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Friday Night Mile Series
Every Friday from March 16 to November 2, 2012. Hosted by Peninsula Runners
Each mile starts at 6:30pm at the South Surrey Athletic Park Track. Please arrive in plenty of time to register and warm up. Wheelchair athletes welcome; the track is accessible.
Cost: $1.00/race, or $5.00/series, or $20.00 for limited edition t-shirt and series entries.
All net proceeds will go to support the Surrey SPCA.
Due to popular demand, there will be an 800-metre every Friday too! Open to everyone but especially the kids!
How long is the series and what's in it for me?
Every Friday night from March 16 to November 2 consistently to create improvement. A 4-second improvement on your 1-mile time means an equivalent reduction of 30 seconds off your 10km time, or up to 3 minutes off your personal best Marathon time. Use as one of your weekly speed workouts. Track record: Luc Bruchet 4:25.2.
The beauty of the FRIDAY NIGHT MILE is that if you are seriously interested in improving your running at any distance and you want to be sure you are training at the right paces, you can use the mile result as a test that does not detract from your running program. If you are always using the 10KM or Half-Marathon for a basis of fitness, you need greater time to recover. Time spent in recovery is time away from additional training. It does not make sense to lose the benefits of several weeks of valuable training when you can run a mile and get just as accurate results and lose little or no time at all. Ask us in store or at the run for more details.
Results
Series 2011:
November 4, 2011
That's it for 2011! The series will start again March 16/2012 to Nov 2/2012 (Daylight Savings). I'd like to thank all participants of the series for their participation and contribution to the Surrey SPCA. We will be posting an amount raised very soon. Thank-you.
FRIDAY NIGHT MILE Darren Walton 5:50.01 Gordon Flett 6:20.74 Caroline Walton 7:58.30 Jade Walton 8:11.45 Haley Forsyth 9:24.43
October 28, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES Liam Forsyth 5:18.81 Rob Forsyth 5:19.18 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE Korbin Thomas 5:39.78 Darren Walton 5:49.02 Gordon Flett 6:32.65 Fraser McKay 6:55.27 Carolyn Forsyth 7:15.62 Haley Forsyth 9:32.40
October 21, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES Amber Walton 3:36.87 Jade Walton 3:47.40 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE Darren Walton 5:34.21 Jim Mackie 5:34.58 Jaxon Mackie 5:48.81 Jerimiah Mackie 6:11.02 Gordon Flett 6:15.11 Fraser McKay 7:11.21
October 7, 2011
MAGIC 800 1. Amber Walton 3:36.87 2. Jade Walton 3:47.40 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE 1. Darren Walton 5:34.21 2. Jim Mackie 5:34.58 3. Jaxon Mackie 5:48.81 4. Jerimiah Mackie 6:11.02 5. Gordon Flett 6:15.11 6. Fraser McKay 7:11.21
September 30, 2011
FRIDAY NIGHT MILE 1. Brad Smith 6:32.18 2. Bryn Smith 6:30.96 3. Anoop Toor 8:16.27
September 23, 2011
Everyone ran the mile!
MILE 1. Jim Quasnicki 5:37.52 2. Carolyn Walton 7:28.99 3. Darren Walton 7:29.27 4. Michael G. Miller 8:04.65 5. Haley Forsyth 8:51.30 6. Cole Miller 9:20.93 7. Michael C. Miller 9:21.49 8. Olivia McLarty 12:02.71 Sammy McLarty DNF (Did Not Feel-Good)
September 16, 2011
MAGIC 800 1. Cayla Smith 2:47:49 2. Liam Forsyth 5:53.02 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE 1. Bryn Smith 6:16.93 2. Luke Forsyth 6:25.81 3. Fraser McKay 7:03.05 4. Michael Miller 7:37.87 5. Brian Clendenin 7:42.08 6. Robert George 7:45.96 7. Caroline Walton 7:53.18 8. Noah Clendenin 8:02.30 9. Anoop Toor 8:17.08 10. Haley Forsyth 8:51.05 11. Cole Miller 9:10.14 12. Michael C. Miller 9:10.90 13. Rob Forsyth 9:58.99 14. Toby Clendenin 11:38.24
September 9, 2011
MAGIC 800 1. Liam Forsyth 6:58.40 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE 1. Luke Forsyth 6:09.11 2. Gord Flett 6:10.62 3. Brad Smith 6:33.21 4. Bryn Smith 6:36.37 5. Robert George 6:58.40 6. Brian Clendenin 6:59.58 7. Fraser McKay 7:02:84 8. Noah Clendenin 7:13.65 9. Anoop Toor 7:34.08 10. Caroline Walton 7:41.43 11. Robert George 7:46.43 12. Tyler Dixon 7:46.43 13. Jullian Dixon 8:40.58 14. Haley Forsyth 9:18.84 15. Rob Forsyth 9:19.11 16. Toby Clendenin 9:53.99 17. Monica Dixon 11:44.65
September 2, 2011
MAGIC 800 1. Bryn Smith 2:58.17 2. Amber Walton 3:36.11 3. Caroline Walton 3:45.71 4. Jade Walton 4:03.30 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE 1. Maureen de St. Croix 6:02.21 2. Gordon Flett 6:07.62 3. Brad Smith 6:34.81 4. Robert George 7:36.55
August 26, 2011
MAGIC 800: 1) Liam Forsyth 7:16.96 2) Rob Forsyth 7:17.40 MILE: 1) Drew Nicholson 4:54.90 2) Maureen de St. Croix 6:09.08 3) Carlos Lopes 7:45.84 4) Haley Forsyth 9:50.99
August 19, 2011
MAGIC 800: 1) Caroline Walton 3:34.40 2) Ryan Scott 3:56.62 MILE: 1) Chris Lennox 5:22.68 2) Greg Scott 5:59.49 3) Maureen de St. Croix 6:04.11 4) Carlos Lopes 7:54.55
August 12, 2011
MILE: 1) Brett Armstrong 5:19.18 2) Jay Zhu 5:50.37 3) Luke Forsyth 6:19.34 4) Carlos Lopes 8:14.11 5) Haley Forsyth 10:29.65 6) Rob Forsyth 10:32.93 7) Liam Forsyth 14:20.93
August 5, 2011
MAGIC 800: 1) Cayla Smith 2:44.58 2) Jade Wallton 3:40.55 MILE: 1) Brad Smith 6:31.08 2) Fraser McKay 7:03.87 3) Caroline Walton 7:35.74 4) Carlos Lopes 8:28.99
July 29, 2011
MAGIC 800: 1) Amber Walton 3:35.34 2) Jade Walton 3:49.34 MILE: 1) Malcolm Smiley 5:29.68 2) Fat Guy with Stopwatch DNF... again?
