Skate the Common Marathon Series - Results

RESULTS

Congratulations to all who participated in the series!

Skate the Common Marathon Finale - February 23-24, 2013

Big Ice Youth and Sledge 3km 

First Name	Last Name	Bib	Activity	Sex	Age	Class	Final Time mm.ss00
Lyra	Arruda Kyriakidis	374	Big Ice Youth 3km	F	9	Long Blade	9.3815
Ryan	Adams	375	Big Ice Youth 3km	M	9	Long Blade	12.0877
Dave	Waters	372	Big Ice Sledge 3km	M	44	Sledge	12.1850
Jacob	Swindells	371	Big Ice Sledge 3km	M	13	Sledge	16.2632
Avalon	Adams	373	Big Ice Youth 3km	F	7	Long Blade	16.3947
Nicole	McDonald	370	Big Ice Sledge 3km	F	20	Sledge	DNF

Big Ice 5km

First Name	Last Name	Bib	Activity	Sex	Age	Class	Final Time mm.ss00
Brent	Thompson	367	Big Ice 5km	M	45	Long Blade	10.2908
Devison	Lindsay	359	Big Ice 5km	F	17	Long Blade	11.1425
Connor	Cameron	364	Big Ice 5km	M	12	Long Blade	11.1496
Emma	Galsworthy	360	Big Ice 5km	F	20	Long Blade	11.1560
Grace	Holwell	356	Big Ice 5km	F	12	Long Blade	11.3958
Cameron	Tiffin	355	Big Ice 5km	F	11	Long Blade	11.3991
Travis	Goswell	365	Big Ice 5km	M	12	Long Blade	12.1600
Bert	Losier	368	Big Ice 5km	M	57	Long Blade	12.5776
Rachel	Murphey	378	Big Ice 5km	F	13	Long Blade	13.0226
Mylene	Leger	357	Big Ice 5km	F	12	Long Blade	13.0257
Kevin	Cox	369	Big Ice 5km	M	59	Long Blade	13.2964
Augustine	van der Baaren	363	Big Ice 5km	F	49	Long Blade	15.4977
Justin	Noakes	379	Big Ice 5km	M	9	Long Blade	16.3134
Paula	Arruda	362	Big Ice 5km	F	44	Long Blade	17.0022

Big Ice 10km
Apologies again for the technical difficulties experienced with the timing system.  Due to the difficulties the confidence with everyones' final times is low.  Below are the final times where confidence is higher.

First Name	Last Name	Bib	Activity	Sex	Age	Class	Final Time mm.ss00
Mathieu	Giroux	379	Big Ice 10km	M	27	Long Blade	17:43.9
Randy	Plett	327	Big Ice 10km	M	50	Long Blade	19:08.6
Greg	Lummis	325	Big Ice 10km	M	42	Long Blade	21:45.0
Henk	Kwindt	333	Big Ice 10km	M	72	Long Blade	22:12.6
Noah	Ferguson-Losier	321	Big Ice 10km	M	17	Long Blade	23:45.5
Cassidy	Bradley	302	Big Ice 10km	F	14	Long Blade	24:09.7
Janice	Keefe	312	Big Ice 10km	F	50	Short Blade	37:48.0
Patrick	Jones	314	Big Ice 10km	F	50	Long Blade	39:43.0
Joan	Hamilton	318	Big Ice 10km	F	55	Short Blade	44:54.0
Jane	Thorburn	317	Big Ice 10km	F	55	Long Blade	47:17.3
Emma	Thompson	301	Big Ice 10km	F	13	Long Blade	NT
Lesley	MacKeigan	305	Big Ice 10km	F	38	Long Blade	NT
Kirstine	Postma	307	Big Ice 10km	F	43	Long Blade	NT
Diana	Alwayn	308	Big Ice 10km	F	44	Long Blade	NT
Tineke	Van der Baaren	311	Big Ice 10km	F	49	Long Blade	NT
Wendy-Lee	Hamilton	315	Big Ice 10km	F	51	Long Blade	NT
Roger	Hamilton	316	Big Ice 10km	F	53	Long Blade	NT
Kevin	Cox	319	Big Ice 10km	F	59	Long Blade	NT
Charlotte	Riley	380	Big Ice 10km	F		Long Blade	NT
Meghan	Todd	303	Big Ice 10km	F	24	Short Blade	NT
Jessica	LeBlanc	304	Big Ice 10km	F	35	Short Blade	NT
Marsha	Stephens	306	Big Ice 10km	F	38	Short Blade	NT
Craig	Hillis	326	Big Ice 10km	M	50	Long Blade	NT
Greg	Young	328	Big Ice 10km	M	52	Long Blade	NT
Steve	Raftery	329	Big Ice 10km	M	53	Long Blade	NT
Friedemann	Brauer	332	Big Ice 10km	M	65	Long Blade	NT
Ron	MacDougal	335	Big Ice 10km	M		Long Blade	NT
Laurent	Jonart	377	Big Ice 10km	M		Long Blade	NT
Kevin	Holland	323	Big Ice 10km	M	34	Short Blade	NT
Sean	Carroll	324	Big Ice 10km	M	41	Short Blade	NT
Fred	Burge	330	Big Ice 10km	M	57	Short Blade	NT
Brian	Holland	331	Big Ice 10km	M	62	Short Blade	NT

