Grande-Digue - My first race off Island

Athena, Dorothy, Alex, Sandra, Mike

Alex & Peter

It was sunny and 14 degrees.

The 15km loop course was on the road by the water, not too hilly and 1.5km downhill at the end.

Started and ended at big church.

It was first run on the mainland for me and Sandra Gregory.

The average 5km time of 23 minutes, the 10km split time of 46 minutes and breaking 70 minutes barrier own PB by more than 10 minutes!

Mike Meacher won his age division, Dorothy Gregory was 3rd in her age division.

Athena and Jamie was also running from PEI.

I finished in 1:09:19 in 47th out of 214 runners.

I ate spaghetti afterwards and award presentation with race organizer Sylvio Bourque then went to my grandmother.

Official Result: 47th out of 214
15K in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 19 seconds

More Photos (ours)

More Photos (Mike Richard's)

More Photos (RunNB)

Below: Finish line photos: Jamie, Sandra & Dorothy, Mike, Athena

Our Award Winners

Mike "Rocketman" Meacher & Dorothy Gregory

Running For Autism

Not Against It
acceptance not cure

Spring Run Off

It was sunny and 6 degrees with the north wind.

The 10km course was out and back, started at Sporting Intentions and all way to boardwalk at Victoria Park.

I ran the course with Stan's group training on Thursday night with wet snow falling.

Stan won the race in 34:46 Roya MacDonald for top female in 41:09.

I finish in 45:17 and came place in 18th out of 86 runners.

The BBQ was afterwards. It was very well organized run.

Official Result: 18th out of 85
10K in 45 minutes, 17 seconds

More Photos (ours) More Photos (Deborah's)


Tomorrow the first run outside PEI at Grande-Digue 15km race in New Brunswick. I excited the race on Mainland with NB runners.

Then I go to visit my grandmother and Alex Coffin's running store.

Running For Autism

Not Against It
acceptance not cure

Photos of our PEI Runners in Boston

Thanks to those great T-shirts Paul & Greg got for our PEI runners, I was able to spot these online photos by Jim Rhoades of some of them:

1 Mile

• Greg
• Allie

19 Mile

• Leo
• Scott
• Edwin
• Dianne Pye
• Allie

20 Mile

• Leo page 36
• Scott page 34

30Km

• Scott page 41
• Leo (and here and here)
• Dianne Pye
• Rick

Boston Marathon 2008 Photo Galleries

• Boston Athletic Association
• Jim Rhoades
  
• WBZ Finish Line
• NBC Sports
• World Marathon Majors
• Flickr

Photos of Scott & Lance Armstrong
by johannus

by innusa
by tepiza
by librarkyle
Video clip of Scott & Lance

Congratulations Myra - Another Race Run in Myra's Marathon

Myra ran the first race in her 2008 Myra's Marathon this past Sunday at the Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal et 5k. That's 4 down, 9 to go until Myra's Marathon wraps up September 28th at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.


We met Myra last October when she was here for the PEI Marathon. Read about Myra and her Marathon here.

Myra and her guide Peter
at the P EI Marathon

Here's what her schedule of events looks like:

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Newfoundland Provincial Marathon

St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Marathon by the Sea
Saint John, New Brunswick

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Prince Edward Island Marathon

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal

Montreal, Quebec

Sunday, May 4, 2008

BMO Bank of Montreal Vancouver Marathon

Vancouver, British Columbia

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Blue Nose International Marathon
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Manitoba Marathon ‘08
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Midnight Sun Run
Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Sunday, July 6, 2008

HSBC Calgary Marathon
Calgary, Alberta

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Yukon River Trail Marathon
Whitehorse, Yukon

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Yellowknife Marathon
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Sunday, September 14, 2008

SaskCentral Queen City Marathon
Regina, Saskatchewan

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Toronto, Ontario

Congratulations Myra,

all the best to you in your upcoming runs.

Walking with Brian Ellis on his Walk 4 Life

Alex & I joined Brian Ellis today on his 3rd annual, tip-to-tip, Walk 4 Life. Brian, a kidney transplant recipient, is on his yearly walk to raise awareness for the Kidney Foundation of Canada and promote organ & tissue donation.

