We share these stories each year. Stella Porter Young is David Colby Young’s grandmother.
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December 24, 2020
Happy Holidays
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December 23, 2020
All Lives Matter
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/maine-cause-of-death-by-age-and-gender
2014-2015, Maine print media reported during the greatest out break of deaths numbering 333 Maine residents.
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December 19, 2020
Annual Sabattus Running Club Jingle Jog 2020
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December 11, 2020
Maine Track Club Holds Annual Meeting on Zoom Nov 11th 2020
Stephen Lee States on FB:
Thanks to everyone who attended the MTC Annual Meeting on December 11th. It was great to see everyone. A special thanks to Dave McGillivray for his presentation on racing and the running community during this difficult time.Below is the list of the individuals who won door prizes for the Fleet Feet Maine Running Gift Certificates and the Maine Track Club race entries. We will be sending out notes to the various individuals on how they can claim their door prize.
- $100 Fleet Feet Maine Running Gift Certificates
- Nicole Cherbuliez
- Laura Tyrrell
- Kristie Lacuessa
- Donald Harden
- Marge Aube
- $50 Fleet Feet Maine Running Gift Certificates
- Rebecca Lilley
- Denise Curry
- Shirley Dempsey
- Beth Bandy
- Blaine Moore
- Donna Bisbee
- William Quintana
- Laurie Nicholas
- Jerry LeVasseur
- Jean Fahey
- Race Entries
- Farm to Farm Ultra – Linda Ayotte
- Longfellow 2.5 K – Bob Aube
- Maine Marathon – Margaret McNulty
- MidWinter Classic – James Baldwin
- Peaks Island 5 Miler – Philip Carr
- Turkey Trot 5k – Cindy Hilton
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November 28, 2020
2020 First Annual Turkey Trot 5k
Today Gardiner Rotary hosted its first ever Annual Turkey Trot 5k. The event was originally scheduled for Thanksgiving day but due to freezing rain it was rescheduled for today. Between volunteers and runners we managed to stay under the Governor’s mandate of 50 people and everyone wore a mask!
Big thank you to the following sponsors for making this a possibility:
- Gardiner Federal Credit Union
- Chris MARKOS
- Janet Slade/ State Farm Insurance
- Mayor Pat Hart/Hart Consulting Group
Big thank you to our prize donors:
- Simply Parties by Jackie (Jackie Toman)
- Deb Kimball
- Dave’s Diner
- Fernando
- Northland Vinyl (Kristen Pray)
- Cindy Malcolm
- Out of My Head Designs (Katherine Kollman Viet)
- Big thank you to GAHS Cross Country Coach for sharing your expertise!
- Biggest thank you to our runners and our volunteers because without them, there would be no race!
1st place overall male winner, Ward Boudreau
1st place overall female winner, Ashlyn Poulin
1st place 15 and younger, Tom Murphy
1st place 16-25 year olds Connor Bell
1st place 26-45 year olds, Darren Winchenbach
1st place 46 and older, Pat Hopkins
Senior runner, Deb Couture
Youngest runner, Charlotte Garloff
We hope this becomes an annual tradition for the Gardiner Community!
Results:
Here are the stats from the Turkey Trot on Saturday!
We had 31 runners for our first annual Turkey Trot!
Overall male winner Ward Boudreau 16:27
Overall female winner Ashlyn Poulin 21:44
15 and younger winner- Tom Murphy
16-25 year olds winner-Connor Bell
26-45 year olds winner- Darren Winchenbach
46 and up winner- Pat Hopkins
Mark Munsey-33:18
Darren winchenbach-18:00
Jen Jennifer Boudreau- 22:37
Nora Diversi- 36:19
Ella Shaw-34:08
Lilly Diversi- 34:06
Debra Couture- 46:20
Aurelie Allen-33:01
Anne Rogers-46:20
Mathieu Cutler-29:00
Jessica Grover-29:47
Lindsey Greenleaf-45:50
Leanne Greenleaf-45:50
Lauren Greenleaf-45:50
Troy Cutler-37:58
Aimee Ellis-25:13
Charlotte Garloff-37:56
Zac Ellis-26:23
Lily Belanger-45:13
Thomas Murphy-21:37
Kassidy Collins-28:10
Lindsey Bell-28:09
Connor Bell-22:12
Elise Clockedile-25:13
Alex Grover-23:37
Emily Grover-24:25
Raye Anne DeSoto-45:11
Pat Hopkins-25:13
Carolynn Taylor-37:59
Print Media
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November 26, 2020
History of Portland Thanksgiving 4 Miler 1982-2020
For the early years the T-day 4 Miler course was similar to the Mothers Day 5K course: starting on Park Avenue by St. John Street and finishing on the Fitzpatrick Stadium track.
Jane Welzel – Wikipedia
Jane Welzel (b. April 24, 1955, d. Aug. 31, 2014) was a pioneering long-distance runner who advocated for women to be added to the sport. [1] [2] [3] In 1990, she became the U.S. Marathon Champion when she ran 2:33:35 at Grandma’s Marathon in Minnesota. [4] Her career spanned decades.
The above is courtesy of FB below is more on the other runners 1982-2020
We will
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2020 Strut Your Stuffin’ 4 Miler
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Results
- Set 1 of 1 Courtesy of David Colby Young 200+ photos
- Cut 1 of 4 2:40 long
- Cut 2 3:58 long
- Cut 3 of 4 13+ minutes
- Cut 4 of 4 39 sec the last two finishers
Photos for people who do not do Flickr
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November 20, 2020
2020 Brewer Virtual Turkey Trot
Perhaps a closed virtual Race!
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November 18, 2020
2020 Sub 5 Veterans Benefit Virtual 5K
courtesy file photo of Deedra Beal Dapice
courtesy file photo of Matthew Revitt
Sub 5 Veterans Benefit Virtual 5K
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November 15, 2020
Maine USATF XC Meets Nov 7th & 8th & Championships Nov 15th
file photos courtesy of Maine Running Photos
USATF-Maine 2020 Cross Country Schedule
REGISTRATION LINK https://forms.gle/yR7MFN7hKTuXod5S9
All Maine CDC guidelines will be enforcedMasks are required all times except when racing
- USATF Maine 2020 XC Schedule
- USATF MAINE XC MEET-11/8-SMILING HILL Farm results
- 2020 Maine USATF XC Championship early results
- Master ResultsXC
- Photos for 11 15 2020 courtesy of David Colby Young
- 3K Championship ages 11-12 video
- 3K Championship ages 9 -10 video
- 2K Championship under age 8 video
- 5K Championship ages 15-18 video
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