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Marathon Dynamics Latest News

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2010 Mississauga Marathon Weekend a huge success!

 

MDI runners Benoit Keppenne (L) and Bill Borzi (R), take a break from assisting coach Kevin Smith (C) at the crazy busy Marathon Dynamics booth!

Despite skies that were too sunny, and temperatures that were increasingly too hot to run one's best,  our Marathon Dynamics runners did terrifically well in their races this weekend.  We'll have a more specific rundown in our forthcoming spring/summer e-newsletter out later this week, so watch for that.

And thanks VERY much to the more than 20 MDI runners who so generously gave of their time, energy and enthusiasm to help support our pace band project at the expo.  We distributed almost 1500 free customized, topographically-adjusted pace bands to Missy runners!

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Congrats 2010 Marathon Dynamics Boston Marathoners!

From among the 4 dozen or so we had running this year, here are "The Top 26" performances (listed alphabetically):

Please note: these are not necessarily the fastest performances, but those who most impressed given their training & race day circumstances for this year's Boston (listed alphabetically)

Hassan Afshar - 3:29

Mary-Ann Baraniuk - 4:31

Kathy Beckwith - 3:54

Fred Bianchi - 3:23

Lindsay Brooks - 3:46

Geron Cowherd - 3:12

Harvey Foote - 3:13

Ann Gunther - 4:37

Gerry Ker - 3:54

Cathy Kwan - 3:53

Nancy Lennon - 3:49

Jody Levine - 3:46

Karin Lindner - 3:54

Barbara McMurray - 4:10

Lisa Mina - 3:47

Josie Mori-Stoodley 3:16

Martha Palao - 4:02

Paula Rochman - 4:07

Stephen Rockett - 3:38

Kirsten Schwass - 3:34

Darrell Smith - 3:52

Judy Snider - 3:46

Katie Thomas 4:06

David Van Klaveren - 3:43

Glen Way - 3:10

Andy Wilkes - 3:45

Julia Wilkes - 3:45

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Congrats 2010 Marathon Dynamics Around The Bay 30K Runners!

Here are the top 30 performances of the weekend (listed alphabetically):

Please note: many of these runners were doing "Boston Marathon Racepace" workouts, rather than all out racing ATB, and others were doing it as an "overdistance" hard long run in training for spring half marathons.

Mary-Ann	Baraniuk	3:09
Paul	Baraniuk	2:34
June	Barrette	2:55
Bill	Borzi	2:03
Lindsay	Brooks	2:45
Surat	Chahal	2:33
Lynda	Chubak	2:45
Harvey	Foote	2:15
Nick	Friedman	2:38
Les	Garrell	2:41
David	Gauthier	2:25
Len	Griffiths	2:08
Yasu	Kajiwara	2:17
Benoit	Kepenne	2:14
Paula	Krulicki	2:23
Nancy	Lennon	2:36
Jody	Levine	2:38
Deidre	Lue-Kim	2:47
Margaret	Menzel	2:27
Lisa	Mina	2:35
Marc	Rapuch	2:51
Stephen	Rockett	2:27
Bal	Sekhon	2:32
Judy	Snider	2:40
Peter	Speight	2:11
David	Van Klaveren	2:35
Tyler	Warcop	2:32
Brett	Warren	2:10
Glen	Way	2:14
Christopher	Wolfe	2:32

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• Super Season End Parties! Almost 100 of you got together with us last week (Nov. 12 & 13, 2009) for two terrific wrap up parties (one in Oakville and one in Toronto) to celebrate one season and usher in the next.  By all accounts, much fun was had--especially at the Toronto party we're we sold out every seat in the house at Safari's Bar & Grill.  Here's a quick rundown of some of the big award winners:
  • Toronto "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" Recipient: FRED BIANCHI
  • Toronto "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH" (aka most improved) Recipient: DEBORAH COLLIER
  • Toronto "NUTCRACKER" (aka hardest working runner) Recipient: DONNA BOWER
  • Toronto "CLOSEST TO PERFECTION" (race results best match game plan) Recipient: JACKIE GALLANT  
  • Oakville "RUNNER OF THE YEAR" Recipient: BRETT WARREN

*see below for more on their incredible accomplishments!

• Quick "Baker's Dozen" MDI Runners of the Year - 2009: From among the hundreds of runners we worked, ran and played with this year, amidst a sea of fast times, excellent placings, personal bests and Boston qualifiers, the Marathon Dynamics coaches had some tough calls to make to pare down this list to the top dozen runners...but alas, we did (oh, OK, top 15...best we could do!).

Please note: these are not necessarily the fastest runners, or even those that placed the highest in race age-categories.  They are chosen based upon how well they trained, and on how much they improved and rose the occasion on race day, relative to their season-starting ability, and in light of their race day conditions and/or circumstances (listed alphabetically):

• • Hassan Afshar - 3:20 Chicago Marathon...a 26 min PB (and 1st Boston Q too!)
  • Fred Bianchi - 3:16 Hamilton Marathon...a 13 min PB (and 1st Boston Q too!)
  • Bill Borzi - 2:54 Hamilton Marathon (3 weeks after 2:57 Chicago)...a 7 min PB this season
  • Harvey Foote - 3:19 Ottawa Marathon...a 38 min PB (and 1st Boston Q) & 1:28 PB @ Niagara Half
  • Deborah Collier - 4:07 Toronto Marathon...a 50 min PB! (& 1:55 PB @ Mississauga Half too)
  • Jackie Gallant - 1:45 Toronto Half (almost 3 min PB)
  • Benoit Keppenne - 1:27 Hamilton Half (including mid-race passing train stoppage!)...a 10 min improvement this season
  • Nancy Lennon - 3:38 Mississauga Marathon...a 40+min PB (and 1st Boston Q too!)
  • Erik Loponen - 3:02 Hamilton Marathon...a 7 min PB
  • Jose Medellin - 3:21 Waterfront Marathon...8+ min PB
  • Josie Mori-Stoodley - 3:13 Boston Marathon (9th place in category!)
  • Judy Snider - 43 min Angus Glen 10K (1st in age category, 4th overall)
  • Katie Thomas - 4:03 Mississauga Marathon...1 15+ min PB (and 1st Boston Q)
  • Brett Warren -2:58 Chicago Marathon...a 10 min PB & 1:22 Hamilton Half (5 min PB)
  • Glen Way - 3:08 Hamilton Marathon...11 min improvement since last year, 1st Boston Q
  • Hon. Mention - Michelle Clark...37 min 10K, 1:25 Half, but fall season riddled with injury...showed amazing tenacity to stick with it though!