A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Canadian Red Cross sponsored the 2008 Cornwall Triathlon held on August 16th and 17th. For the kids’ races, all were held at Mattice Park on Saturday the 16th and for the adults further towards NavCan on Sunday the 17th. A great weekend for racing held true for the kids who entered either the duathlon or the triathlon events. The swim portion of the race was held at the pool at Mattice Park followed by a 2km bike loop and then a 1 km run loop. Kasennakohe Tarbell competed in the 11-14 y...
July 13, 2008 The day started at 5 am. It was raining and it was windy in Utica. I thought, never ran a Boilermaker race when it wasn’t hot. Even better. Wouldn’t you know it by 7:30 am on the way to the start line, it stops raining. The race announcer states a piece of Boilermaker history that it has never rained DURING the race. I took a quick look behind me and saw this mass of people, 11,000 altogether waiting. As the gun went off, I found myself only 30 seconds or so from th...
On Fathers Day June 15th, the sun broke through the early clouds and fog as runners from across the country gathered for the 5th Annual Lake Placid Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay. By 8 a.m., 1600 registered runners began the trek from the Olympic Oval east around Mirror Lake traveling back towards the Olympic center and out toward the Ski Jumps. Too bad that was only 4 of the 13.1 miles that had to be completed. From the ski jumps the runners took a left on River road that winded its way...