July 22, 2011
MILE: 1) Drew Nicholson 4:52.87 2) Fraser McKay 7:02.90 3) Caroline Walton 7:40.02
July 15, 2011
MAGIC 800: 1) Liam Forsyth 5:29.81 MILE: 1) Chris Lennox 5:33.11 2) Caroline Walton 7:36.30 3) Haley Forsyth 9:19.96 4) Rob Forsyth 9:43.52
July 8, 2011
MAGIC 800: 1) Jamie McKerrow 2:40.21 2) Cameron McKerrow 3:01 3) Amber Walton 3:21 4) Jade Walton 3:37 5) Emma McKerrow 4:13 6) Liam Forsyth 6:03 7) Liam Forsyth 6:03 MILE: 1) Chris Bolton 5:38 2) Gordon Flett 6:23 3) Carolyn Forsyth 7:05 4) Farida Kemp 7:07 5) Caroline Walton 7:38 6) Haley Forsyth 9:35
An equipment malfunction did not allow for 10ths and 100ths of seconds during timing.
July 1, 2011
1) Nobody 2) Nobody 3) Nobody 4) Nobody 5) Fat Guy with Stopwatch DNF
No... really... I was there!
June 24, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES: 1) Mark Pinckard 2:12.14 2) Maureen (Flash) de St. Croix 2:44.18 MILE: 1) Brett Armstrong 5:27.62 2) Darren Walton 5:37.05 3) Chris Bolton 5:39.34 4) Dean Scovill 5:52.55 5) Gord Flett 6:11.24 6) Caroline Walton 7:27.05
June 17, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES: 1) Jade Walton 4:30.08 MILE: 1) Darren Walton 5:50.08 2) Caroline Walton 7:34.96
June 10, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES: 1) Mark Pinckard 2:08.18 2) Malcolm Smiley 2:20.34 3) Caroline Walton 3:34.81 4) Jade Walton 3:38.52 MILE: 1) Steve Redding 5:24.96 2) Gordon Flett 6:09.30 3) Fat-Guy with Stopwatch... oops! That's me. : )
June 3, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES: 1) Jay Zhu 2:26.62 2) Jade Walton 3:45.46 MILE: 1) Drew Nichol 4:53.58 2) Steve Redding 5:20.21 3) Darren Walton 5:51.40 4) Gordon Flett 6:04.96 (PR) 5) Farida Kemp 7:14.34 6) Caroline Walton 7:36.55 (PR)
May 27, 2011
MAGIC 800-METRES: 1) Jay Zhu 2:36.02 2) Chris Bolton 2:39.39 3) Amber Walton 3:37.27 4) Alesia Oster 4:49.96 MILE: 1) Darren Walton 5:43.90 2) David MacDonald 5:53.58 3) Caroline Walton 7:40.40 4) Brian Clendenin 7:51.87 5) Noah Clendenin 7:58.24
May 20, 2011
800 METRES: 1) Nicola Everton 2:28.40 2) Jay Zhu 2:36.21 3) Debra Jordan 2:41.24 4) Maureen de St. Croix 2:44.34 5) Dawson Ribeiro 2:47.40 6) Amber Walton 3:44.52 7) Caroline Walton 3:57.99 8) Alisia Oster 4:31.55 MILE: 1) Darren Walton 5:43.08 2) Dave Ribeiro 6:06.36 3) Gordon Flett 6:08.14 (NEW P.R.)
Thanks EVERYBODY! See you next week.
May 13, 2011
1) Michael Butler 4:59.34 2) Malcolm Smiley 5:19.40 3) Darren Walton 5:46.37 4) Luke Forsyth 6:25.62 5) Brad Smith 6:27.11 6) Ben Kustra 7:34.90 7) Caroline Walton 7:37.58 8) Onoman 7:40.58 8) Carolyn Forsyth 7:48.90 10) Talia Ifida 8:05.05 11) Nicole Brink 8:12.02 12) Gary Bennett 8:19.05 13) Haley Forsyth 9:07.18 14) Rob Forsyth 9:21.55
And there was also an 800-metre event which started at the same time as the mile. 8 people ran and unrecorded times were called out at the finish. We will be doing the same thing next week too for anyone else attending. Everyone got in on the random draw prizes and Luke Forsyth walked away with the certificate for a pair of Nike Free 3.0! Not bad for a dollar.
May 6, 2011
It rained and was windy for the warm-up and the first 2 laps, but the race (despite an equipment malfunction) went off beautifully. It was an almost perfect night for a run. The times were rounded off to the nearest second.
Don't forget... next week... the random draw for a pair of men, ladies, or kid's Nike Free 3.0 shoes as well as our regular fun weekly draw prizes.
Also, we are still waiting for a date on the addition of an 800-metre event, but as always... the MILE is every Friday night until the end of November.
1) Malcolm Smiley 5:30 2) Kayla Smith 6:07 3) Debbie Jordan 6:07 4) Brad Smith 6:24 5) Gordon Flett 6:26 6) Nathan Hilpert 6:35 7) Michaela Bennett 7:14 8) Jade Walton 7:41 9) Caroline Walton 7:42 10) Gary Bennett 8:48
Thank-you everyone and hope to see you next week!
