Support Our Troops GFW 5K Run

Grand Falls Windsor will be host to the Support Our Troops 5K Run Sunday November 6 starting 9:30am. See the poster below for more information.

Canadian National 10K Championships

Congratulations to the fine crew that represented our province at the National 10K Championships last weekend in Toronto:

• Peter Bazeley 33:47
• Peter Power 34:00
• Alison Walsh 39:45
• Susan Martyn 43:16

Full results are listed HERE.

Turkey Tea Registration Closes October 3

Further to our PREVIOUS POST the Turkey Tea 10K road race is Sunday October 9.

Registration is available ONLINE ONLY and closes October 3 so CLICK HERE to register now.

Laheys & Hermanto Run Berlin

Paul and Rosemary Lahey along with Ivy Hermanto ran the Berlin Marathon last Sunday.

Paul achieved his goal of running 5 major marathons in 5 years ... Boston (twice), New York, Chicago, London and now Berlin.

Vote For NL Running

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Blueberry 10K In Harbour Grace Sunday

The Blueberry Harvest 10K road race is this Sunday October 2 in Harbour Grace.

Fee is $20 and pre-registration will be offered in person at the Running Room Churchill Square this Wednesday from 5-8pm. You can also pre-register in person at the Carbonear Swimming Pool or the Harbour Grace Council Office during business hours Tuesday or Wednesday, and your last resort is race morning registration at the arena in Harbour Grace from 7:30-9:30am.

Medals for various competitive categories, and t-shirts to the first 120 registrants. Contact Patrick Collins at 596-2172 for further information or if you wish to volunteer.

Huffin Puffin Results

Although we are a week into "Fall" it was an exceptional "Summer" day for yesterday's Huffin Puffin Marathon. 58 runners took on the 42.2 kilometer Full Marathon, 159 ran the 21.1k Half Marathon, and 136 runners in teams of 4 ran the Marathon Team Relay with each team member running 10k or so before passing the sash on to their teammate.

Full Marathon victory went to Ed Durnford in 2 hours 47 minutes 53 seconds with Andrew Burgess 2nd place in 2:57:58 and Janet Quick in 3:17:15 taking 3rd overall and 1st place female. 2nd place female was Kyna Squarey in 3:28:20 followed by 3rd place Janice Mullins in 3:36:06.

The Half Marathon was won by Will Fitzgerald in 1 hour 13 minutes 53 seconds. Joe Dunford was 2nd in 1:14:51 followed by Ian Royle for 3rd in 1:15:59. First place female finisher was Karen Stacey in 1:23:38 followed by Adrienne Kaul in 1:30:05 and Sheri-Lynn Burden in 1:33:21.

And the second annual Marathon Team Relay victory went to ANE 184 (David Kelly, Jeff Collingwood, Peter Browne and Paul Matthews) in 2:51:50. 2nd place was PBAC: Motley Shoe (Daryl Parsons, Jason Counsel, Michael Gambin and James Greene) in 3:06:44 followed by 3rd place Team Extreme (Robert Hickman, Peter Warren, Reniel Engelbrecht and Geoff Windsor) in 3:13:03.

Congratulations to all 353 finishers! Results and pictures are available at huffinpuffinmarathon.com.

Huffin Puffin Registration Closes Thursday

Only one more day to register for this weekend's Huffin Puffin Marathon, Half Marathon or Ekiden Team Relay.

Registration closes Thursday 11:55pm so CLICK HERE to register now.

Blogger's Choice Nomination

NL Running has been nominated in the 2011 NL Blogger's Choice Awards.

VISIT HERE to cast your vote.

Western Bay Walk For Cancer Research

There will be a fundraising walk to assist research into NETS cancers on Saturday September 24 starting in Kingston and ending in Western Bay on the Baccalieu Trail.

For more information CLICK HERE or contact wayfaringfornets@gmail.com.

Cross Country Meet Saturday - Help Needed

As long as Hurricane Maria passes through quickly, the NLAA Cross Country Series For Schools will start tomorrow Saturday September 17.

New location this year across from the Marine Institute on Ridge Road, and a big contingent of volunteers needed! If you can help out please SIGN UP HERE.

