Rest all day today. But tonight is the YMCA Coroporate Challenge relay and I will be runnign for my company "A" team. We usually do pretty well at this race but I hope to bring home some hardware tonight.

Have a great day everyone!

Paul

I have done PEC twice last year as the 3:30 pace bunny and the year prior to qualify for Boston in 3:15. It is a great course and the hills are nothing. I have done Niagra twice and I swear I will not do it again because of the race organization and that darn wind. The last 30k into a head wind does...

You made a mole hill out of that mountain!

Great run for the team.

Paul

WOW is it hot here! 34 C, 40C with the humidex. I did the old bike commute to work this morning but my legs were a bit dead from the bike ride home in the heat yesterday and then a few hour of work in the backyard getting it ready for summer fun (new patio and pool). have a great day and stay cool i...

We stayed at a B & B in the town of Bloomfield, which is halfway (by direct driving route) between the start (Wellington) and the finish (Picton). That way, Jane was able to easily and conveniently drop me off at the start beforehand, drive back to Bloomfield to catch me en route (~10-12k mark)...

I ran it two years ago after doing the Ottawa Marathon and surprised myself with a preatty good time.

Paul

I would suggest staying in Picton and taking the shuttle to the start. I will get back to you witha couple of places to stay. I stay just up the road athe the Stone House Inn it is a nice place and the Couple that own it are really great. Last year the place was full of runners and I caught a ride d...

Great report! I want to run this race next year.

Sign me up. Put me in coach.

Paul

You did great! it is harder to run with the weight of being the Captain of the team.

Paul

Let the burning begin!

Paul

Is anyone else in the Toronto area doing this race on Wednesday?

http://www.ymcatoronto.org/home.asp?load=26team

It is a really fun team race and unlike most races it is run in a relay fashion where each runner hands off to the next.

I will looking for any RM orange.

Paul

Is Could we please get a sticky made and put the race reports together in order it would be nice to read the race as a progression.

Thanks

Paul

Great race in very tough conditions.

I am thinking about being a pace bunny at PEC again this year but I would like to pace a whole bunch of Maniacs if I could get a group together with the same time goal.

Last year I did 3:30.

Paul

Fantastic everyone! runners and pit crews.

Paul

No race for me. Only work

Paul

Glad to hear it all went well. I think it is safe to say we all get nervous walking into situations that we do not know what will happen. If we all remember that everyone feels the same way it will make it less stressfull. Great job going back for the other runner! You have made our Nation proud. Paul

Looking forward to hearing about every leg of the race. Be safe and have Fun. As for me this weekend I am on call for work and will be working all weekend :( Up for today is a bike ride of an hour or so and a swim, as you see I am on no real training plan I just fit in what I can and it seems to be ...

That means I would have to get 4 because I always have 2 pairs of running shoes on the go and 1 for my Tri-Bike shoes and one for my Hybrid bike shoes.

This running Mania thing is really costing me. Shirts, Road ID where will it end?


Paul

I'm bib #2856 in the full marathon. I'm running under Lisa's name. I know that's a bit uncouth, but we're just not in a financial position to have me register knowing her bib will go unused... Does anyone know how you get bib numbers for people registered through the RR website? We registered my br...

I did not get any numbers so I sent 10 headlamps and 2 flashlights.

Have a great time and think of me when you are running at night. I love running in the dark!

Paul

Last year at Boston I saw a guy carried off the course 200m from the finish because he could not make it and guess what. No fishishers medal for him you get nothing if you cant make it more than 42 km. sorry to be a hard a$$ but the guy should learn how to read his body and the conditions of the day...

I will supply the team with LED headlamps if you guys want them just let me know how many and who to ship them to and they will be sent tomorrow.

PM me with the details

Paul

Great job even greater report. you never mentioned how long the swim was I wish I could trade you some running speed for your swimming ability.

Paul

I saw the sun this morning but by the time I jumped out of bed and dashed to the window the clouds were covering it. I guess I will have to try again tomorrow. not sure what is on the sched for today have to go to my wifes parents house this morning to pick up the girls who had a sleep over at Grand...

Dave, I am sure I ordered some but I am not sure how many?

let me know if you have me down for some.

Paul