We met Alex today in Brookfield and accompanied him on the 6.1Km hilly stretch of Highway #2 from there to Hunter River. It was a beautiful day for it - sunny & 16 degrees C. with hardly a breath of wind.

We had accepted an earlier invitation from Brian to join him for lunch at the Hunter River Lions Club.

Again this year the Hunter River Lions & Lioness demonstrated their small town big hearts treating us all to a great spread of food. A big pot of Chili was surrounded by sandwiches, homemade biscuits & jam, vegies & dip, cheese & crackers & sweets. The warmth & the food will certainly get Brian up that big hill out of Hunter River and carry him to Pleasant Valley, where he was ending his day today. Last year we met up with Brian shortly after his Hunter River Lions Club lunch and he was still talking about it. Now I see why. This kind of hospitality along the way can make such a difference on a trek like this - the food, the support and the donations show that your message is being heard and you are truly raising folks' awareness. That's what makes walks like Brian's a "success" and success can carry a person a long way. Hats off to the Hunter River Lions Club!

These guys are all too aware of the gift of life that organ donation is. Three of them have had kidney transplants and one is on dialysis. Four guys very much alive because of organ donation and/or the research of the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

Trent, Rob, Brian & Bruce

FACING THE FACTS
Includes Highlights from the Canadian Organ Replacement Register*

** Kidney disease can strike anyone at any age.

** An estimated 2 million Canadians have kidney disease, or are at risk.

** Each day, an average of 14 Canadians learns that their kidneys have failed.

** If kidney failure is not treated, people die within days or weeks.

** In 2005, there were 32,375 Canadians on renal replacement therapy and this number is expected to double over the next 10 years.

** Over half of all new patients in 2005 were 65 years or older.

** The three leading causes of kidney failure in new patients are:

• Diabetes 35%;
• Renal Vascular Disease (including high blood pressure) 19.5%;
• Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the tiny filters in the kidney which clean the blood) 11.5%.

** Among the 32,375 patients on renal replacement therapy on December 31, 2005:

• 12,654 or 39% had a functioning transplant;
• 19,721 or 61% were on dialysis.

** Among the 19,721 patients on dialysis at year-end 2005:

• 16,047 or 81% were on hemodialysis.
• 3,674 or 19% were on peritoneal dialysis.

** The sale and purchase of organs for transplant is illegal in Canada.

** Of the 4,240 Canadians on the waiting list for a transplant (as of December 2006), 3,075 were awaiting a kidney transplant.

** Of the 1,202 kidney transplants performed in 2006, 40% were from living donors.

** Since 1964, The Kidney Foundation has awarded more than $80 million to support kidney-related research.

** In the 2007-2008 competition year, 63 research awards were granted for a total of almost $3 million.

*Includes dialysis data up to December 31, 2005 and transplantation data up to December 31, 2006.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada www.kidney.ca Prepared by the Communications Department National Office

Previous Posts:

• Walk4Life - another Tip-to-Tip story
• Kidney recipient ready to walk tip to tip again
• Brian Ellis Starts His Walk 4 Life Tomorrow

Brian's Blog -- http://walk4life.wordpress.com
Brian's Blog Post on our walk with him -- Charlottetown to Pleasant Valley

One of the most popular races on the PEI RoadRunner schedule every year is the Dairy Queen / Source For Sports Bunny Hop, a fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation. PEI RoadRunner members and Island runners come out in great numbers for this run every year (it was the 31st running of the Bunny Hop earlier this month).

http://www.journalpioneer.com/index.cfm?sid=127727&sc=118

Councillor gets time off to donate kidney

AL MACLEOD
The Journal Pioneer

TIGNISH — Tignish Community Council has unanimously agreed to overturn an earlier motion and grant its administrator extended sick leave.
Karen Gaudet-Gavin, who has served about 34 years in the community, is donating one of her kidneys and is scheduled for surgery on April 21.
The council initially had concerns over how residents would view giving sick leave for a personal decision to have surgery but decided to give her the requested time off after consulting them, said community chair Elmer Arsenault.
“We appreciate her decision. Council had its mind made up (to allow the time off) as soon as they sat at the table,” said Arsenault.
Gaudet-Gavin will be given six weeks, which will count against her sick day allotment for the year and her accumulated days from previous years.

