TRC, here’s the perfect race to enter to gauge the quality of your training. It’s flat and fast through residential Oakville and even has scenic sections by the lake. It provides a technical race shirt, reusable kit bag and very cool finisher medal. But the wonder of this event are the draw prizes, foremost being a Mercedes-Benz B Class car - a free lease for a year! - plus $5000 in additional draw prizes. Your odds of winning a draw prize are much better than winning the race! It’s also a Road Warrior race offering extra prizes and double the series points. www.mercedes10k.com
TRC selling shirts at Harry’s & Sporting Life
Posted on Mar 03.10 to TRC News
Our club will be again be selling T-shirts at two of the Canada Running Series races this spring. It’s a great way to promote the club and earn some money for the club. Thanks to those of you who offered to help sell… Sheila Jacobs, Tehmina Ahmed, Brent Routley and Jody Pin…. 3 will work at Harry’s and we need a couple more for Sporting Life. Any takers? Hopefully the rest of you will be running at Harry’s Spring Run-off and the Sporting Life 10k and will drop into the booth to say hi.
Club Announcements
Posted on Dec 13.09 to TRC News
Congrats to all these milestone reachers:
5-Year Members
Tony Correale
Emad Boctor
Sheila Jacobs
Tony Samson
10-Year Members
Glenn Darras
Nathalie Dash
Rob Gonsalves
15-Year Members
Michael Brennan
John De Venz
Nancy Hamilton
Dan Little
Andy Watson
Certificates Awarded
President’s Award - Tony Samson, For leading the club & welcoming new runners so well over 2 years!
Rookie of the Year Award - Jim Daigneau, For organizing Jays day & participating in most activities.
Energizer Bunny Award - Alan Connors, For running & running & running! You’re an inspiration!
Road Warrior of the Year - Stephen Wallace, For running so many races!
You Light up my Life Award - Paul Epton, Congrats on carrying the Olympic torch in December!
Volunteer of the Year - Peter Kain, For participating and assisting in so many club activities
Distinguished Volunteer 5 yrs - Teresa Godin, For 5 years of volunteering on the Exec and with events
Back in the Saddle Award - Eugene Pruski, For getting back into running
Most Likely UP about being down under - Bob Glazier, For outstanding efforts at the Australia World Masters Games
Golden Girl Award - Nancy Hamilton,
For numerous medal wins at Dragonboat Worlds
Funeral for Ted Dash
Posted on Aug 02.09 to TRC News

It still doesn’t register that Ted Dash - long time member of both the Toronto Running Club and XSNRG Running Club - will not be running with Nathalie and the rest of us anymore. If you’re just hearing about this for the first time, Ted passed away Friday, July 31st from complications arising from a virus that led to a stroke, medically induced coma, kidney failure and more. Our hearts go out to Nathalie, Ted’s wife of just one year but partner of 10 years.

A short service will be held to remember and honor Ted Dash Saturday August 8th at 3pm. There’s an earlier visitation from 1 to 3 pm. All are welcome to the North York Y at Bayview/Sheppard after the 3pm funeral for food & refreshment. There will be no body at the funeral home, just his ashes.
The service will be at 3pm at The Simple Alternative Funeral Centre, 275 Lesmill Rd. Toronto. Tel: 416-441-1580. This is in the 401-Leslie St. Area.
For directions, visit http://www.thesimplealternative.ca/our_locations/toronto.asp
There is no visitation at the Funeral Centre on Thursday or Friday, only Saturday from 1-3pm.
Remembering Ted
One of our favorite stories about Ted happened at the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon a couple years ago when then, MDRC, was volunteering at the water station at Lakeshore and Sherbourne. The station was spread out over a hundred meters for the 10,000 runners expected in a huge crush. Ted was standing near the Elite water bottle table keeping an eye on things as the first few Kenyans whipped by. Ted was impressed by their speed and how similar it was to his own!

