| Location: Garson - Sudbury,ON,Canada Member Since: Apr 20, 2013 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I ran my first marathon in 1998: "The Friendly Marathon" in Massey, Ontario. I was 32. I had never raced in a shorter event, and I trained really poorly - ended up running it in 4:00:30. After that, I gave up running for the most part for 6 years. I got into karate a bit more seriously, until I got my knee kicked out and had ACL surgery. Then I became a 'fair weather runner' and started to run half marathons every so often. As a priest, entering weekend races always meant having to book a holiday, so it just didn't happen much. My holidays were primarily focussed on various canoe and kayak trips.
At some point, I started training more consistently, and started to think of myself as a runner. I guess doing that in your 40's is better than never doing it at all. I even started to wonder if I had it in me to qualify for Boston. Well, I did. First time didn't count, I suppose, since I didn't make the "cut". But the second time was a charm, and on my sixth Marathon, run in Chicago in 2015, I beat my BQ by almost 6 minutes. And now, running a BQ is routine for me, not that I have any desire to run Boston again.
Through it all, I've made tons of mistakes - and have had lots of injuries to show for it. Hopefully, now that I'm in my late 50's, I'm a bit wiser and can use that to my advantage to continue running for a very long time.
My PRs:
5k (12 run): Guelph, ON. October 10, 2016 (50 yrs.) 20:10
10k (10 run): Collingwood October 5, 2013 (47 yrs.) 43:37
Half Marathon (25 run): Cleveland May 18, 2014 (48 yrs) 1:33:08
Marathon (12 run): Ste-Jerome, QC October 3, 2021 (55 yrs.) 3:22:10
Ultras (5 run):
Run for the Toad 50k Trail September 30, 2017 (51 yrs.) 5:31:23
Niagara Falls 100k June 17, 2018 (52 yrs.) 12:26:30
That Dam Hill 24 hours September 15-16, 2018 Completed 100 Miles in 23:20:44
Sulphur Springs 50 mile Trail May 25, 2019 10:37:27
Haliburton Forest 100 mile Trail September 7-8, 2019 26:46:27
Pacing my sister in her 1st Half Marathon. Short-Term Running Goals: After a broken right foot in 2022 in the later stages of a marathon training cycle, then adjusting to a 1/2" heal lift in my right shoe to compensate for a leg length discrepancy, and then a left plank plate rupture in the late summer of 2023, I had to decide: go fast or go long. I opted for long, for this year at least.
May 2024: Sulphur Springs 50 Mile Trail (revisiting it after 5 years)
July 2024: Limberlost 54KM Trail
September 2024: Haliburton 100 Mile Trail (also revisiting it after 5 years).
Everything this year is really focussed on the Haliburton 100 as my key event. After that, and depending on how things go, I'll reevaluate. Long-Term Running Goals: Run until this old body of mine won't let me run any more. I was inspired in the Spring of 2016, watching the start of the Ottawa Marathon. Near the back of the pack was an 'old man', running with his walker. I loved it! I thought ... there's me in 20 years. Maybe. Personal: I am a Roman Catholic priest of 30 years, ministering in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. I spent 8 years ministering in the small town of Wawa (where I helped establish the annual Blackfly Run) and 9 years in Sault Ste. Marie. I have been in the Sudbury region now for 13 years. Currently I Pastor 2 small Parishes: St. John the Evangelist in Garson, and St. Bernardine of Siena in Skead, covering the area just Northeast of the city, surrounding the Sudbury Airport. |
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| | 6 easy treadmill miles; time of 52:53.
Also just registered for the Traverse City Half Marathon on May 23rd (Bayshore Marathon); so, something to train for through the winter and spring months. The field for the Half filled in less than 25 minutes - glad I got in!
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| | 5 easy treadmill miles - running time of 44:55.
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| | 6 easy treadmill miles; running time of 54:05.
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| | 6 easy treadmill miles; time of 55:20.
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| | 4 easy treadmill miles. I'm going to run the Santa Shuffle here in Sudbury tomorrow morning - just a 5k fun run in my Santa hat.
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Santa Shuffle (3 Miles) 00:23:55 | | Just a fun race, with a few hundred participants. A LOT warmer than last year in Barrie! It was -1C/30F, with little wind and partly sunny. Nice for running, and my 1st time running outside since the Hamilton Marathon.
I just enjoyed the run - don't have a clue what my time was, as I didn't even wear a watch or GPS. I'm guessing just under 24 minutes (put in an approximate time, as the blog would not let me leave it empty). Not an easy course they chose - it was all on the local sidewalks for most of it (no road closures), and these are, in most cases, snow and/or ice covered. The first part involved a very long uphill, followed by quite a steep downhill. A part of it was along the local board walk along Lake Ramsey.
Almost everyone dressed up in at least a Santa hat, and it looked to me like a lot of 1st time runners out, which is great. They had a 1k 'elf run' for the little ones.
One note - I don't know how Santa does it when HE runs, but that pom pom on top of my hat kept bouncing off the side or back of my head. Annoying.
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| | 6 easy treadmill miles; 9:22/mile pace.
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| | 5 easy treadmill miles for a run time of 46:20.
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| | Added a little speed work today for the 1st time post-marathon. 4 x 1/4 mile pickups at a pace of 7:25. Felt great to move a little bit faster.
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| | 5 easy miles on the treadmill; running time of 46:30.
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| | 4 easy treadmill miles.
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| | 8 treadmill miles, for a total running time of 71:08.
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| | 6 easy treadmill miles; 9:05 pace.
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| | 5 easy treadmill miles; 45 minutes.
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| | Seven treadmill miles. Ran 4 x 400 at 6:40 for some speedwork.
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| | 5 easy treadmill miles; run time of 45 minutes.
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| | 3 easy treadmill miles.
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| | 10 miles on the treadmill; 88:30 running time.
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| | 6 treadmill miles; running time of 53 minutes.
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| | 5 easy treadmill miles; running time of 44:15
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| | Some speedwork on the treadmill today. 400 x 8 at a 6:44 pace.
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| | 5 miles on the treadmill at an easy 9:00/mile pace.
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| | 5 very easy treadmill miles; 9:22 pace.
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| | 90 minutes on the treadmill; 10 miles. Now that I'm running around 38 miles/week, I'm going to stay here for a couple of months until I start training, in March, for the Bayshore Half.
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| | 5 easy treadmill miles; 45 minutes running time.
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