April 29, 2011
1) Mark Pinckard 5:02.49 2) Darren Walton 5:54.43 3) Maureen de St. Croix 5:59.30 4) Debbie Jordan 6:06.02 5) John Jordan 6:17.52 6) Gordon Flett 6:20.62 7) Brad Smith 6:25.40 8) Ron Heron 6:53.46 9) Mariah Oskam 7:02.11 10) Oz Oskam 7:03.49 11) Amber Walton 7:36.11 12) Jade Walton 7:39.40 13) Caroline Walton 7:42.52 14) Haley Forsyth 9:49.43 15) Rob Forsyth 9:51.96
April 22, 2011
1) Mark Pinckard 5:02.27
2) Malcolm Smilie 5:24.62
3) Darren Walton 5:36.34
4) Cayla Smith 6:30.93
5) Brad Smith 6:32.02
6) Caroline Walton 7:39.02
7) Stacey Kohler 8:05.62
8) Haley Forsyth 10:02.84
9) Liam Forsyth 10:07.49
10) Rob Forsyth 10:19.81
Oz Oskam DNF
April 15, 2011
1) Ted de St. Croix 5:42.34 2) Debbie Jordan 6:01.08 3) Maureen de St. Croix 6:08.37 4) John Jordan 6:22.05 5) Gordon Flett 6:30.84 6) Ron Heron 7:01.93 7) Gareth Bennett 7:33.84 8) Gary Bennett 8:02.34 9) Stacey Kohler 8:10.78
April 8, 2011
1) Mark Pinckard 5:09.71
2) Darren Walton 5:42.08
3) Ted de St. Croix 5:44.81
4) Maureen de St. Croix 6:01.40
5) Debbie Jordan 6:14.18
6) Oz Oskam 6:20.49
7) Gordon Flett 6:27.05
8) Ron Heron 7:07.08
9) Bernhard Dandyk 7:50.81
10) Amber Walton 7:53.58
11) Caroline Walton 7:55.52
12) Jade Walton 7:59.65
13) Gary Bennett 8:04.74
14) Stacey Kohler 8:11.05
John Jordan DNF
April 1, 2011
1) Darren Walton 5:49.34
2) Kim Fischer 6:07.05
3) Debbie Jordan 6:12.55
4) Gordon Flett 6:22.30
5) John Jordan 6:29.34
6) Caroline Walton 7:57.46
7) Gary Bennett 8:04.30
8) Stacey Kohler 8:41.40
Oz Oskam DNF and still won a draw prize!
March 25, 2011
1) Chris Lennox 5:44.46 2) Maureen de St. Croix 6:08.99 3) Oz Oskam 6:36.71 4) Tanya Warkentin 6:46.40 5) Bernhard Dandyk 7:46.52 6) Garreth Bennett 8:08.37 7) Gary Bennett 8:29.40
March 18, 2011
A little warmer... none of that liquid stuff? What do you call it again? Oh yah... RAIN! No wind... and a little bit of daylight and funny enough it makes all the difference in the world. Welcome back old faces and congratulations to everyone on a race well run. Hope to see you all next week and more!
1) Darren Walton 5:44.78 2) Gordon Flett 6:29.02 3) Ron Heron 7:10.13 4) Amber Walton 7:34.51 5) Jade Walton 7:50.04 6) Caroline Walton 7:52.91 7) Gary Bennett 7:55.34 8) Hailey Forsyth 10:14.66 9) Rob Forsyth 10:14.90
March 11, 2011
1) Darren Walton 5:48.62
2) Kim-Michael Fischer 6:06.74
3) Maureen de St. Croix 6:14.71
4) Debbie Jordan 6:18.40
5) Gordon Flett 6:47.17
6) Ron Heron 7:03.49
7) Michaela Bennett 7:38.58
8) Garreth Bennett 7:39.36
9) Gary Bennett 8:00.36
10) Jade Walton 8:17.77
11) Caroline Walton 8:18.24
12) Stacey Kohler 8:18.24
John Jordan DNA
March 4, 2011
WHAT A NIGHT!!!
Yes... It rained... very hard.
Yes... it was very windy.
And "Yes"... it was really-really cold standing there timing.
But... the running was "RED HOT!"
What a great night for the first of 40 consecutive weeks of the 2011 FRIDAY NIGHT MILE SERIES. The runners were a tad bundled, but that didn't stop the 11 hearty souls from giving it their all. It was awesome! And, it was really great to see a few new faces making their appearance at the event too. Where were you, Gord? Hope to see you all and more. Same time... same venue... same bat... Oops! That's been taken.
1) Darren Walton 5:52.24 2) Ted de St. Croix 6:03.62 3) Maureen de St. Croix 6:25.14 4) Debbie Jordan 6:32.74 5) John Jordan 6:34.11 6) Ron Heron 7:26.34 7) Makela Bennett 7:46.90 8) Gary Bennett 8:22.62 9) Jade Walton 8:37.90 10) Amber Walton 8:42.68 11) Caroline Walton 8:44.43
P.S. Hey Gary! You never stayed for the draw prizes... I have a "Timmy's" gift card for you. See you all next week!
Series 2010-II:
November 26, 2010
Snow and ice covered half the track, but it didn't stop the fun.
1) Raffi Antepyan 5:57.08 2) Darren Walton 6:29.99 3) Gordon Flett 6:59.84 4) Jade Walton 9:37.49 5) Amber Walton 9:56.71 6) Caroline Walton 9:57.21
I'd like to extend a special "Thank-you" to all the participants over the 2010 Friday night Mile season. It turned out to be a very special family event and the attendance was greater than last year. We will be posting the amount raised for the Surrey S.P.C.A. soon! Thank-you again everyone and I hope to see you all again starting Friday March 4, 2011 at 7:00pm.
November 19, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:55.06 2) Garreth Bennett 7:57.05 3) Fraser McKay 8:05.34 4) Gary Bennett 8:55.43 5) Cameron McKay 10:38.65
We have had requests so we are bringing it back for November 19... one night only... THE FRIDAY NIGHT 100! The kid's only 100-metres that is... Kids of all ages welcome. If you do not want to do the MILE... come on out and do the 100! Just a reminder... there are 2 more FRIDAY NIGHT MILE races left until the end of the season. I hope to see you!