Mathieu Giroux, 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist, participates in the 2013 Skate the Common 25km.  Followed by Randy Plett of Winnipeg.

Big Ice 25km

Thank goodness the technical difficulties experienced during the 3km, 5km, and 10km were worked out in time for the 25km.

First Name	Last Name	Bib	Activity	Sex	Age	Class	Lap	Final Time hh:mm:ss
Mathieu	Giroux		Big Ice 25km	M	27	Long Blade	65	00:42:16
Randy	Plett	352	Big Ice 25km	M	50	Long Blade	65	00:48:36
David	Regan	310	Big Ice 25km	M		Long Blade	65	00:55:41
John	McDougal	320	Big Ice 25km	M		Long Blade	65	00:55:42
Ron	MacDougal	350	Big Ice 25km	M		Long Blade	65	01:00:01
Brad	Toms	353	Big Ice 25km	M	32	Long Blade	65	01:03:34
Susan	Hayden	337	Big Ice 25km	F	47	Long Blade	65	01:04:26
Jim	Kimber	348	Big Ice 25km	M	41	Long Blade	65	01:05:52
Alex	MacEachern	351	Big Ice 25km	M	66	Long Blade	65	01:06:07
Sheila	McGinn	339	Big Ice 25km	F	62	Long Blade	65	01:06:21
Ken	Lane	349	Big Ice 25km	M		Long Blade	65	01:07:08
Mike	Grimbly	346	Big Ice 25km	M	56		65	01:07:57
Craig	Hillis	347	Big Ice 25km	M	50	Long Blade	65	01:07:59
William	Desbarres	344	Big Ice 25km	M	55	Short Blade	65	01:09:46
Darlene	Chapman	322	Big Ice 25km	F		Long Blade	65	01:11:29
Adam	Aldred	341	Big Ice 25km	M	34		65	01:12:39
Mel	Gilbert	309	Big Ice 25km	M		Short Blade	65	01:13:18
Alan	Durdle	345	Big Ice 25km	M	56	Short Blade	65	01:21:30
Tineke	van der Baaren	340	Big Ice 25km	F	49	Long Blade	65	01:23:45
Marie-Claude	Gregoire	336	Big Ice 25km	F	38	Long Blade	65	01:23:47
Marilyn	McAvoy	338	Big Ice 25km	F	53	Short Blade	65	01:24:18
Gina	Brown	313	Big Ice 25km	F		Short Blade	64	01:26:53
Ingram	Barss	342	Big Ice 25km	M	45	Short Blade	62	01:26:15
Peter	Barss	343	Big Ice 25km	M	71	Short Blade	59	01:27:16
Dave	Waters	354	Big Ice 25km	M	44	Sledge	49	01:30:30

