Cambridge Harriers Running Club

Rob Brouillette ran a nice personal best in the Houston Half Marathon this past weekend. He cut his time down to 1 hour, 8 minutes and 53 seconds in finishing 110th overall out of 13,417 runners.
 Dale Harrison raced in Bermuda on the weekend, completing the Bermuda Triangle event - the road mile (8:37) the 10K (65:41) and the marathon (5:24). Not a serious race weekend, but lots of fun apparently. there were several rum swizzle stops in the marathon.
  Gary Cassel junior has competed in two masters indoor track meets so far this winter. He ran a 5:18 1500 metres on January 5th and a 3:17 1000 metres on January 19th.
 Of course it's not uncommon for a result or two to be missed or incorrect. I was reminded that back in November, Brenda Cassel was 1st in the 70+ category at the Remember Run 5K in Preston, with a 42:24 clocking.
  It never got reported that Mike Hammond ran the New York City Marathon back in the fall and crossed the finish line in a very good time of 3 hours, 7 minutes and 16 seconds.

​We had a good showing of Harriers at the Cambridge YMCA Jingle Bell Races on Sunday past.
  Olivia Grafinger led the way, finishing first in the 20-29s in 20:52. Gary Cassel junior was first in the 50-59 category in 21:01 and Kamil Kosciukiewicz was 3rd in the 20-29 male category. Victoria Webster ran 22:44 to place 2nd in the 20-29 category, Gumby Mota was 2nd in the 50-59s with a 23:27, and Henley Bullock was 2nd in the under 15 girls category in 26:30. Heather Chan ran a 29:47, Warren Barlow finished in 29:54, and Brenda Cassel won the women's 70+ category in 38:49. There were 90 runners and it was won by Josh Morrison in 16:43.
 The 2.5 K race had 152 runners and just one Harrier. George Aitkin managed to get beaten by only about 15, 12-and-unders and was 3rd in the 16+ category in 12:57.

​We had a few Harriers competing in the recent RememberRun in town. Gary Cassel junior was 10th in the 5K race with a time of 20:25, good for 1st in the 50-54 category. Katherine Willis took first in the women's 60-64 category with a time of 25:58, and Mike Hammond crossed the line with a 28 minute even clocking.
 Rob Brouillette was 5th in the 11K race, posting a time of 46:13.

 We had a good group of Harriers compete in the final running of the Run For The Toad on October 5th. Lisa leskien was 6th female and 2nd in the 30-39 category with a 2:06:51 for the 25K. Steve Mota was next in 2:13:25, then Dave Johnson in 2:27:48 and Joyce Barlow in 2:29:38. Our club relay team in the 4 X 12.5K were 6th with a total time of 5:10:25. Jenn Kellett, Warren Barlow, Sharon Rutledge and Nelson Coelho made up the team.
 On October 6th, Rob Brouillette was 15th in the Waterloo Fall Classic 5K, posting a time of 15:32. Katherine Willis ran 25:47 and was 2nd in the 60-64 category. Katherine also ran in the Pinery Park 5K recently, placing first in the masters category with a time of 26:04.
 At the Sticks and Stones 10K Trail Race in Dundas, Nelson Coelho took 3rd place in the 40-49 category, running 55:31 while Sharon Rutledge covered the distance in 1:02:36.

Dale Harrison ran his 18th career marathon at the Scotiabank Toronto Marathon on Sunday, finishing the 42.2 km in 4:38:42.  Douglas Rivera posted a time of 3:37:22 abd Kamil Kosciukiewicz competed in the half marathon, finishing in 2:00:10.

Heather Chan ran 2:28:20 at the Living Water Resort Half Marathon in Collingwood on October 5th.

  The photos are of: Steve, Joyce, Dave, Lisa, Jenn, Nelson, Katherine and Rob.

At the Tally In The Valley trail races in Ancaster last week, Lisa Leskien was second overall (and first female) in the 6 hour race, covering 57 kilometres.  Andrew Jones walk/ran 33 kilometres.
 Sharon Rutledge competed in the 12 hour event, placing 13th overall (4th female) and putting in 72 kilometres.  
 Previously, at the Sunburn Solstice races in Mount Hope, Sharon Rutledge completed 48 kilometres in 7hr48min race for 5th female.  In the 3hr51min race, Lisa Leskien finished 3rd overall and 1st female with 40 kilometres while Nelson Coelho finished 8th overall (third male) at 33 kilometres and Jen Kellett finished 9th overall (fifth female) at 32 kilometres.

To get caught up, here are a few races results from past weeks.
  Katherine Willis competed in the Ontario Masters track championships in Toronto, placing 2nd in the 60-64 category in 26:24. She also ran the Canada Day 5K Road Race in Burlington, placing third with a 26:05, a personal best on the bionic hip.

 At the more recent Kincardine women's triathlon, Claire Bartleman was 28th in the field of 222 with a time of 57:57 for the 3K run, 12K bike and because of water issues (too cold), another 3K run. Heather Chan placed 80th and her time was 65:19.

In the Cambridge Mill Race, Gary Cassel junior was 9th overall in 35:30 and Lisa Leskien was 2nd female in 37:18. 
 Heather Chan ran in the Rotary Huron Shores 5K, finishing in 28:01
Katherine Willis ran in the Baden 5K, finishing in 27:05 and was second female master. She also ran the Streetsville Road Mile a week after that, crossing the line in 7:54, putting her third in the 60 and over category.

A few recent local performances:
  Lisa Leskien and Steve Mota competed in the Rugged racoon 10K Night Race in St. Mary's on Sunday. Lisa was 2nd overall in 62:31 and Steve was 3rd, 9 seconds behind.
 Mitch Free was 2nd overall in the Mississauga Marathon, running 2:35:35. Mitch was first master. The overall winner was David Mutai, in 2:27. He won the Waterloo Marathon two weeks ago in 2:33.
 Rob Brouillette placed 13th in the Vancouver Marathon with a time of 2:32:41.

Mike Hammond was among the thousands of competitors in the Boston Marathon. He had been suffering from the pain of shin splints for a couple of months, missing a lot of training, so treated the race as something less than serious. Nevertheless, he completed the 42.2 kilometres in 3:24:39 and sent this photo as "proof".