P.E.I. runners complete marathon - Scott Clark is the first Islander to finish the Boston race

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=128009&sc=99

P.E.I. runners complete marathon
Scott Clark is the first Islander to finish the Boston race

The Guardian

BOSTON — Eighteen runners from P.E.I. completed their goal on Monday by finishing the 112th Boston Marathon.

The Island runners were among the field of more than 25,000 that left the starting line in Hopkinton for the 42.2-kilometre run to Copley Square.
Scott Clark of Summerside was the first Islander to cross the finish line in Monday’s marathon. The 44-year-old runner’s time was 2:50:43, which placed him 486th overall, 468th among the men and 89th in his division.

Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya won his fourth men's title in Boston in a time of 2:07:46.
Dire Tune of Ethopia won the women's title in 2:25:25.

Charlottetown’s Leo McCosham, another 44-year-old, came in a few minutes later with a time of 2:55:13.
McCosham was 729th overall, 704th among the male runners and 154th in his division.
Jennifer Nicholson, 39, of Cornwall was the top Island female with a finish time of 3:06:31.
Nicholson was 1,904th overall, which was 111th among the women and placed her 91st in her division.

Other Islanders completing the marathon included:

- Paul Baglole, 47, of Meadow Bank; time 3:16:52; overall placing 3,616; division placing 1,017

- Greg Arsenault, 43, of Stratford; time 3:18:13; overall placing 3,886; division placing 1,128

- Edwin Gillis, 44, of Summerside; time 3:27:33; overall placing 5,958; division placing 1,885

- Alexandra Keedwell, 37, of Charlottetown; time 3:33:39; overall placing 7,599; division placing 1,145

- Nancy Morris, 41, of Charlottetown; time 3:36:17; overall placing 8,303; division placing 392

- Paul Dalton, 49 of St. Edward; time 3:44:27; overall placing 10,506; division placing 3,056

- Beverley Walsh, 46, of Charlottetown; time 3:46:06; overall placing 10,951; division placing 774.

- Kimberley Bailey, 43, of Cornwall; time 4:06:22; overall placing 15,675; division placing 1,884.

- Dianne Pye, 49, of Charlottetown; time 4:07:31; overall placing 15,854; division placing 1,939.

- Elaine Burkholder, 50, of Kensington; time 4:10:22; overall placing 16,294; division placing 371.

- Rick West, 61, of Charlottetown; time 4:20:36; overall placing 17,630; division placing 477.

- Maureen Leard, 47, of Cornwall; time 4:25:57; overall placing 18,218; division placing 2,415.

- Diane Boswall, 47, of Charlottetown; time 4:26:24; overall placing 18,279; division placing 2,428.

- Judy West, 54, of Charlottetown; time 4:41:23; overall placing 19,513; division placing 709.

- John Murphy, 39, of Charlottetown; time 5:24:28; overall placing 21,402; division placing 4,605.

Was there a runner from P.E.I. missed? Do you have any photos of an Island runner at the Boston Marathon?
Please send along information and/or photos to sports@theguardian.pe.ca. (Photos must be send in a j-peg attachment.)

http://www.journalpioneer.com/index.cfm?sid=128167&sc=119
Clark is top Islander in Boston Marathon

BOSTON, MASS.
DARLENE SHEA
Associated Press

The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 42.2-kilometre run to Copley Square.

There were 10 P.E.I. runners in the pack, which was the second-largest field in the race's history.

Scott J. Clark of Summerside was the first Islander to cross the finish line in Monday's marathon. The 44-year-old runner's time was two hours 50 minutes and 43 seconds, which placed him 486th overall, 468th among the men and 89th in his division. Clark was the leading P.E.I. finisher at last year's Boston Mara-thon with a time of 2:51:25, and was 403rd overall.

Charlottetown's Leo McCosham, another 44 year old, came in a few minutes later with a time of 2:55:13. He was 729th overall, 704th among the male runners and 154th in his division. McCosham was also second among the Islanders last year with a time of 3:05:37.

