May 2011
KRRA-Kingston Limestone race weekend
Kingston certainly provided a scenic venue for the Limestone 5km and 10km races this weekend. The downtown and lakefront routes, that also passed the maximum security jail (“come to our Pen for the best view east of Alcatraz”) and the campuses of both RMC and Queens, were lovely. But forget the limestone, I propose that the event be renamed the Mayfly Mini-marathon and that bug nets, such as I saw at least one clever runner wearing over his head and shoulders, be provided instead of T-shirts.
Some organizational quirks were at play. The 5km and half-marathon onSunday morning were very well-organized. But although both days’ raceswere advertized by the Kingston Road Runners Association (KRRA) as part ofthe same program, it was fascinating how quickly KRRA people disassociatedthemselves from the 10km at even the most basic question about it. We could see their point - imagine one of the races on the NCRW turning out to be a mysterious, completely separate and ultimately unsatisfactory event. Held in an area that could have provided a wonderful event (as the next day’s
half-marathon proved), the race was a technical disaster that would have been acceptable only as a “fun run” at a community fair. Bytowners, and the other 100 or so participants, did well to get through it to race another day, in some cases 16 hours later. Here are the Bytown results.
Congrats to all, including age category medallists Sharon W and Angela.
10km (although we have no idea about the real distance), 114 participants:
89 Sandy 64:12
98 Sharon W 68:12
103 Angela 71:19
108 Sharon Chiz 73:57
112 Jenny 83:40
113 Kingston Linda 83:41
5km 199 participants (83M, 114W)
112 Linda W 46W 8AG 29:28
145 Sandy 70 10 31:45
160 Sharon W 84 2 34:30
161 Raymond 75 17 34:32
172 Sharon Chiz 92 16 36:08
175 Angela 95 3 36:42
194 Linda J 110 4 43:20
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