Oliver - Port Perry - 2:39:46
Glen - 2:36:12/Lin - 2:36:59

Port Perry Finish -- 2:28:29

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I think Western culture has it backwards. We equate comfort with happiness, and now we're so comfortable we're miserable. There's no struggle in our life, no sense of adventure. I've found that I'm never more alive than when I'm pushing and I'm in pain and I'm struggling for high achievement. In that struggle I think there's magic. Unless you're pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail you haven't pushed hard enough. If you look at successful people and happy people, they fail a lot, because they are constantly trying to go further..."

Tony Ladd

My dad used to say " Life is busy -- then you die!!" I guess I am not ready to be planted yet because I am far too busy and have miles yet to cover.......Port Perry Half Marathon last weekend -- a great performance by the members of the A TEAM as I call my clinics --- I was fortunate to get sort of back in gear and come in 2nd overall at 2:28:29 -- a very tough country course -- mostly gravel and more hills than you can imagine -- we hit Boston's Heartbreak Hill 5 times -- it was rewarding to hear my clinic folks say they knew after that race why I emphasize core and hills so much....................A total of 11 of us from Oakville and Rosedale completed the race upright and smiling and all in 3:10 or under -- two from the Oakville Running Room do not take my clinic but have trained on Sunday mornings with us..... including them in the results we had 6 in the top 9 and 8 in the top 20 -- here is a look at the A Team results

Allan 2:28:29

Alex 2:32:03

Tracey 2:32:10

Glenn 2:36:12

Lin 2:36:59

Oliver 2:39:46

Pina 2:50:47

Michelle 3:05:04

Sandy 3:05:34

Nadia 3:07:11

Dawn 3:10:13

CONGRATULATIONS TO AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF ELITE ENDURANCE WALKING ATHLETES

I have decided that my career as an clinic instructor will come to an end with the completion of the current clinics -- I was at my happiest when I was training myself and following a very dedicated training regime -- I have gotten away from that with 4 days a week in clinic and have found that not everyone appreciates what is needed to either compete or complete a full or half marathon -- The Running Room does not want to do an Advanced Walking clinic as they feel they don't have enough instructors to do the initial clinics and suggested I do them together -- however this just exacerbates the problem that exist now in which some people feel I focus only on competitive athletes -- not realizing whether you are a competer or a completer you need the same training and skills -- one simply does it at a quicker speed!! So given that I have put together a group who will get together once or twice a week and do an advanced clinic in which everyone knows the bottom line -- we will push each other to bigger and better successes -- a group of supportive and competitive friends being there for one another -- to learn from each other and to "JUST DO IT"

A special thank you to those to have committed to supporting this!!!