On January 13th Greg was 7th overall in the Ignite The Night race at Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg. He covered the 10 km in 1:05:21. Lisa was 12th overall and second female with a time of 1:08:06. There were 25 competitors.
Lisa Leskien placed third in the women's standings in the North American Snowshoe Racing Championships in Saranac Lake, New York on January 14th. She covered the 10 km route in 1 hour, 2 minutes even, finishing 2 and a half minutes behind the winner, Sara Dunham. Lisa was 18th overall in the field of 66 competitors on a very cold day, while Greg Leskien was 12th overall in a time of 59:49.
60 racers competed in the Brighton Dion 5 km race in Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area on January 27th. The course was shortened to 5 km due to patches of bare ground. Greg Leskien placed 2nd with a time of 23:12 and Lisa was top female with a 24:04 clocking.
There were 800 competitors in Sunday's Robbie Burns 8 km Road Race in Burlington. Steve Mota was the lone Harrier competing and he placed 153rd in 34:53. Blair Morgan of Dundas was the overall winner in 24:32 and Hamilton's Victoria Coates was the top female in 27:30. John McLean was the top Cambridge runner in 19th with a 27:28 clocking while Robin Todd was the top Cambridge female to finish, running 33:55 to place 2nd in the 50-59 age category. Mitch Free was 22nd overall and 2nd in the 40-49 category in 27:34.
Lisa Leskien placed third in the women's standings in the North American Snowshoe Racing Championships in Saranac Lake, New York on January 14th. She covered the 10 km route in 1 hour, 2 minutes even, finishing 2 and a half minutes behind the winner, Sara Dunham. Lisa was 18th overall in the field of 66 competitors on a very cold day, while Greg Leskien was 12th overall in a time of 59:49.
60 racers competed in the Brighton Dion 5 km race in Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area on January 27th. The course was shortened to 5 km due to patches of bare ground. Greg Leskien placed 2nd with a time of 23:12 and Lisa was top female with a 24:04 clocking.
There were 800 competitors in Sunday's Robbie Burns 8 km Road Race in Burlington. Steve Mota was the lone Harrier competing and he placed 153rd in 34:53. Blair Morgan of Dundas was the overall winner in 24:32 and Hamilton's Victoria Coates was the top female in 27:30. John McLean was the top Cambridge runner in 19th with a 27:28 clocking while Robin Todd was the top Cambridge female to finish, running 33:55 to place 2nd in the 50-59 age category. Mitch Free was 22nd overall and 2nd in the 40-49 category in 27:34.