome run, Lisa :clap: :P
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