Friday Night Mile TV? Great idea! Actually Peter Lesyk put together a fantastic video from the October 1, 2010 event. Thank-you Peter! Check it out below:
November 12, 2010
1) David Greig 5:25.24 2) Raffi Antepyan 5:25.99 3) Darren Walton 5:30.74 4) Gordon Flett 6:37.49 5) Jade Walton 7:42.84 6) Caroline Walton 8:00.02
November 5, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:45.46 2) Gordon Flett 6:31.12 3) Fraser McKay 7:35.14 4) Jade Walton 7:39.93 5) Caroline Walton 8:06.27
October 29, 2010
1) Korbin Thomas 5:47.65 2) Jeff Burbine 5:58.99 3) Dale Anderson 5:59.99 4) Arnold Sikhakhane 6:35.78
October 22, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:36.78 2) Raffi Antepyan 5:39.18 3) David 5:43.55 4) Korbin Thomas 5:50.52 5) Arnold Sikhakhane 6:43.18 6) Fraser McKay 7:26.81 7) Garreth Bennett 7:31.17 8) Onomen Ifada 7:38.05 9) Amber Walton 7:38.30 10) Nicole Brink 7:54.11 11) Tahlia Ifada 8:00.21 12) Jade Walton 8:01.02 13) Caroline Walton 8:17.08 14) Gary Bennett 8:48.68
October 15, 2010
Cooler temperatures did not stop terrific enthusiasm. It was another great night to run.
1) Darren Walton 5:42.96 2) Kiana Bekar 6:27.21* 3) Aarne Tork 6:55.11 4) Ethan Ciriani 7:20.96 5) Mya Bekar 7:29.93* 6) Amber Walton 7:37.87 7) Jade Walton 7:50.37 8) Amelia Ciriani 7:54.62 9) Caroline Walton 7:57.05* 10) Christine Bekar & Co. 10:10.02 11) Hailey Forsyth 10:30.74 12) Liam Forsyth 10:53.81
* Personal Best for the Friday Night Mile.
October 8, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:42.11 2) Gordon Flett 6:23.78 3) Luke Forsyth 6:43.87 4) Amber Walton 7:18.24 5) Garreth Bennett 7:21.49 6) Jade Walton 7:39.27 7) Hailey Forsyth 8:00.27 8) Caroline Walton 8:00.55 9) Gary Bennett 8:43.24 10) Alysha Penman 9:21.93 11) Liam Forsyth 11:47.68
October 1, 2010
Strange things happened on Friday night and it's not even Halloween! Thank-you all for the great participation and making this our biggest field to date. 13 personal records were set on a perfect night to run.
1) Darren Walton 5:30.90* 2) Peter Lesyk 5:33.55* 3) David McDonald 5:35.74* 4) Ward Bertram 5:55.27 5) Craig McConnell 6:07.24* 6) Richard Ford 6:10.93* 7) Patricia Nicoli 6:15.46* 8) Kiana Bekar 6:17.11* 9) Ray Baker 6:20.74 10) Blair Fullop 6:21.81 11) Brian Gunn 6:33.87 12) Jim Millington 6:40.58 13) Meg Peters 6:46.58 14) Aarne Tork 6:47.74 15) Kevin Philips 7:18.84 16) Mya Bekar 7:41.05* 17) Tyler Cantin 8:20.58* 18) Jade Walton 8:25.34 19) Caroline Walton 8:25.74 20) Christine Bekar 8:41.08* 21) Carter Cantin 9:21.58* 22) Calysta Cantin 9:26.68* 23) Kristy Cantin 10:15.96* * Personal record
September 24, 2010
Just a caution for those people coming out... we really do start at 7pm. I apologize to the people who showed up late.
1) Darren Walton 5:47:24 2) Patricia Nicoli 6:20.24 3) Kiana Bekar 6:35.34 4) Garreth Bennett 7:52.93 5) Gary Bennett 8:45.18 6) Christine Bekar 9:03.58 7) Tyler Canton 9:23.55 8) Carter Canton 10:09.18 9) Kalysta Canton 10:15.78
September 17, 2010
Nice turnout on a beautiful warm night! If it keeps up like this we'll have to change the name from the FRIDAY NIGHT MILE to the FAMILY NIGHT MILE. It's so great to see the parents who not only bring down their kids to run this event, but also participate with them. I'd also really like to thank Kiana Bekar for running with young Carter and encouraging him along the way to a great finish. That was special. Well done everybody!
