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MEC 5 Peaks 10k trail race - Calgary
Unlike Toronto 2 months back, this race was run under bright blue skies on a very hot, dry and dusty day. This was the first of a series of races organised by Mountain Equipment Co-op across Canada. Despite best efforts I got boxed in on the narrow woodland trails and the leading group managed to gain too much ground before I could really get to work and try close the gap - or was it just way too hot, or am I suffering from delusions here. The race was comfortably won by Salomon sponsored Canadian international Phil Villneuve.
http://www.5peaks.com/home.asp
Didn't hang around for the prizes as I had a plane to catch (and I didn't have one).
Ps - Calgary's longest ever wet spell was 19 days in the sixties and they get 300 days of sun per year ... makes you wonder doesn't it ?
Posted by Nigel Scott on Wed 1 Jun 2005 | 2 comments
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. said...
Results at http://www.5peaks.com/results/2005results_cop.pdf
Wednesday 1st June 2005 1.34pm
Rainman said...
Ps – Scotland’s longest ever sunny spell was about 19 days in the eighteen sixties and we now get over 300 days of rain per year …makes you want to chunder doesn’t it !!
Wednesday 1st June 2005 10.38pm