The 4th or 5th place runner, a Kenyan, came speeding along and grabbed at his water bottle on the Elite table but didn’t get a grip on it and knocked it off the table. Ted watched it all unfold as if in a trance then suddenly made a decision, lunged for the bottle and started sprinting to catch the Kenyan. Over 50 volunteers stopped what they were doing to witness the drama unfolding… an amateur Caucasian runner, twice the age of the Kenyan he was chasing, attempting to catch a 2:12 marathoner. No one would have bet on Ted catching the Kenyan but he did. His heavy footsteps startled the Kenyan who thought a rival was catching him.
No, it was just Ted Dash, doing the Ted Blast over 125 meters of people cheering him on. His face was red, his cheeks were puffed and on his last gasp he thrust the water bottle into the face of the surprised but thankful Kenyan. Ted’s foolhardy but heroic action impressed all! We’re not sure why he disappeared for a while but we suspect he needed a snooze after his ‘feet’!
Ted was a member of our running club for 11 years and during that time helped out at events, most notably as a volunteer at water stations the club coordinated for the Waterfront Marathon or Toronto Marathon. He was a frequent volunteer at the Mad Dog Scramble too, nipping at the heels of runners as they passed him. If Nathalie wasn’t running in the event, she was there with him to hear his silliness and to see his antics.

Ted was personable, full of life, encouraging and had a good sense of humor. At our last count he had completed 13 marathons but may have slipped a few more in when we weren’t looking. Over the 10 years of his relationship with Nathalie they attended many dozens of races together.
So long Ted, it’s been great to know you.
Michael Brennan
Mar. 23
Posted on Mar 30.09 to TRC News
Also saw Henry Rono run in the 55/59 Mile. He only came 5th.
Earl Fee, our Canadian champion master, won his 75/79 400 metre race in 1 min. 13 sec (Doug Piercey, you could be a medal winner here in this event!)
Great track, great atmosphere and great spectator support.”
Bob Glazier.
Mar. 9
Posted on Mar 09.09 to TRC News
| O’Neill | Mirian | Mar. 10 |
| GARNER | JIM | Mar. 13 |
| Bizzotto | Andrea | Mar. 14 |
Feb. 23
Posted on Mar 05.09 to TRC News
Mar. 2
Posted on Mar 05.09 to TRC News
- Men’s Long sleeve ‘Fast Forward’ tech top… $55: color: Black, sizes Med. (fits Michael B for example)
- Men’s Long sleeve midweight zip-T tech top… $45 … color: Black, size Med. (fits Michael B for example)
- Men’s ‘Breeze’ running jacket… $67 … color: Coal (gray), size L……. or color: Maui Blue, size M
- Women’s Long sleeve ‘Fast Forward’ tech top… $55: color: Oceanic (blue), sizes Medium (fits Teresa and Nancy Hamilton, for example) and Large (fits Sheila Jacobs, for example)
- Women’s ‘Breeze’ running jacket… $67 … color: Oceanic (blue), size Small
Feb. 2
Posted on Feb 04.09 to TRC News
New Handicap Rating Program for Runners
Specific Ontario running races designated as “Road Warrior” races offer a new category of prizing that ALL runners – slow, medium or fast - have a chance of winning. How so?
Men and women with a ‘Road Warrior Handicap Rating’ at those races will run ‘virtually’ against each other. The ‘handicap rating’, like a golf handicap, lets all compete as if on a level playing field.
Everyone with the ‘rating’ earns points at each ‘Road Warrior’ race and after each race and at year’s end, prizes go to those with the most points. All Ontario runners qualify.
REGISTER FOR FREE on the Road Warrior site to receive a Road Warrior ID number. Sign in and check the ratings to see if you’re already listed with a rating. If you don’t have one, then run 3 running or trail races anywhere in the province and a ‘handicap rating’ can be created from your results at those races.
Enter any ‘Road Warrior-designated race (use your new ID number when you register for races so that YOU, and not someone with your same name & city, is awarded points correctly). That rating is applied to your race time, then compared to everyone else’s to see who were the top finishers in the ‘Road Warrior’ category.
Everyone has a chance of winning that category. Sign up as a Road Warrior then enter those races!RoadWarriorRunning.com
An initiative of Ontario Track & Field Association and Eveque. Supported by Trillium Foundation & RoadRaceResults.com
Jan. 19
Posted on Jan 26.09 to TRC News
- Men’s Long sleeve ‘Fast Forward’ tech top… $55: color: Black, sizes Med. (fits Michael B for example)
- Men’s Long sleeve midweight zip-T tech top… $45 … color: Black, size Med. (fits Michael B for example)
- Men’s ‘Breeze’ running jacket… $67 … color: Coal (gray), size L……. or color: Maui Blue, size M
- Women’s Long sleeve ‘Fast Forward’ tech top… $55: color: Oceanic (blue), sizes Medium (fits Teresa and Nancy Hamilton, for example) and Large (fits Sheila Jacobs, for example)
- Women’s ‘Breeze’ running jacket… $67 … color: Oceanic (blue), size Small
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