Jennifer D. Nicholson,39, of Cornwall was the top Island female with a finish time of 3:06:31. She was number 1,904 overall, which was 111th among the women and placed her 91st in her division.

The overall winner was Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot, who won his fourth Boston Marathon, and Dire Tune of Ethiopia outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by two seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race.

Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish in a blistering two hours seven minutes 46 seconds.

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Other Islanders

Other Islanders completing the marathon included:
Paul Baglole, 47, of Meadowbank; time 3:16:52; overall placing 3616; division placing 1017
Greg J. Arsenault, 43, of Stratford; time 3:18:13; overall placing 3886; division placing 1128.
Edwin P. Gillis, 44, Summerside; time 3:27:33; overall 5958; division placing 1885.
Alexandra J. Keedwell, 37, of Charlottetown; time 3:33:39; overall placing 7599; division placing 1145.
Nancy Morris, 41, Charlottetown; time 3:36:17; overall 8303; division placing 392.
Paul A. Dalton, 49, St. Edward; time 3:44:27; overall 10506; division placing 3056.
Beverley E. Walsh, 46, Charlottetown; time 3:46:06; overall 10951; division 774.
Kimberley Bailey, 43, of Cornwall; time 4:06:22; overall placing 15,675; Clark is top Islander in Boston Marathon
BOSTON, MASS.
DARLENE SHEA
Associated Press

The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 42.2-kilometre run to Copley Square.

There were 10 P.E.I. runners in the pack, which was the second-largest field in the race's history.

Scott J. Clark of Summerside was the first Islander to cross the finish line in Monday's marathon. The 44-year-old runner's time was two hours 50 minutes and 43 seconds, which placed him 486th overall, 468th among the men and 89th in his division. Clark was the leading P.E.I. finisher at last year's Boston Mara-thon with a time of 2:51:25, and was 403rd overall.

Charlottetown's Leo McCosham, another 44 year old, came in a few minutes later with a time of 2:55:13. He was 729th overall, 704th among the male runners and 154th in his division. McCosham was also second among the Islanders last year with a time of 3:05:37.

Jennifer D. Nicholson,39, of Cornwall was the top Island female with a finish time of 3:06:31. She was number 1,904 overall, which was 111th among the women and placed her 91st in her division.

The overall winner was Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot, who won his fourth Boston Marathon, and Dire Tune of Ethiopia outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by two seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race.

Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish in a blistering two hours seven minutes 46 seconds.

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Other Islanders

Other Islanders completing the marathon included:
Paul Baglole, 47, of Meadowbank; time 3:16:52; overall placing 3616; division placing 1017
Greg J. Arsenault, 43, of Stratford; time 3:18:13; overall placing 3886; division placing 1128.
Edwin P. Gillis, 44, Summerside; time 3:27:33; overall 5958; division placing 1885.
Alexandra J. Keedwell, 37, of Charlottetown; time 3:33:39; overall placing 7599; division placing 1145.
Nancy Morris, 41, Charlottetown; time 3:36:17; overall 8303; division placing 392.
Paul A. Dalton, 49, St. Edward; time 3:44:27; overall 10506; division placing 3056.
Beverley E. Walsh, 46, Charlottetown; time 3:46:06; overall 10951; division 774.
Kimberley Bailey, 43, of Cornwall; time 4:06:22; overall placing 15,675;Clark is top Islander in Boston Marathon
BOSTON, MASS.
DARLENE SHEA
Associated Press

The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 42.2-kilometre run to Copley Square.

There were 10 P.E.I. runners in the pack, which was the second-largest field in the race's history.

Scott J. Clark of Summerside was the first Islander to cross the finish line in Monday's marathon. The 44-year-old runner's time was two hours 50 minutes and 43 seconds, which placed him 486th overall, 468th among the men and 89th in his division. Clark was the leading P.E.I. finisher at last year's Boston Mara-thon with a time of 2:51:25, and was 403rd overall.

