Cambridge Harriers Running Club

Dianne McBride recently had an awesome race experience and tells us about it below.   

I've written about my recent adventures in Israel and Jordan below.

The highway hugging the coast of the Dead Sea to Aqaba, which is on the Red Sea is amazing at any time. The jagged coastline and the staggering mountains make for stunning views. I had the pleasure (and agony) of running my share of 242 kms in the recent  http://dead2red.com/running/  freestyle marathon in Jordan Mar 14 &15. Our trusty team of 10 people, the 'Sheikh Jarrah' (named after the Jerusalem neighborhood where many of them live) had the challenge of each completing a half marathon. Rotating members through the night, running in the desert, we pulled off a 14th place finish. Two vans shuttled runners along the way. Our team, as it turned out, earned the youngest male as well as the oldest female to complete. Special kudos goes out to my sister Kelly, our driver, who suggested I give this crazy idea a try. Unforgettable and highly recommended!

​Last weekend, Gary Cassel junior competed in two events at the Ontario Masters provincial indoor championships in Toronto. He was 4th in the age 50-54 1500 metres, and 2nd in the 3000 metres. His times were 5:06 and 11:26.
 Katherine Willis got a second place silver in the women's 60-64 category 1500 metres, running 7:37.
 Wayne Gagne, now running for the Muskoka Runners, was 1st in the 60-64 400 metres in 64.8 seconds, 2nd in the 200 metres in 28.5 seconds, and 2nd in the 60 metres in 8.4 seconds.
 In today's Chilly Half Marathon in Burlington, Mike Hammond placed 211th out of 2500 runners, covering the 21.1 kilometres in 1 hour, 28 minutes and 49 seconds. 

At last weekend's masters all comers indoor meet, Gary Casse junior ran an 800 metre race, posting a time of 3 minutes and 31 seconds. Former Harrier Wayne Gagne ran the 60 metres in 8.7 seconds and the 400 metres in 65.3 seconds.
 Lisa Leskien and Jenn Kellett competed in the Dion Ganaraska 8K Snowshoe race near Port Hope and were 1st and second place females. They were 3rd and 4th overall in the race and had times of 40:21 and 55:26 respectively.
 Rob Brouillette was 3rd overall in last week's Waterloo Refridgee-Eighter 8 mile road race in 43:05.

At the masters indoor track meet last week Gary Cassel junior ran the 1000 metre event in 3 minutes and 17 seconds. Wayne Gagne ran the 200 metres in 28.4 seconds and the 400 metres in 54.6 seconds. 

 In the 6.5K snowshoe race at Shades Mills, Jen Kellett was 6th, Sharon Rutledge was 18th, and we all had a good time staging the event.
 In yesterday's Summerstown Forest 7.5K snowshoe race, Lisa Leskien was 7th out of 27 competitors.
 This morning was the Waterloo ReFridgee Eighter Road Races. Mike Hammond (bib#753) was 14th overall in the 8K race with a time of 33:33 and he was 3rd in the 50-59 age category.edit.

It's cold these days but some of our members still got in some racing.
 Steve Mota competed in the Robbie Burns 8K road race in Burlington last weekend, finishing 109th in the field of 730 runners. He had a time of 34:55. Rob Brouillette and Mitch Free competed as well, finishing 16th and 24th respectively with times of 28:28 and 29:04.
 At an indoor masters track meet in Toronto, Gary Cassel junior raced a 1 kilometre event and posted a time of 3 minutes and 17 seconds. Wayne Gagne competed in the 200 and 400 metre races and had times of 28.4 seconds and 64.6 seconds.

There aren't many races left before the year comes to an end, but we had a few members compete recently.
 Claire Bartleman ran in the 5.4K Santa Shuffle in Kitchener, finishing in 26:49. 

 At the Mustagetes 5K in Waterloo last week, Rob Brouillette came in first in 16:53 and Katherine Willis was 3rd master (over 40) female in 26:20. Geoff Whitehead ran 29:00 for 76th place. There were 122 competitors.

Andrew and Anita Cressman ran in the recent Road2Hope half marathon in Hamilton, finishing in 1:39:58 and 1:47:46 respectively.
 At the Remember Run 5K in Preston last week, we had a large contingent competing - and winning. There were 255 runners in the 5K and Gary Cassel was 17th in 20:38and 1st in the 45-49 category. Fran Clark was 2nd in the 30-34s in 26:23. Nelson Coelho also ran 26:23. Sharon Rutledge finished in 27:12 and Geoff Whitehead was 3rd in the 65-69 category in 28:53. Heather Chan won the 45-49 category with a 30:50 clocking.
 In the Remember Run 11K, Mike Hammond was 9th out of 150 in 48;04 and 2nd in the 45-49s. Jenn Kellett was 30th and won the 40-44s in 54:44. Claire Bartleman won her 25-29 category in 56:36 while Joyce Barlow was 2nd in the 35-39s in 57:40.
 In today's YMCA Jingle Bell 5K, Marcus Noble was the winner over Rob Brouillette, 18:05 to 18:23. 115 runners competed. Gary Cassel was 8th in 19:58 and won the 50-59s. Pedro Fernandes was 10th in 20:25.  Olivia Grafinger was the second place female in 21:00 and  Steve Gumby Mota was 23rd in 23:04. Victoria Webster was 6th female overall in 28th, (3rd 20-29) with a time of 23:47 and Katherine Willis won the 60-69s in 26:26. Geoff Whitehead ran 28:20, Waren Barlow ran 28:28, and Cathy Cranbury ran 28:46.

Katherine Willis competed in the Pinery Provincial Park 5K and was 19th in the field of 130. She won the 50-59 age category with a time of 25:38 which was a new-hip personal best.
 Rob Brouillette was among the 170 runners in the Waterloo Fall Classic 10K on Sunday. He placed 2nd with a time of 32:44.
 The Waterloo Fall Classic 5K race had no Harriers, but proved that it is one of the fastest 5K courses around. At the fast end of the field, there were 4 runners under 15 minutes (the winner ran 14:34) and the next 8 runners broke 16 minutes. The first 3 women were under 17 minutes (the winner ran 16:24) and 15 females in total broke 20 minutes.
 Remember - if I missed your result somewhere, let me know.

 Coming up next Sunday is the Toronto Waterfront Marathon.