1) Noah Clendenin 7:25.90 2) Bryan Clendenin 7:26.43 3) Fraser McKay 7:46.99 4) Maya Bekar 8:11.34 5) Ben Kustra 8:16.87 6) Jade Walton 8:20.43 7) Caroline Walton 8:28.78 8) Gary Bennett 8:45.27 9) Tyler Cantin 9:00.14 10) Christine Bekar 9:19.11 11) Calysta Cantin 9:31.84 12) Kiana Bekar 11:35.18 13) Carter Cantin 11:35.43 14) Kristy Cantin 11:54.84
September 10, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:38.99
2) Peter Lesyk 5:42.81
3) Gordon Flett 6:31.02
4) Bryan Clendenin 7:14.27
5) Garreth Bennett 7:46.27
6) Fraser McKay 7:46.74
7) Amber Walton 7:47.27
8) Jade Walton 7:50.62
9) Maya Bekar 8:02.43
10) Noah Clendenin 8:04.14
11) Caroline Walton 8:11.11
12) Gary Bennett 8:52.43
13) Hailey Forsyth 10:34.71
14) Christine Bekar & Company 10:39.40
Raffi Antepyan DNF
September 3, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:36.87 2) Chris Lennox 5:37.96 3) Luke Forsyth 6:25.21 4) Gordon Flett 6:32.24 5) Amber Walton 7:57.24 6) Jade Walton 8:13.30 7) Hailey Forsyth 8:31.46 8) Caroline Forsyth 8:31.74 9) Rob Forsyth 9:37.24
August 27, 2010
1) Darren Walton 6:00.24 2) Maureen de St. Croix 6:15.52 3) Luke Forsyth 6:17.27 4) Fraser McKay 6:17.27 5) Jade Walton 8:06.30 6) Caroline Walton 8:13.78 7) Hailey Forsyth 10:06.65 8) Rob Forsyth 10:06.90
August 20, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:37.49 2) Chris Lennox 5:38.90 3) Peter Lesyk 5:41.02 4) Maureen de St. Croix 6:10.37 5) Patricia Nicoli 6:14.24 6) Gordon Flett 6:42.43 7) Fraser McKay 7:23.68 8) Amber Walton 8:12.90 9) Jade Walton 8:45.02
August 13, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:45.34 2) Gordon Flett 6:33.21 3) Fraser McKay 7:41.21 4) Amber Walton 7:56.14
August 6, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:45.74 2) Murray Fisher 5:48.18 3) Gordon Flett 6:26.14 4) Luke Forsyth 6:33.11 5) Jade Walton 8:00.81 6) Amber Walton 8:05.49 7) Fraser McKay 8:07.37 8) Caroline Walton 8:12.30 9) Hailey Forsyth 10:06.08 10) Rob Forsyth 10:14.55 11) Liam Forsyth 13:50.24
July 30, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:49.68 2) Gordon Flett 6:28.40 3) Camilla Lesyk 6:47.74 4) Emma Palmer 7:56.11 5) Amber Walton 7:56.40 6) Jade Walton 8:22.55 7) Caroline Walton 8:23.43
July 23, 2010
1) David McDonald 5:35.90
2) Darren Walton 5:45.71
3) Murray Fisher 5:47.96
4) Craig McConnell 6:16.08
5) Patricia Nicoli 6:20.11
6) Camilla Lesyk 7:07.11
7) Peter Lesyk 7:07.71
8) Sandra Berry 8:07.46
9) Jade Walton 8:27.24
10) Caroline Walton 8:28.87
Tony DNF - "Next time!"
July 16, 2010
1) Mark Sherman 4:36.52
2) Drew Nicholson 4:55.11
3) Greg Scott 5:59.74
4) Dan Carpatian 7:37.46
5) Jade Walton 8:04.05
6) Caroline Walton 8:06.65
Let's see... lazy?... busy?... lazy?... busy? I'll go with busy and apologize for the slow updates to the FRIDAY NIGHT MILE RESULTS.
July 9, 2010
1) Drew Nicholson 4:55.68 2) David McDonald 5:39.68 3) Darren Walton 5:50.08 4) Peter Lesyk 5:54.52 5) Gordon Fleck 6:44.84 6) Jade Walton 8:15.11 7) Amber Walton 8:35.46 8) Caroline Walton 8:37.78
Where's Raffi?
July 2, 2010 (Holiday weekend)
1) Drew Nicholson 4:56.02 2) Lak Gill 6:18.90 3) Gordon Fleck 6:46.99
June 25, 2010
1) Drew Nicholson 4:52.78 2) Darren Walton 5:48.37 3) Alysha Bennett 6:21.21 4) Andrew Brumby 6:36.30 5) Gordon Fleck 6:52.78 6) Garreth Bennett 7:35.27 7) Jade Walton 8:09.14 8) Caroline Walton 8:15.81 9) Amy McCombe 8:18.14 Raffi Antepyan DNF
June 18, 2010
1) Darren Walton 5:55.21 2) Alysha Bennett 6:20.24 3) Lak Gill 6:31.43 4) Jade Walton 7:59.90 5) Gary Bennett 8:44.72 Caroline Walton DNF
June 11, 2010
1) Raffi Antepyan 5:26.18 2) Darren Walton 5:52.27 3) David McDonald 5:53.24 4) Gordon Flett 6:34.14 5) Amber Walton 8:21.02 6) Caroline Walton 8:28.08
June 4, 2010
1) Drew Nichols 4:57.65 2) Darren Walton 6:02.27 3) Lak Gill 6:31.65 4) Gordon Flett 6:41.34 5) Gareth Bennett 8:00.02 6) Amber Walton 8:00.34 7) Gary Bennett 9:01.30 8) Raffi Antepyan DNF
May 28, 2010
It was a wet one, but 6 hardy souls and a couple of spectators showed up and everyone had a great time!
1) Darren Walton 6:08.05 2) Gordon Flett 6:34.90 3) Garreth Bennett 7:23.34 4) Jade Walton 8:37.99 5) Caroline Walton 8:39.99 6) Gary Bennett 9:35.93
It's always great to see new people coming out and trying the mile. However it's not so much about running a personal best time every time you step on the track so much as it is learning about pacing and planning your next race. Everybody knows that if you go out too quickly you will have trouble at the end, but it appears a lot of people don't understand the pacing concept. Let's break it down.
Suppose you have consistently run 7:06 something and wanted to break 7:00.00.
Let's take it apart.
Divide 7:00 by 2 to find out what you need to be at the half-way point: 3:30
Divide 3:30 by 2 to find out how you're doing after the 1st lap: 1:45
Divide 1:45 by 2 to find out what time you're at at 200-metres: 0:52 - 0:53
Don't wait until 200-metres to find out where you're at as far as pacing goes. Break it down some more. Divide 0:52 by 2 to get your 100-metre time and divide by 2 again to get your 50 or 0:13 seconds. Why? You already have learned many times that by going out too fast you will slow down sooner or later. The key is to remember where the breakdown point is and try and avoid it. The easiest way is... slow down at the start. By breaking down the race into smaller parts, you can either memorize your splits, write them down and take them with you, or set your watch to "beep" at the appropriate times.
Let's recap:
50-metres: 0:13
100-metres: 0:26
200-metres: 0:52–0:53
400-metres: 1:45
800-metres: 3:30
1200-metres: 5:15
1600-metres: 7:00.00
1609-metres (1 mile) 7:02.00
Oops! You had better pick it up in the final 150-metres to make up the difference.
It's not over yet!
