Stage 6 Results

Saturday 23 August 2003

Elmira to Conestogo

Woolwich Township

10 km Time Trial

PLACE	Last Name	First Name	Sex	Bib	City	Prov	Country	Age	Time
1	Bedley	Charles	M	1	Toronto	ON	Canada	30	34:23
2	Tremain	Rich	M	7	Arthur	ON	Canada	32	34:55
3	Parke	Steven	M	6	Kitchener	ON	Canada	37	42:39
4	Kennedy	Ian	M	3	Kitchener	ON	Canada	44	42:41
5	Naimji	Nurup	M	5	Toronto	ON	Canada	29	44:23
6	Murata	Koji	M	4	Tokyo		Japan	49	46:19
7	Gouin	Michel	M	2	Drummondville	QC	Canada	43	51:07
1	Duyn	Karin	F	9	Kitchener	ON	Canada	32	49:50
2	Champagne	Catherine	F	8	Oakville	ON	Canada	27	56:34

Similar to Stage 2, Stage 6 was a time trial, with runners starting 1 minute apart, in reverse order of their cumulative time standings after the first 6 Stages. Charles Bedley, wearing the Gold Jersey, started last and had the advantage of seeing his rivals ahead. Unsure of the health or strategy of the faster Rich Tremain, who won the 15 km Time Trial and has run a sub 30 minute 10 km, Charles kept Rich in sight the entire way and captured his 4th consecutive Stage victory by a comfortable 32 seconds. Sticking with his plan of not easing up, Charles now has a 26:34 lead heading into the last Stage and his best event, the marathon.

All participants had many reasons to run easier today, but all ran remarkably well, and they should be applauded for their competitiveness and sportsmanship.

Being a point-to-point course, the runners faced a head wind most of the way, but with the bright sun and cool temperatures, the conditions were ideal. In fact, the weather conditions for the entire ENDURrun has been exceptional.

Our volunteers, and especially the massage therapists, have done all we can for the participants to this point. Now, can the participants endure a marathon after running 6 races over 7 days, totalling 117.8 km of beautiful yet challenging Waterloo County roads and trails? Stay tuned for our final update tomorrow, as the exciting 1st Annual ENDURrun concludes.