Charlottetown's Leo McCosham, another 44 year old, came in a few minutes later with a time of 2:55:13. He was 729th overall, 704th among the male runners and 154th in his division. McCosham was also second among the Islanders last year with a time of 3:05:37.

Jennifer D. Nicholson,39, of Cornwall was the top Island female with a finish time of 3:06:31. She was number 1,904 overall, which was 111th among the women and placed her 91st in her division.

The overall winner was Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot, who won his fourth Boston Marathon, and Dire Tune of Ethiopia outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by two seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race.

Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish in a blistering two hours seven minutes 46 seconds.

---

Other Islanders

Other Islanders completing the marathon included:
Paul Baglole, 47, of Meadowbank; time 3:16:52; overall placing 3616; division placing 1017
Greg J. Arsenault, 43, of Stratford; time 3:18:13; overall placing 3886; division placing 1128.
Edwin P. Gillis, 44, Summerside; time 3:27:33; overall 5958; division placing 1885.
Alexandra J. Keedwell, 37, of Charlottetown; time 3:33:39; overall placing 7599; division placing 1145.
Nancy Morris, 41, Charlottetown; time 3:36:17; overall 8303; division placing 392.
Paul A. Dalton, 49, St. Edward; time 3:44:27; overall 10506; division placing 3056.
Beverley E. Walsh, 46, Charlottetown; time 3:46:06; overall 10951; division 774.
Kimberley Bailey, 43, of Cornwall; time 4:06:22; overall placing 15,675; division placing 1,884.
Dianne Pye, 49, of Charlottetown; time 4:07:31; overall placing 15,854; division placing 1,939.
Elaine Burkholder, 50, of Kensington; time 4:10:22; overall placing 16,294; division placing 371.
Rick West, 61, of Charlottetown; time 4:20:36; overall placing 17,630; division placing 477.
Maureen Leard, 47, of Cornwall; time 4:25:57; overall placing 18,218; division placing 2,415.
Diane Boswall, 47, of Charlottetown; time 4:26:24; overall placing 18,279; division placing 2,428.
Judy West, 54, Charlottetown; time 4:41:23; overall 19,513; division placing 709.
John Murphy, 39, Charlottetown; time 5:24:28; overall placing 21,402.

Boston Marathon Day

Boston Marathon Finish Line Video
from WBZ-TV

Prince Edward Island Runners
Congratulations Everyone!!

We saw Leo at the start and were thrilled to see all the air time Scott got running along side Lance Armstrong
(and beating him to the finish line!)

Have a safe trip home everyone and, those of you heading south before returning home, have a great time!

Connaughton third at LSU gold track meet

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=127716&sc=99

Connaughton third at LSU gold track meet

The Guardian

BATON ROUGE, La. — Jared Connaughton won a heat and finished third overall in a field of more than 50 sprinters at the Louisiana State University Alumni Gold track meet in the weekend.

The New Haven, P.E.I. native, was timed in 10.30 in the final of the 100-metre race, just behind Trindon Holliday of LSU (10.17) and Gerald Phiri of Texas A&M (10.20).

Connaughton, competing for Team Canada, also was a member of the 4x100 relay team which finished second in 39.25 seconds, trailing only the LSU A team (39.17). The Tigers are ranked first in NCAA Division 1.
Next up for Connaughton are the Penn Relays this weekend.

Some Boston Marathon Basics for those of us watching back home

Where to watch:





http://wbztv.com/
Race Day Coverage
WBZ-TV and wbztv.com will carry the Boston Marathon live on April 21.
8 am: Live Coverage Begins on WBZ-TV
9 am: Live Coverage Begins on wbztv.com *
Noon: Live Finish Line Cam on wbztv.com (time approx.)
Post-Race: Finish Line Cam On-Demand on wbztv.com
*Live online coverage available only in New England





http://www.wcsn.com
Race Day Coverage
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST





http://www.versus.com/
Monday, April 21, 2008
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST

Programming schedules
subject to change.

