Islanders at Ironman Canada - Results

Islanders at Ironman Canada

667 - 11:49:50 HUGHES, CORENA - STRATFORD - 16/141 W40-44
1:11:53(Swim) 6:11:39(Bike) 4:14:43(Run)
788 - 12:03:48 DICKIESON, SCOTT - CHARLOTTETOWN - 109/314 M45-49
1:10:03(Swim) 6:10:27(Bike) 4:33:22(Run)    
1180 - 12:48:49 DALTON, PAUL - ST. EDWARD - 92/236 M50-54
1:25:03(Swim) 6:37:30(Bike) 4:31:02(Run)    
1455 - 13:25:28 DALTON, PAULETTE - TORONTO - 40/73  W25-29
1:33:26(Swim) 7:02:42(Bike) 4:37:21(Run) 

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Islanders tackle Ironman course

ERIC MCCARTHY
The Journal Pioneer

PENTICTON, B.C. -- The father-daughter team of Paul Dalton from St. Edward and Paulette Dalton from Toronto came close to their objective in the recent Subaru Ironman Canada triathlon in Penticton, B.C.
The Daltons had wanted to complete the course in around 13 hours. Paul Dalton, 50, crossed the finish line in 13 hours four minutes 38 seconds (13:04:38). Paulette, 24, completed the course 21 minutes 43 seconds (21:43) behind him. Her time was 12th fastest out of 22 for women 18 to 24. Out of 172 participants in the men's 50 to 54 category, her father finished 91st.
A total of 2,210 people started the race and 2,063 would cross the finish line. The Daltons were near the middle of the pack -- 1,206 and 1,334th overall.
Winning time was a near bionic 8:30:12 by Bryan Rhodes of New Zealand. Fastest female was Belinda Granger of Australia, who accomplished the feat in 9:17:58.
This is not an event for novice runners -- it starts with a 3.84-kilometre swim, then packs on a bike race of 180-kilometre duration and finishes off with a 42-kilometre marathon run.
Top Islander was Chandra DaHaan from Charlottetown, 317 overall, in a time of 11:00:23. She was sixth out of 67 in the women's 25 to 29 category.
A former Springfield, P.E.I., resident, Bryon Howard, now living in Calgary, was 49th fastest overall in a time of 9:45:42. That was third fastest among the 291 men in the 40 to 44-age bracket.

Daltons hoping to complete ironman course in 17 hours

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Daltons hoping to complete ironman course in 17 hours

Paul Dalton gets in some practice in preparation for his participation in the Ironman Canada
race in British Columbia on Sunday. The event combines swimming, biking and running.
His daughter, Paulette, will also be participating. Eric McCarthy/Journal Pioneer

ERIC MCCARTHY

The Journal Pioneer

ST. EDWARD -- The Boston marathon is a walk in the park compared to this - St. Edward resident Paul Dalton leaves Thursday for Penticton, B.C., where he and his daughter, Paulette, are registered to compete in Sunday's Ironman Canada race.
Dalton has already run three Boston Marathons and has qualified for next year's race. His daughter, a nurse in Toronto, is still a few seconds away.
"I'd say next year she'll qualify," he predicted.
"I thought just getting her to Boston would be a big thing, but Ironman Canada is 10 times that," said Dalton as he prepared for his flight to the West Coast. He'll meet Paulette at an airport in British Columbia.
Ironman is a triathlon competition combining swimming, biking and running.
But that description does not pay the event justice. Participants will swim 3.8 kilometres across the Okanagan Lake, then hop on their bicycles and pedal 180 kilometres, with climbs of up to 1,500 metres. They end the endurance event with a full marathon run - 42.2 kilometres.
"I don't know who invented these things," he quipped.
Participants have 17 hours to complete the course and the Daltons are hoping to cover it in 13. They're not in it to win, Paul confirms. They've been advised to give the field a 30-second head start before plunging into the first leg of the race.
Paul registered for this year's event on 2007 race day.
The $1,000 entry fee was too steep for the nursing student, but her contest story about Wigwam socks and her desire to race with her father earned her the entry prize.
"So it was meant to be," her father suggests.
Paul, who marked his 50th birthday on July 4 with a 100K bike ride and 5K run, took up swimming in 2002 when Paulette suggested they try a triathlon.
He could only last two laps of the Mill River pool starting out. Now he does laps off Miminegash harbour.
He expects to be well behind his daughter when he exits the lake Sunday.
"She's a faster swimmer," acknowledges Paul, who will be working to close the gap on the bike and admits there's a competitive spirit between them.
"Some day she'll pass me and I'll give her a High 5 as she goes by," he commented.
Paul extended thanks to individuals and organizations that are helping to sponsor his participation in Sunday's race.

City ironman completes his journey back

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City ironman completes his journey back

DON MORRISON

The Guardian

Two years ago, Patrick Trainor was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer that attacks the lymphatic system.
From the start, the Charlottetown native and ironman competitor was positive and upbeat, vowing to beat what he called his “little bug’’.
In a feature I was privileged to do with Trainor in September of 2006, he was determined to get back to where he was in the gruelling sport.
Guess what, he’s made it.
He will complete the journey back when he competes in the Ford Ironman world championship, Oct. 13, in Kona, Hawaii.
Trainor, a resident of Toronto, became the second Islander to qualify this year, following York Point native Jody Sanderson, who earned a spot off an eighth-place finish at Ironman U.S.A.
Trainor claimed his ticket to the worlds off a solid performance at Ironman Canada last month in B.C.
“In a way, it was the last step in putting the previous challenge behind me,’’ said Trainor in an e-mail from Toronto. “Very happy.’’
He completed the Canadian qualifier in 10 hours, 17 minutes and 32 seconds over the course covering 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run legs.
“I did the best I could, left nothing out on the course and finished an hour faster than my best time,’’ said Trainor.
After overcoming stomach pains with 12 miles to go, Trainor began a steady rebound.
“It is at that time, when the best part of the race started,’’ he said. “After the pain left, all I could think about is what great friends and what a wonderful family I have and how lucky I am.’’
He ran the final three-plus miles in under 21 minutes, enough to book passage to Kona.