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Summerstown Trails and the 7th Annual

Snowshoe Race

By Jean-Pierre Tibi & Christine Ouellet

he 7th Annual Summerstown
TForest Dion Snowshoe Race was
held on Saturday, February 8 under
beautiful sunshine and very cold
temperatures. Despite the minus
16-degree weather, race director
Gilles Parisien was very pleased with
the turnout. 42 participants were on
hand to race.
This year’s race had an
international flavour to it, with
two participants hailing from the
United States, a stop on their way
to Ottawa’s Winterlude. One of the
American participants actually calls
Beaumont, Texas home. You must
wonder how much snowshoeing he
does in Texas…
Max Benda and Jacob McLean, first and second of the 4.4 km are flying off ahead of the pack.
Worse than the cold was the trail Photo Submitted
conditions that were the hardest for
the competitors. Despite packing at the race, having claimed 2nd place followed by Melissa McGrath
down the 20-25 cm of fluffy snow two years ago. Turnbull really enjoys from Monkland (51.99 minutes).
that fell throughout the previous 36 running the Summerstown Trails After the race, an exhausted but
hours, the trails were still soft, and declaring, “I love the rolling terrain, happy McGrath exclaimed, “It’s so
the runners had to expend a lot of the wooded first section, and then beautiful back there, it’s worth the
energy to move forward, a motion the run through the conifers. There’s pain.”
akin to running in sand. According a magic at Summerstown Forest that At the conclusion of the race,
to past-participant Rob Lefebvre, I don’t find in other forests.” medals and prizes provided by local
“The timing is not very important, Turnbull likes Summerstown sponsors were handed out to the first-
as so much depends on the condition Trails so much that he brought a pair place finishers, and as is the tradition,
of the trail and the snow. Post- of 15-year-old runners from the club the remaining prizes were drawn for
storm conditions and very cold where he coaches. They finished amongst all the participants in the
temperatures make for snow that is 1st and 2nd in the shorter race, well spirit of camaraderie which prevails
not packed and it is difficult to go ahead of the other racers: Max Benda in this sport.
very fast.” finished in 23.59 minutes and Jacob
Many activities are offered at the
The trail conditions and the cold McLean in 25.45 minutes. Summerstown Trails such as races,
forced several runners to switch On the women’s side of the 7.5km instructional lessons, outings for
from the 7.5 km race to the shorter competition, Lisa Leskien from schools, and seniors and Family
4.4km race. Cambridge, Ontario reclaimed the Day activities. Rental packages for

With the absence of local favourite title she had lost last year with a cross-county skiing and snowshoe
Rob Lefebvre in the line-up, who time of 51.98 minutes. Cornwall’s equipment and fat bikes (the new
had won the previous three editions Caroline Samson-Bélair finished thing to try!) is also offered on
of the race, Corey Turnbull of Smith in 3rd place in 53.30 minutes. For weekends. The Summerstown Trails
Falls, Ontario took the title with a the shorter race, Ottawa’s Heather are located on Summerstown Road, Cory Thurnbull, winner of the 7.5
time of 40.39 minutes. He is a regular Lewis came in 1st in 51.98 minutes, 1.6 km north of exit 804 of the 401. km Photo Submitted