The Weather

Monday - Monday - Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. (5:52PM Sunday Atlantic Time)

Searchable Entrants List

PEI Runners
(Bold number is their bib#)

7010 Arsenault, Greg J. 43 M Stratford PE CAN
2253 Baglole, Paul 47 M Meadow Bank PE CAN
17351 Bailey, Kimberley 43 F Cornwall PE CAN
19417 Boswall, Diane 47 F Charlottetown PE CAN
18129 Burkholder, Elaine G. 50 F Kensinton PE CAN
8682 Campbell, Spencer 40 M Charlottetown PE CAN
1543 Clark, Scott J. 44 M Summerside PE CAN
10372 Dalton, Paul A. 49 M St. Edward PE CAN
8012 Gillis, Edwin P. 44 M Summerside PE CAN
10572 Keedwell, Alexandra J. 37 F Charlottetown PE CAN
19510 Leard, Maureen 47 F Cornwall PE CAN
16010 MacLaurin, Anne K. 35 F Rr#1 Miscouche PE CAN
3714 McCosham, Leo 44 M Charlottetown PE CAN
20790 Meacher, Michael 71 M Charlottetown PE CAN (NOT RUNNING)
9683 Morris, Nancy 41 F Charlottetown PE CAN
25787 Murphy, John L. 39 M Charlottetown PE CAN
6276 Nicholson, Jennifer D. 39 F Cornwall PE CAN
19315 Pye, Dianne F. 49 F Charlottetown PE CAN
17389 Walsh, Beverley E. 46 F Charlottetown PE CAN
20482 West, Judy A. 54 F Charlottetown PE CAN
19618 West, Richard A. 61 M Charlottetown PE CAN

How can family members track my running from home?

The B.A.A. will broadcast every 5Km split to its web site and family and friends can track your progress by logging in and entering your name or bib number. The "face" of the Boston Marathon web site will change on race day and the process on how to enter the search will be clear.


News & Coverage:

• The Boston Marathon Website
• WBZ Boston Marathon Coverage
• The Final Sprint
  

The Boston Marathon Course

(CBS4) The 26 miles, 385 yard Boston Marathon course begins in Hopkinton and winds through several suburban towns, before runners end their journey in Copley Square.

Boston is considered one of the more difficult courses in marathoning, because of the infamous Newton Hills which reach their peak at Heartbreak Hill.

The historic course begins on Main Street in Hopkinton, a town 26 miles southwest of Boston.

Boston Marathon runners follow Route 135 through the towns of Ashland, Framingham, Natick and Wellesley, where Route 135 joins Route 16.

The course continues on Route 16 through Newton Lower Falls, and turns right at the Newton Fire Station, onto Commonwealth Avenue.

Runners trek along Commonwealth Ave, through the infamous Newton Hills, up Heartbreak Hill, and past Boston College before turning onto Chestnut Hill Ave. towards Cleveland Circle.

The course then turns left onto Beacon Street and into Kenmore Square where runners once again follow Commonwealth Avenue.

In the homestretch, the course turns right onto Hereford Street and then left onto Boylston, finishing in Copley Square.

Boston Marathon Trivia

• The Boston Marathon course is 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 kilometers)
  
• About 22,5000 runners compete in the Boston Marathon
  
• Runners now begin the Boston Marathon in two waves of approximately 10,000 runners each
  
• The total prize money package for the Boston Marathon is $575,000
  
• The winners of the Men and Women Open Division Winners each receive $100,000
  
• Prize money was first awarded at the Boston Marathon in 1986
  
• Since 1969 the Boston Marathon has always been run on Patriots' Day, the third Monday in April
  
• About 500,000 spectators line the marathon route each year
  
• Wheelchair athlete Jean Driscoll holds the most Boston Marathon victories (8)
  
• Johnny Kelley started a record 61 Boston Marathons, won twice and finished the race 58 times
  
• There were only 15 runners to start the first Boston Marathon in 1897
  
• John J. McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897 in a time of 2:55:10
  
• Greg Meyer was the last American Man to win the Boston Marathon (1983)
  
• Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach was the last American woman to win the Boston Marathon (1985)
  
• 1966: Roberta Gibb became first woman to unofficially run the Boston Marathon
  
• 1967: Katherine Switzer became first woman to receive official number, by using her initials to register
  
