The 24th Annual Gunnar Shaw X/C trail race was away at 1 PM 29 Nov. under perfect weather. There were 420 runners who finished this fall classic 10K. This character trail race, if there ever was one, goes up and down Thetis Lake Park trails...real lung burners for some of us. The infamous swampy water crossing is now a distant memory due to a new culvert. You could actually run through it. This 10k x/c run is the largest in Canada and one of the hardest ones. The overall winner in a blistering time of 35:31 was Scott Simpson of PIH. The top Male Master was Gord Christie in another awesome time of 39:58 and good for 10th overall. The top female and also top Female Master was Lucy Smith in a super time of 41:36 and 24th overall.
STARR had 9 runners who survived the hilly course without a scratch. First in was Roger Plamondon in the M40-49 group. Roger crossed in with an excellent time of 44:51 and was 8th in a field of 52. He was 51st overall. Our 1st female in was Jackie Eddy with a super 53:53 finish. Jackie was 4th in a field of 21 and 188th overall. Next in was Bruce Hawkes who also broke the hour with a 59:05. Bruce, in the M60+ group, was 10th in a field of 15 and 256th overall. Well done Bruce.
Lisa Grieg was our next lady into the finish line. Lisa finished with
a strong 1:00:17 and 19th in a large field of 62 in the F40-49
division and was also 268th overall. Not far behind and also with an
excellent finish of 1:00:36 was Tom Burgess in the 60+ group. Tom was
good for 11th and 271st overall. Next to follow and in her 1st Gunnar
Shaw was Jodie Coderre in the F40-49 grouping with an excellent
result of 1:01:03. It was good for 22nd and 278th overall. Next to
hit the beach was Vince Trahan in the 60+. Vince finished with a
tough 1:05:13 which was good for 12th and 322nd overall...just not my
day. Hot on his heels was Sharon Cormier in the F40-49 division.
Sharon finished with 1:05:22 and good for 32nd and 324th overall.
Last but not least to hit the beach was Heather Devereaux in the
F40-49 group. Heather was in with 1:08:30 and 45th in the field. She
was also 359th overall. It was a great day for all the STARR's and a
good turnout. Jackie directed the picture taking on completion of the
race. Some of us finished at AVADAR's for post race food before
hitting the road for home. See you all at Stewart Mountain for
another leg burner.
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