Marathon History By Joe

Joe Ryan has reminded us that the Newfoundland Provincial Marathon a.k.a the Huffin Puffin is the oldest marathon in Canada, the third oldest in North America, and the twelfth oldest in the world!

Read the wonderful historical article he has written RIGHT HERE.

Basics For Babies Fun Run

The Paradise Running Club is proudly organizing the 1st Annual Basics for Babies Fun Run on Saturday September 24 starting 9am.

Run 5k or walk 2.5k on the scenic Octagon Pond and Neil's Pond trails. Registration is from 8-8:45am at the Rotary Youth Community Centre in Paradise.

Basics for Babies, a new program established by The Salvation Army Pathway Community Church in Paradise, is designed to increase community awareness of and raise money and/or donations for the staples of life (basic needs) of young children, as well as bring relief to low-income and single parent families.

Registration is $20 or an in kind donations of diapers, baby food, iron-fortified formula, baby cereals, etc. Bring the whole family and share a run or walk with loved ones while helping a great cause!

Uniformed Services 10K Online Registration

The Uniformed Services 10K is Sunday October 30 starting in Bowring Park. Online registration is now open so CLICK HERE to sign up now.

Volunteers can also sign up through the online registration page and Volunteer Coordinator Rose Hatfield will be in touch to confirm your position.

Bazeley & Vaughan Provincial 5K Champs

Peter Bazeley won Sunday's Provincial 5K road race in 16 minutes and 6 seconds while his new bride Kate Vaughan wasn't far behind, crossing in 16:44 to win first place ladies.

The morning was ideal with cool temperatures, zero wind, and a flat, fast course. Of the 142 finishers 54 were under 20 minutes and 12 were under 17 minutes!

Thanks to Doreen Shapter for taking a bunch of pictures (including the one above of Jim Whelan and Anthony Broders sprinting to the finish)  and sharing them with us RIGHT HERE.

Provincial 5K Race Day Registration

If you missed last night's deadline for online registration for this Sunday's Provincial 5k road race, fear not! You can still take part by registering in person race morning from 7-7:45am in the Foran Room at City Hall.

Race starts 8am at the foot of Temperance Street.

Purcell Joining Pardy At NY Marathon

NOT THE HOCKEY PLAYERS! Further to YESTERDAY'S POST please note that NL Runner Tina Purcell will also be running the New York Marathon in support of the Fire Department of New York. Tina's sponsorship page is HERE.

Pardy Running NYM For FDNY

September 11 is the 10th anniversary of the terrible events that took place in New York on this date in 2001.

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has 15 confirmed spots for this year's New York Marathon on November 6. Because of Gander's significant roll 10 years ago, the FDNY has offered one these spots to an NL Runner and Jeannie Pardy has been selected.

The commitment that all marathoners have made to the FDNY is to raise a minimum of $3050 with all monies raised going directly to the FDNY Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization researching rescue techniques and technology. The cost of the trip and marathon will be paid personally by the participants.

If you can help Jeannie with a tax-deductible donation to this cause please CLICK HERE.

Provincial 5K This Sunday

Online registration for this Sunday's Provincial 5K road race will remain open until 11:55pm Thursday so if you're not yet signed up CLCK HERE to register now. Race starts 8am on Water Street at the foot of Temperance Street.

Volunteers are needed as usual so if you can help out drop a line to admin@nautilusrunning.com to be assigned a position in advance. All volunteers meet at the start line 7:15am race morning.

Girls Running For Life

The G.I.R.L Run Club (Girls into Running for Life) is a free, non-competitive learn-to-run program for junior high girls.

Lead by female volunteers, girls work towards the goal of running 5km in a local race. This is achieved through a run/walk method that builds slowly over the course of the program.

Community groups interested in establishing their own local club following the G.I.R.L Run Club philosophy can email girlrunclub@gmail.com for assistance and more information.

Uniformed Services Run October 30

Remember the Canada Day Run that took place in Bowring Park a few years back? Well our uniformed friends have borrowed that course and will be holding a Uniformed Services 10K run on Sunday October 30.

More details to follow but for now mark your calendar!

Provincial 5K Next Week

The Provincial 5K road race is next Sunday September 11.

Registration is online RIGHT HERE and will remain open for another week until Thursday September 8.

The course is the recently adopted out and back run along Water Street from Temperance Street to Patrick Street return.