• 1972: Women were first allowed to officially enter the Boston Marathon
  
• In 2004 the Elite Women runners were given a separate, earlier start time from the main field
  
• The largest field of runners was for the 100th Boston Marathon in 1996, when 36,748 runners started the marathon
  
• Clarence DeMar was the oldest winner of the Boston Marathon at age 41 (1930)
  
• 18 year-old Tim Ford was the youngest winner in Boston Marathon history (1906)
  
• 173-pound Lawrence Brignolia is the heaviest runner ever to win the Boston Marathon
  
• 1975: Boston became the first marathon to include a wheelchair division
  
• 1936: Boston Globe reporter Jerry Nason nicknamed "Heartbreak Hill" in Newton
  
• In 1988 Ibrahim Hussein finished 1 second ahead of Juma Ikangaa in the closest finish in Boston Marathon history
  
• Clarence DeMar, Bill Rodgers & Cosmos Ndeti are the only champions to win the open division three consecutive years
  
• In 1961 the racers faced 38-degree temperatures and snow squalls along the course
  
• Water and Gatorade are provided every mile of the course; PowerGel is provided at mile 17
  
• 4 tons of pasta and 500 gallons of tomato sauce are cooked for the pre-race meal

Run For It!

It was sunny and 5 degrees with the north wind.

The course on the trail from Charlottetown to Winsloe.

It was a fun run with no timekeeper.

I ran with Mark.

The trail it was good shape and snow in some places.

We ran about 10 miles in about 1hr and 20min .

We made a mistake because of the arrow was too small.

Run For It raises funds for Hemophelia Society

Running For Autism

Not Against It
acceptance not cure

In The Running

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=127493&sc=99

Approximately 20 runners from Prince Edward Island will be travelling to Boston to run the historic
Boston Marathon Monday. Some of them were running on the Victoria Park boardwalk recently.
From left are Greg Arsenault, Stratford; Allie Keedwell, Charlottetown; Leo McCosham,
Charlottetown and Paul Baglole of Meadowbank. Guardian photo by Brian McInnis


In the running

PEGGY REVELL
The Guardian

After training through a rough winter, 18 Islanders will become the largest group from P.E.I. to ever run in the Boston Marathon on April 21.
“It’s sort of a dream come true," said Jennifer Nicholson of Cornwall, who will be running for the first time in the world’s oldest annual marathon. “I’m very excited, super excited.”
“Having been there before, I know it’s a fantastic event,” said Paul Baglole of Meadow Bank, who will be running for the fourth time along the 26 miles and 385 yards that make up the race.
With over half a million people watching from the sidelines, the Boston Marathon is the largest single day sporting event next to the Super Bowl.
Part of its importance comes from the runners having to qualify in advance at other certified marathons, said Baglole.
“It’s a recognition that you’ve made it to a world-class event,” he said. “It’s something for a runner to strive for.”
The Boston Marathon is kind of the marathon of all marathons, said Nicholson.
It’s been 19 years since Richard and Judy West of Charlottetown first ran the Boston Marathon together, but this year they’re finally heading back for a second turn.
“We just decided we’d like to do it again,” said Richard West. The couple run in marathons around the world, the most recent one being in Italy three weeks ago. With over 20,000 participants running in the Boston Marathon this year, West is looking forward to seeing how it has changed after 19 years when he ran with around 8,000 people.
If training for a marathon wasn’t already hard enough, the Islanders were trying to do it through an unpredictable and long winter.
“Every weekend there would be a new weather challenge,” said Baglole. “Sometimes good, and mostly bad.”
It’s been a difficult winter, said Alexandra Keedwell of Charlottetown, who will be running the Boston Marathon for her second time. Training sometimes included running 18 kilometres through snow on freezing cold, windy days.
But enduring the Island’s winter ended up helping her out, she said, since much of marathon running is about being challenged mentally.
“Our winter probably prepared us better than any other place,” she said.
What also helped was the support of so many other runners on the Island.
“I don’t think I could have done it by myself,” said Nicholson, who was out running with Keedwell on some of the coldest days. The running community on the Island is great, said Nicholson, helping so many people get ready for Boston.