After looking at your different "splits", how comfortable do you feel running them and do you run these times in training? Most people don't do speedwork as part of their regular training and if they do, they are simply running fast. Running fast doesn't necessarily make you a fast runner. For most people, it just tires them out. What you have to do is get comfortable running these splits by slightly running them faster in training.
How fast? That's easy! Go to www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm and check out their pace calculator. From your current race time it will tell you:
- what all your training run paces should be
- what all your interval training should be
- predicts your current racing ability
- what paces you should run all your races at
Is that it? No. Suppose your mile time is 8:42.61. There's another really interesting pace calculator at www.coolrunning.com/engine/4/4_1/96.shtml. This calculator will break your split sdown a lot easier than paper and pencil. Simply put in your pace at the bottom. Then, put in the distance of your interval and hit "calculate time".
The important thing here is to go by your current results when designing and building your training program. Do not train at the pace you want to run in because you are over-training. If you wanted to run that pace, you would be, but you're not... yet! By training at the proper paces according to your current ability you will eventually get to your race goal time. This is something most runners never learn. Most people think by running fast... you will get fast. That's like saying, "If I keep trying to lift 500 lbs. everyday, I'll eventually do it." You will get a hernia long before that 500 lbs. even budges.
Is that it? Nope... you still have to train. How many intervals you do and the types of intervals or the type of workout you are doing on the day will have to be worked out. Or... you could simply run. You can also find out more about the different training programs we offer at Peninsula Runners by giving us a call at (604) 531-7879.
Have a great running week!
Lorne
May 21, 2010
1) Troy Hirvonen 5:48.34 2) Darren Walton 6:03.30 3) Mark Scott-Yee Fung 6:25.64 4) Craig McConnell 6:25.90 5) Gordon Flett 6:33.90 6) Michaela Bennett 6:50.20 7) Marlene Scott-Yee Fung 7:15.86 8) Garreth Bennett 7:17.20 9) Jade Walton 8:13.02 10) Caroline Walton 8:21.46 11) Hailey Forsyth 9:03.55 12) Raffi Antepyan DNF
May 14, 2010
1) Darren Walton 6:04.24 2) Gordon Flett 6:29.58 3) Luke Forsyth 7:00.34 4) Garreth Bennett 7:32.02 5) Jade Walton 8:02.05 6) Amber Walton 8:15.27 7) Caroline Walton 8:23.27 8) Hailey Forsyth 9:16.40
May 7, 2010
It was a beautiful night for a hockey game... I mean... mile run. Many personal bests were set!
1) Darren Walton 6:10.52 2) Luke Forsyth 6:28.24 3) Arnold Sikhakhane 6:31.55 4) Gordon Flett 6:32.43 5) Carolyn Forsyth 7:23.08 6) Garreth Bennett 7:30.71 7) Sandra Berry 8:04.96 8) Jade Walton 8:25.34 9) Amber Walton 8:36.71 10) Caroline Walton 8:38.14
See you all next Friday!
April 30, 2010
Great night to run!
1) Michael Butler 5:03.83 2) Colin Goodman 6:07.99 3) Darren Walton 6:09.34 4) Arnold Sikhakhane 6:49.93 5) Gordon Flett 6:51.11 6) Garrett Bennett 7:36.45 7) Jade Walton 8:14.27 8) Gary Bennett 8:19.90
Series 2010-I:
April 23, 2010
Despite wind, rain and all-round rotten conditions a small but hearty group of 5 came to run!
1) Gordon Flett 6:46.22 2) Arnold Sikhakhane 7:06.87 3) Garreth Bennett 7:54.31 4) Amber Walton 8:20.88 5) Caroline Walton 8:52.45
April 16, 2010
1) Colin Goodman 6:16.43
2) Darren Walton 6:24.88
3) Luke Forsyth 6:34.54
4) Gordon Flett 7:00.68
5) Amber Walton 8:06.58
6) Sandra Berry 8:09.08
7) Jade Walton 9:03.20
8) Caroline Walton 9:07.23
9) Haley Forsyth
10) Carolyn Forsyth
Raffi Antepyan DNF
Liam Forsyth DNF (Dandelion inspection took precedence)
April 9, 2010
1) Drew Nicholson 5:01.31
2) Jonathan Edmondson 5:56.07
3) Colin Goodman 6:20.26
4) Michaela Bennett 6:49.41
5) Melanie Coote 6:54.90
6) Luke Forsyth 7:00.19
7) Garreth Bennett 7:09.60
8) Amber Walton 8:15.02
9) Sandra Berry 8:23.87
10) Gary Bennett 8:34.27
11) Caroline Walton 9:40.48
12) Jade Walton 9:45.24
13) Haley Forsyth 10:22.23
14) Carolyn Forsyth 10:22.47
15) Liam Forsyth 12:56.51
Raffi Antepyan DNF
April 2, 2010
The "HOT" results on a cold, rainy, and windy night are as follows:
1. Michael Butler 5:14.25 2. Alysha Bennett 6:32.08 3. Gord Flett 7:06.75 4. Colleen Butler 7:42.87 5. Garreth Bennett 8:15.72 6. Gary Bennett 8:39.23
This certainly was not a PR night, but everyone had a great time and everybody got a draw prize.
