Cambridge Harriers Running Club

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.

Lisa leskien was the top female finisher in Saturday's Sticks And Stones 25K trail race in Ancaster. She was 8th overall out of 116 runners with a time of 2:06:20. Steve Mota crossed the line at 2:15:18 for 13th place.
  At the Riverside Park 5K road and trail race on Sunday, Claire Bartleman was 26th in the field of 55, finishing in 29:53. The distance wasn't exact.
  Mike Hammond was in the field of 44,571 finishers at Sunday's Chicago Marathon. He placed 2,192nd with a time of 3:08:55.
  On Monday in Guelph, Gary Cassel junior was 15th in the Thanksgiving Day 5K road race, posting a time of 19:24 for 3rd place in the 50-59 age category. Rob Brouillette took top spot in the 10K event, running 32:42 with former junior Harrier Marcus Noble 3rd in 35:19.

Lisa Leskien successfully defended her title in Saturday's Run For The Toad 25K trail race. She was first female and 13th overall in the field of 250 finishing with a time of 1 hour and 58 minutes.
  At the 5K Pumpkin Run in Rondeau Provincial Park on Sunday, Katherine Willis posted a time of 25:48 and won the women's 50-59 age category. Her time was a new, new-hip personal best.
Gary Cassel junior and Jenn Kellett competed in the Mountain Equipment Co-op 10K trail race at Shades Mills on the weekend. Gary was 4th overall in 47:18, while Jenn was 3rd female with a time of 55:07. 
​Nelson Coelho competed in the Prince Edward County Half Marathon, placing 60th out of 300 runners in 1:48:56. Sharon Rutledge competed as well, placing 144th in 2:05:48.
 Rob Brouillette was 4th in the Springbank Half Marathon in London, posting a time of 1:12:17. There were 123 runners competing.
 Paula Dawson recently ran the Tobermory trail half marathon, and Claire Bartleman ran the MEC Burlington 10K a couple of weeks ago, finishing 43rd in the field of 103 in 1:20.

 Nelson Coelho and Sharon Rutledge competed in the Oasis Toronto Zoo 5K yesterday. Nelson was 64th in the field of 2,500 with a time of 23:43. Sharon was 151st in 26:25. Rob Brouillette was 9th in the 10K Zoo race and had a 33:33 clocking. This morning, Rob placed 1st in the Global Energy 10K with a p.b. of 32:14. His prize - a trip for two to Madrid, Spain for next year's race there!
 Lisa Leskien was 1st female at the recent Haliburton Forest 26K trail race, placing 5th overall with a time of 2:35.
 At this weekend's Chase The Coyote 12K trail race, Gary Cassel junior was 4th overall out of 200 with a time of 58:54.

Two of our members competed and brought home medals from the Ontario Masters Track And Field Championships in Toronto last weekend. Gary Cassel junior was the bronze medalist in the 1500 metres for 50-54 year olds, posting a time of 5 minutes and 6 seconds. He also ran the 800 metres where he was 5th in 2 minutes and 27 seconds.
  Katherine Willis won the bronze in the women's 50-54 category 1500 metres, running the distance in 7 minutes and 4 seconds.