Icebreaker #2 - January 27, 2013

10 minute Icebreaker #2

First	Last	Sex	Number	Number of Laps	Distance (KM)	Final Time
Freya	Clark	F	20	12	4.6	10:31
Jamie	Gillis	M	19	12	4.6	10:57
Julia	Loparco	F	22	11	4.3	10:05
Zachary	Groom	M	21	10	3.9	10:22
Leila	Cartier	F	17	9	3.5	10:49
Claudine	Abcarius	F	13	9	3.5	11:06
Augustine	van der Baaren	F	18	8	3.1	10:14
Diana	Alwayn	F	12	7	2.7	10:40

20 minute Icebreaker #2

First	Last	Sex	Number	Number of Laps	Distance (KM)	Final Time
John	McDougall	M	25	22	8.5	20.54
Ron	MacDougal	M	23	21	8.1	20:07
Jamie	Gillis	M	19	21	8.1	20:28
Ken	Lane	M	16	19	7.4	20:19
Friedemann	Brauer	M	8	19	7.4	20:26
Craig	Hillis	M	24	19	7.4	20:36
Paul	Smith	M	26	19	7.4	21:45
Tineke	van der Baaren	F	18	15	5.8	20:53

Icebreaker #1 - January 6, 2013.

10 minute Icebreaker #1

First	Last	Sex	Number	Number of Laps	Distance (KM)	Final Time
Brent	Thompson	M	4	11	4.3	10:33
Stephen	Workman	M	6	11	4.3	10:40
Cassidy	Bradley	F	7	11	4.3	10:56
Emma	Thompson	F	15	11	4.3	11:10
Susan	Hayden	F	3	10	3.9	10:02
Augustine	van der Baaren	F	5	8	3.1	10:26

20 minute Icebreaker #1

First	Last	Sex	Number	Number of Laps	Distance (KM)	Final Time
Henk	Kwindt	M	11	22	8.5	20:05
Friedemann	Brauer	M	8	21	8.1	20:51
Ron	MacDougal	M	14	20	7.7	20:22
Ken	Lane	M	16	19	7.4	20:09
Tineke	van der Baaren	F	5	15	5.8	20:05
Ralf	Dreimanis	M	9	15	5.8	21:02

Countdown - 2 Years to 15CWG

Do you remember these Canada Winter Games?

2011 Canada Winter Games - Halifax

Today marks 2-years, 370 days, to the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George BC.  As we look forward please indulge me as I look back on the past two Games teams that I have been involved with.

In 2007 and 2011 I attended the Canada Winter Games with Team Ontario in Whitehorse YK and Team Manitoba in Halifax NS respectively.  Each was an exciting event because of the great group of athletes, coaches, and managers involved on each team.  

Team Ontario Speed Skating - 07CWG Whitehorse

Team Manitoba Speed Skating - 11CWG Halifax

The athletes in these videos may not be wearing uniforms from New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island, but I promise you that they were no different than you 2 years from the Games.  To achieve what they achieved simply takes doing the following steps:

1. Set goals.  Your goal should be challenging and realistic at the same time.
2. Create a plan.  Determine the steps you need to take to achieve the goals and set a timeline to achieve them by.  Lay the steps out as short-term goals, or stepping stones, you need to take to reach your ultimate long-term goal.
3. Post the goals.  Remind yourself and make decisions daily that contribute to achievement of your goals.
4. Learn.  Every practice, competition, camp, class, or coach's comment is an opportunity to learn.  Use these opportunities to develop and improve.
5. Challenge yourself.  Get out of your comfort level by doing something different.  Push yourself to go a little lower, harder, faster, and/or further.  Once you develop a new comfort level push yourself again to another level.
6. Be deliberate.  You should be conscious of every stride in practice, every moment of dryland, and every lap of a race.  Is what you are doing you now getting you closer to your goal?  If not, change what you are doing.  If it is, make sure you continue to develop and refine it.
7. Review.  Is your plan working?  Are you meeting the short term goals?  What changes can you make? 

I am looking forward to working with skaters and coaches over the next 2 years to prepare Atlantic teams for the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George BC.

2015 Canada Winter Games - Prince George