March 26, 2010
1. Michael Butler 5:03.01
2. Bryan Clendenin 6:36.20
3. Luke Forsyth 6:58.12
4. Michaela Bennett 6:59.97
5. Michael McComb 7:04.30
6. Carolyn Forsyth 7:21.69
7. Garreth Bennett 7:23.14
8. Amber Walton 8:00.78
9. Noah Walton 8:04.56
10. Jade Walton 9:18.28
11. Caroline Walton 9:18.47
12. Nathalia Theyer-McComb 10:52.97
13. Hailey Forsyth 11:14.01
14. Rob Forsyth 11:14.27
Liam Forsyth DNF (Boots fell off)
March 19, 2010
1. Raffi Antepyan 5:25.50 2. Maureen de St. Croix 5:56.50 3. Victoria Frost 6:17.13 4. Dominique Frost 6:24.02 5. Bryan Clendenin 6:29.12 6. Michael McComb 6:32.23 7. Gordon Flett 6:45.84 8. Mr. Frost 7:11.33 9. Noah Clendenan 7:55.60 10. Rob Forsyth 8:21.01 11. Amber Walton 8:33.97 12. Sandra Berry 8:54.34 13. Jade Walton 8:56.43 14. Nathalia Theyer-McComb 11:16.59
March 12, 2010
Gordon Flett 6:40.85 Luke Forsyth 7:00.70 Michael McComb 7:19.84 Amber Walton 8:35.96 Jade Walton 10:06.14 Caroline Walton 10:06.53 Hailey Forsyth 11:00.71 Rob Forsyth 11:01.26 Nathalia Theyer-McComb 11:43.93 Darren Walton DNF (Hamstring)
March 5
Darren Walton 6:11.94 Luke Forsyth 7:07.42 Gordon Flett 7:08.75 Michael McComb 7:21.03 Amber Walton 8:39.96 Jade Walton 10:26.12 Caroline Walton 10:26.56 Hailey Forsyth 11:50.29 Carolyne Forsyth 11:50.73 Nathalia Theyer-McComb 12:19.55 Luke Forsyth 14:03.89 Rob Forsyth 14:05.31
Series 2009-IV:
November 27
It was certainly one of the best nights we've had for the Friday Night Mile. It was a little cool doing the timing, but almost perfect for racing. Please mark on your 2010 calendar the next series of the Friday Night Mile starting March 5, 2010 — April 23, 2010. And to all... THANK-YOU! Have a wonderful holiday season and we hope to see you all back next year.
1. Raffi Antepyan 5:39.11 2. Ted de St. Croix 5:45.84 3. Maureen de St. Croix 6:00.43
November 20
It rained all day... the wind howled... and it was cold. Last week nobody showed and there was just a slight film of frost on the track but otherwise really nice. I get to the track and there's Raffi... warming up. Nobody runs alone, so it was my turn to run. Then Arnold came. Yay! I didn't have to... Raffi said I have to run. By this time the rain and wind had died down and waited for us to start and the skies opened up. You have no idea how hard it is to try and race and get splits on a hand-held timer in pouring rain. I needed a stop watch squeegie to see what I was doing. As the last runner croosed the finish line, the storm ended and everybody was happy... believe it or not.
1. Raffi Antepyan 5:46.00 2. Lorne (Can you eat that?) Terichow 6:38.99 3. Arnold Sikhakhane 7:00.05
Just a reminder... next Friday, November 27 is the last race until March 2010!
See you there. Thank-you!
November 6
Put the shorts away, it's "Tights Season"! There seems to be a window of running opportunity on Friday nights in the Peninsula where the rain stops and the running begins and for the 4 hearty souls and 8 sweaty soles that came out last night, the biggest challenges were the clock and the wind. It turned out to be another great evening. Saturday was the BC High School XC Championships so we didn't have the majority of our club members, but we did have some old faces and another superlative race.
1. Arnold Sikhakhane 6:39.21 2. Luke Forsyth 7:06.96 3. Rob Forsyth 8:27.21 4. Raffi Antepyan DNF
October 30
The rain was heavy and the wind was worse. But it was warm. It was a little different story than last week, but they came... they ran... and they had fun. The magic continues until November 27. Come and join the fun!
1. Richard Ford 6:24.81 2. Jim Millington 6:38.30 3. Meg Peters 6:41.71 4. Christine Bekar 9:07.30 5. Hailey Forsyth 10:41.96 6. Carolyn Forsyth 10:41.84 7. Liam Forsyth DNF 8. Robert Forsyth DNF
October 23 — Incredible!
It rained all day. The wind was cold. By the end of the day most people would normally just want to go home, curl up and stay warm. Then... 8:30 rolls around. The rain stopped. The wind stopped. And, the race was on! To describe that night I'd say, "It was nothing less than MAGIC!" It was simply spectacular! And, as you can see from the results, it's great for the whole family too! There's something truly special about the Friday Night Mile that most people, and sadly, most runners will never experience. And it's in their back yard and it's only a buck. Come on out... EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC!
1. Ted de St. Croix 5:53.18 2. Maureen de St. Croix 5:59.52 3. Luke Forsyth 6:32.96 4. Joshua Hartman 7:00.05 5. Chris Hartman 7:03.52 6. Dale Harrison 8:36.30 7. Wendy Newlands 10:04.49 8. Haley Forsyth 10:32.27 8= Rob Forsyth 10:32.27
Hope to see you next FRIDAY!
October 16
This was undeniably the most beautiful night of the year for the Friday Night Mile. The rain had stopped. The temperature was mild and even standing and calling out splits, it was comfortably warm. 3 hearty runners showed up tonight with more promising to come out next week. Best of all... everybody got a draw prize! Hope to see you next week!
1. Raffi Antepyan 5:44.02 2. Josh Hartman 7:02.73 3. Chris Hartman 7:05.58
October 9
Cooler temperatures brought out a hearty bunch of keen runners, one happy labrador and an audience of 60 youths... who all disappeared after
someone yelled, "COPS!!!"...
Oh well...
1. Luke Forsyth 6:45.93
2. Kiana Bekar 6:57.21
3. Randy (?) 6:59.87
4. Mya Bekar 8:19.18
5. Christine Bekar 9:15.11
6. Hailey Forsyth 10:53.99
7. Carolyn Forsyth (same)
8. Rob Forsyth 11:02.81
9. Liam Forsyth DNF had a great time and got to
roll down the hill!
Hope to see you all and more next week!
Series 2009-III:
September 18
It was another huge turnout for the Friday Night Mile. Again, we'd like to thank Ocean Athletics for their help in making these events a truly great success. We'd also really like to thank Meg Peters for her untiring volunteer work as Equipment Manager and the Official Timer at each event since the inaugural event. We will be taking a 2-week break and coming back Friday, October 9, 2009 for the final 8 races of the season. Proceeds of the events and t-shirt sales are donated to the Surrey S.P.C.A. Don't forget to get your cool Friday Night Mile T-shirt for only $15.
