Cambridge Harriers Running Club

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".

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.