Heres a clip from the Kingston race director Derrick Spafford:
The Kingston Salomon 5 Peaks Trail Running Race was held on Saturday, May 16 at the J&J Mountain Bike Trails on Unity Road. The Kingston race was part of the Eastern Ontario/Quebec Salomon 5 Peaks Trail Running Series.
A total of 136 trail racers from across Ontario and Quebec competed in the Enduro Course(10.2km), Sport Course (5.9km) and Children’s Course (1km).
Race conditions were challenging as the course was designed to put athletes trail running ability to the test. The single track trails included grass, rock, roots, logs, hills and plenty of mud. Thunder, lightning, high winds and heavy rains, which delayed the start of the race by 20 minutes, added to the already difficult trail running conditions.
Once the race got underway, the competition was fierce. Saucony sponsored athlete Taylor Murphy of Napanee won the Mens 10.2km Enduro race in a time of 42:04, only 5 seconds ahead of Cliff Worden-Rogers of Ottawa. Former CIS cross country medalist Paul Chafe finished third in 43:16. Ashlee McGuire of Kingston won the Womens Enduro race in 53:14, with Kim Bowerman of Toronto second in 54:01, followed by Sophia Tsouros of Ottawa in third in 55:14.
My take on the race: it was rainy, muddy and very slick. Besides the conditions, I thought it was a fast race (thought!). When I heard my name called for my prize and heard the time: 42:09, I almost stopped. Were we really that slow? On Tuesday I had been running @3min/k on the track. I felt almost insulted.
Well, today I decided to stalk the two other guys that were mentioned above. What I found was they both have run sub 33s. In fact Taylor (who I talked to after the race) is a 1:05 half marathon runner. Now I don’t feel so bad…
Now I’m left wondering, was it me that shone or was it they who struggled? Not sure. We’ll see next race I guess!
Big week coming up. I’m in my building stages, using races for speed. Hoping to have a good race next Saturday in the 10K. With some luck I may be able to win the 10K world record (win $100K ).
Happy Trainin!
Cliff
if you want to go for the 10k record, better let me do your portion of the bike… hey, can you get me a cold coke after the race? ill be comin through in about 51min.
i thought the RD write up was funny, saucony sponsered runner first. some cliff guy, and then a CIS winner
Yeah.. Turns out I’m a nobody around here. Will see what a summer of racing can do