The road goes on forever

July 28, 2009

The Canadian team for the Berlin World Championships was officially named today. AC even made a slide show with music, I figured it would be a crappy song but I was impressed with what they picked. http://www.athletics.ca/berlin2009/

The Kenyan and Ethiopian teams were also named this week and it looks like (no surprise) they are going to have great marathon squads even with the absence of Haile G, Duncan Kibet, James Kwambai and Sammy Wanjiru.

I remember showing up to the Western International XC meet back in University and hearing another team making fun of us saying “you always know when Guelph shows up because of the yellow school bus”. We joked (we weren’t cocky enough to actually say it) that the other teams should know when we showed up because they were going to be fighting it out for second place. Well even Boston Champ Deriba Merga rides the yellow school bus sometimes (proof taken with my cell phone). He’s probably one of the favorites to win the Berlin Marathon despite this being his third marathon this year.

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I had a tough workout today as I didn’t hit the times I wanted to for 1600m repeats and then I made the executive decision to run 2 X 800m instead of the last repeat to keep the pace honest. I’ll tack that up to the 27C heat (34 with humidex), the strong wind and my last workout of 5 X 5km still lingering in my legs… whatever makes me feel better about it, right? haha. In general I’m happy with the preparations heading into the marathon. I have three more workouts before I leave for Germany on August 8th. Only 24 more days until go time!

It’s too bad Jon Brown has an injury as he would of obviously been great towards scoring in the team competition but, would of also been an interesting guy to learn from . If you don’t know, Jon Brown finished 4th in two Olympic Marathons (running for GB at the time).

Canadian team. Not many individuals once you take out the relays and marathon…

Name	Event	Hometown	Coach
Ruky Abdulai	Long Jump	Coquitlam, BC	Jarrold Jones
Esther Akinsulie	4x400m	Ottawa, ON	Hugh Conlin
Dylan Armstrong	Shot Put	Kamloops, BC	Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Bryan Barnett	4x100m	Edmonton, AB	Quin Sekulich
Nathan Brannen	1500m	Cambridge, ON	Ron Warhurst
Jared Connaughton	4x100m	New Haven, PEI	Monte Stratton
Reid Coolsaet	Marathon	Hamilton, ON	Dave Scott-Thomas
Sam Effah	4x100m	Calgary, AB	Brenda Van Tighem
Alice Falaiye	Long Jump	Mississauga, ON	Marc Christie
Perdita Felicien	100m Hurdles	Pickering, ON	Gary Winckler
Sultana Frizell	Hammer Throw	Perth, ON	Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Kelsie Hendry	Pole Vault	Saskatoon, SK	Rick & Susanne Petrucha
Kimberly Hyacinthe	4x400m	Lachenaie, QC	Daniel St-Hilaire
Jennifer Joyce	Hammer Throw	Kamloops, BC	Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Rachel Lavallée	20km Racewalk	Peterborough, ON	Stafford Whalen
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	100m Hurdles	Whitby, ON	Anthony McCleary
Giitah Macharia	Marathon	Oakville, ON	Steven Keating
Jenna Martin	4x400m	Bridgewater, NS	Charles Scarrow
Carline Muir	4x400m	Edmonton, AB	Derek Evely
Amonn Nelson	4x400m	Calgary, AB	Brenda Van Tighem
Hank Palmer	4x100m	Lasalle, QC	Daniel St-Hilaire
Adrienne Power	4x400m	Halifax, NS	Peter Lord
Tara Quinn-Smith	Marathon	Toronto, ON	Hugh Cameron
Gary Reed	800m	Victoria, BC	Wynn Gmitroski
Gavin Smellie	4x100m	Etobicoke, ON	Erik Jenkins
Andrew Smith	Marathon	Toronto, ON	Hugh Cameron
Oluseyi Smith	4x100m	Ottawa, ON	Glenroy Gilbert
Brianne Theisen	Heptathlon	Humboldt, SK	Todd Johnston
Robin Watson	3000m Steeplechase	London, ON	Dave Scott-Thomas
Angela Whyte	100m Hurdles	Edmonton, AB	Wayne Phipps
Dylan Wykes	Marathon	Kingston, ON	Steve Boyd

Some places which sell Vittel water will have these NB key chains attatched to the bottles. Maybe only in Japan?

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2 Comments

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August 4, 2009 12:51 pm

I’d kill to hear the details of that 5x5k session.
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January 11, 2010 4:16 am

Your blog is so informative … ..I just bookmarked you….keep up the good work!!!!

I’m Out! 🙂