Date: 2008-07-01
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Well, it was Canada Day so we took Monday off and spent the weekend up north at the cottage.
The weekend concluded with a 10K race in Algonquin park - here is my Photo Essay...
The cottage
We found a robin's nest above the window of one of the cabins...it's contained hatching babies.
The mother and father robins attacked me when I was snapping pics!
I did some landscaping in the rain (note the 'non blue' skies above the lake/background)
The lake, early morning before we left for the race.
You gotta love the combo bib-shirts for this race. (In support of Canadian Olympic athletes)
Race Report
After a long drive (abut 90 mins) we got there, all having to 'go' and the limited amount of porta-potties were well lined up for... so we all had to find some trees, which wasn't hard being in a provincial park area. Thank god for wet-naps!
We got to the start after some warm up running and lined up at the front as it is a tight start and hard to get by slower runners as I experienced last year. Little Cam started out with mom but took off on his own after 4k which wasn't too much of a worry in this out and back trail race. The trail was pretty low technical with occasional rocks, stumps and mud puddles to navigate. It wouldn't be too much slower than a road race and by far prettier, running alongside a lake most of the way. Well stocked with volunteers and 3 water stations. Mostly shaded except the first 1.5K (and hence, last 1.5K) It was hot, about 80 degrees at the finish. Great post race festivities, band, lots of food and located in an area where you could spend the rest of the day exploring.
Results
Cam (8) - his first 10K race and longest run yet....55:48...what a freak!
139/395 overall, 20/26 men 19 & under 82/156 men
Sarah (15) - A PR of 51:34...after taking 3 weeks off to rest after the high mileage of school track.
82/395 overall, 5/27 women 19 & under 24/240 women
Anita - A PR of 1:02:51
241/395 overall, 30/53 women 30-39, 122/240 women
Me - A PR of 44:39
28/395 overall, 10/42 men 40-49, 26/156 men
Not bad considering Anita and I ran a half marathon and marathon last weekend!
Team Daddyo - Post race. (I had to change out of my soaked shirt and into last year's model)
Siblings, proud of each other
We went for a hike afterwards, found some nice rapids/falls
Self portrait of me 'nearly' falling in.
We followed this hike with lunch at a restaurant right on the river and ice cream from a local dairy. We then headed back to Toronto in time to run 4 recovery miles with the half-marathon clinic I lead. We decided to avoid the crowded Canada's birthday fireworks displays and had a deserved relaxed evening with yet another round of ice cream.
That's it. Another great Canadian weekend. I highly recommend it.
