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36                 Issue #125 June 2023                                                           www.sportsenergynews.com



      St. Lawrence Marathon 2023



       By Christine Ouellet                 of over 730 registrations. Over 80%
                                            of the participants are from out of
          he St. Lawrence Marathon took     County and 30% of them are from
      Tplace last may and drew around       Quebec. The others are from Ontario,
      725 participants. It consists of a 5k,   Kingston area. We still hope to have
      10k, ½ marathon, and a point-to-point   more next year, even though we sold
      full marathon. It is called a point-to-  out early, way before the event.”
      point marathon because participants     The winners are for the full
      show up at the St-Lawrence College    marathon M. Brent Workman 2:49:00
      at 5.30 in the morning and they are   and W. Constance Fournier 3:22:44.
      taken by bus to the Crysler Marina,     For the half marathon M. Olivier
      where they start.                     Moraine  01:19:35  and W. Chinchin
        The  course is beautiful,  the      Wang 01:35:56
      participants run across Upper Canada    For the  10k M. Bryan Lemire
      Village, along the St. Lawrence       00:37:11 and  W. Stephanie  Gordon  42K Marathon: 2nd place overall and 1st (M45-49) Robert Wringler Bib
      River, through the islands, and all the   00:41:11                          #1168 from Toronto 2: 51:47
      way to St. Lawrence College, 32 km      For the  5K  M. Isaac  Fraiser      8th place overall and 2nd (M45-49) Andrew Thomas Bib #1203 from
      away. It is slightly downhill all the   00:15:32  and  W. Rebecca  Greer    Toronto 2:58:38                                  Photos by Brian McRae
      way and with a westerly wind, the     00:19:20
      runners have the wind at their back.    Isaac Fraiser is a local boy in his

        It is a certified course full marathon   early 20’s from Glen Walter who set
      where  participants  are  eligible  for   the record over the County, and this
      the Boston Marathon; 30% of them      event has been happening for over 20
      qualify for the Boston every year. It   years!
      is also one of the fastest in Canada.   To relive this fantastic  race, you
        Sebastian  Warner, Chair of the     can  watch  their  2022  YouTube
      organizing committee,  doesn’t run    video     https://www.youtube.com/
      in the marathon anymore, he is too    watch?v=j6m-ItDz5uc   and visit
      busy coordinating everything on the   their Facebook site.
      marathon day to participate. He gives
      the start and then he hurries back to
      the College.
        Sebastian  said, “We give  the
      runners bags to put their clothes in                                        Kathie Konink, Berwick, 05:26:32      Mayra Petit, Orleans, 03:36:13
      and I pile them up in my truck and
      bring  them  at  the  finish  line  at  the

      College. Usually, the day starts cold
      in the morning and warms up at the
      end of the race. The weather varies
      a lot at that time of the year, the
      weather forecast changes every hour,
      but the day of the race, the rain held
      off for most of the day before starting
      around 11 a.m., to rain.
        He adds, “One of the cool things
      about our race is that it is organized
      by a volunteer committee, it is non                                                                                                                      Photos by Brian McRae
      profit and out goal is to provide the

      best experience for the runners. So,   42K Marathon: 2nd place (M70-75)
                                            Wendell  Lafave Bib  #1111 from
      we do little things like that for them.   Williamstown 4:50:22
      This year we had a record number                   Photo by Brian McRae     Jenny Sharma Ottawa 04:31             Fiona Jager, Gananoque, 05:31:24
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