1. Ted de St. Croix 5:54.02 2. Maureen de St. Croix 5:58.84 3. Brian Clendenin 6:23.99 4. Luke Forsyth 6:35.30 5. Kiana Bekar 6:41.96 6. Chris Hartmann 6:52.81 7. Josh Hartmann 7:01.99 8. Hayden Johnson 7:43.84 9. Gareth Bennett 7:55.43 10. Noah Clendenin 8:05.21 11. Michael Miller 8:06.30 12. Garry Bennett 8:11.02 13. Mya Bekar 8:22.40 14. Amy Clarke 8:37.24 15. Christina Bekar 8:47.49
September 11
We'd like to offer a special "THANK-YOU!" to Maureen and Ted de St. Croix for bring out a troop of kids and parents from Ocean Athletics and making this run the biggest and most successful night of the season. Don't forget there is one more race of this series and then the final Friday Night Mile series begins Friday, October 9 – November 27, 2009 at 8:30pm at the South Surrey Track off 20th Avenue. Call Peninsula Runners for more details at 604-531-7879.
1. Raffi Antepyan 5:33.49
2. Ted de St. Croix 5:54.43
3. Kiana Bekar 7:01.93
4. Brian Clendenin 6:00.71
5. Lorne (2 Burger) Terichow 6:27.99
6. Luke Forsyth 7:01.93
7. Michaela Bennett 7:18.87
8. Josh 7:19.34
9. Chris 7:20.11
10. Garreth Bennett 7:50.62
11. Noah Clendenin 7:50.78
12. Gary Bennett 8:08.34
13. Mya Brekar 8:38.80
14. Caroline 9:00.37
15. Christina Bekar 9:03.17
Ethan DNF
September 4
Some huge personal best results this week. 75% of the competitors scored a PR on a beautiful and almost mosquitoless evening.
1. Ted de St. Croix 5:41.11 (needs some competition)
2. Maureen de St. Croix 5:56.40 (0:04.7 faster!)
3. Brian Clendenan 6:08.02 (0:05 faster)
4. Luke Forsyth 6:35.49 (0:05 faster)
5. Kiana Bekar 7:05.09 (0:02 faster)
6. Noah Clendenin 7:49.24 (0:05 faster)
7. Mya Bekar 8:50.84 (Big draw prize winner!)
8. Christine Bekar 9:06.81 (0:34 improvement since
starting the series!)
Super results everyone!
August 28
Lots of new faces of all ages came out to a beautiful and exciting evening at the track.
1. Ted de St. Croix 5:39.91 2. Raffi Antepyan 5:42.87 3. Maureen de St. Croix 6:01.01 4. Brian Clendenan 6:17.49 5. Luke Forsyth 6:40.78 6. Megan Samson 6:42.68 7. Meg Peters 6:44.40 8. Garreth Bennett 8:09.09 9. Gary Bennet 8:14.58 10. Noah Clendenin 8:39.84 (Fabulous sprint finish!)
August 21
A small but enthusistic herd of runners took to the track on a perfect windless evening.
1. Ted de St Croix 5:46.58 2. Maureen de St Croix 6:01.46 3. Lorne (Are you gonna eat that?) Terichow 6:20.24
August 14
Cooler weather and a record performance by Junior Canadian National Team member Luc Bruchet made for an exciting evening at the track.
1. Luc Bruchet 4:25.2 (Friday Night Mile Series Record) 2. Kiana Bekar 7:07.3 3. Steve Bekar 7:42.3 4. Mya Bekar 8:18.8 5. Christine Bekar 9:08.6 6. Raffi Antepyan DNF
August 7
1. Maureen de St Croix 6:01.99 2. Ben Odynski 6:22.93 3. Garreth Bennett 8:13.71 4. Gary Bennett 8:19.65 5. Mya Bekar 9:31.43 6. Christine Bekar 9:35.87
July 31
1. Ted de St Croix 5:59.43 2. Maureen de St Croix 6:14.14 3. Kiana Bekar 7:29.21 4. Mya Bekar 8:12.05 5. Christine Bekar 9:40.81
Series 2009-II:
July 10
1. Drew Nicholson 4:54.1 2. David Palermo 4:54.2 3. Malcolm Smilie 5:27 4. Raffi Antepyan 5:29 5. Garreth Bennett 7:38.8 6. Gary Bennett 8:06
July 3
Results not available
June 26
1) Mark Sherman 4:45.37 2) Steve Redding 5:12.12 3) Jeanie Bezdan 5:37.36 Rafi Antepyan DNF
June 19
A small, but faithful crowd joined us on a beautiful cool evening to run. And, best of all... everybody got a draw prize.
1) David Palermo (26) 5:01.24 2) Steve Redding (44) 5:15.19 3) Garreth Bennett (10) 7:35.28 4) Gary Bennett (42) 8:19.83
June 12
Results not available
June 5
1) Steve Redding 5:15.4 2) David Palermo 5:16.9 3) Rafi Antepyan 5:21.7 4) Malcom Smiley 5:23.3 5) Ted De St Croix 5:36.4 6) Jay Majsztrik 6:59.9 7) Garreth Bennett 8:20.1 8) Gary Bennett 8:26.2
May 29
Mark Sherman 4:57.1 Drew Nicholson 5:08.4 (PR) Herb Phillips 5:47.2 Colleen Schulze 6:17.5 Gareth Bennett 8:27.6 Gary Bennett 8:39.0 Raffi Antepyan DNF (tough week!)
May 22
It was a great night to run and run they did. The special thing about this race is it's small! There might be some fast people... there might be some new to running people, but everybody has fun.
Drew Nicholson 5:11.5 Steve Redding 5:13.4 Raffi Antepyan 5:25.7 Darren Walton 5:35.6 Herb Phillips 5:43.0 Alan Shroeder 6:24.7 Jennifer Polnau 8:24.8 Meredith Essex 8:30.0 Rob Shroeder 9:20.0
Friday Night Mile TV? Great idea! Actually Peter Lesyk put together a fantastic video from the October 1, 2010 event. Thank-you Peter! Check it out here!