Live Results available here:
www.windsorlegiontrack.co...nadaGamesTrials/index.htm

Good start on Day 1
Senior Mens 400m heats
Ben Procter PBs in 50:71, first time under Canadian Junior Championships standard, qualifies for B final

Junior Womens 5,000m Ontario Championships
Katie Anderson bronze medalist! club record (18:49)
Leslie Walker 6th
Laura Walker 7th

Senior Womens 5,000m Ontario Championships
Bethany Mcchesney 6th

Senior Mens 5,000m Ontario Championships
Adrian Walton defends title - 2-time 5,000m Ontario Champion with big negative split, 14:25!
Brandon Laan 7th
Chris Nagle 8th

You can follow Day 2 and 3 results at the above link

Steve thought some people might find a report on my weekend of racing interesting.

I ran the 800 and the 1500 this weekend. In high school, the 800 had been my favourite event. When I first ran track in grade 11, I looked at the school records, identified the senior boys' 800m as the most achievable, and raced that distance a lot. I never got within two seconds of that record, but it has long been a goal of mine to break 2-minutes for the two-lapper. The closest I have gotten since then was a 2:01.79 that I ran in the summer after my first year of undergrad (2001).

The 800 played out really nicely for me. Cleve Thorson, a very talented runner without a seed time from this year, took the pace out and made things easy for the rest of us. I sat at the back of the back, going through 400 in a bit faster than 59. We got to 600, and I still felt fine, though I knew I was not going to move up through the pack much anymore. Heading into the final straightaway, I knew that I was going to PB. It was going to be a high 1:58 to mid 1:59, depending on how much I tied up. With 50m to go, I decided to summon more energy, and do what I often do to set myself up to spring forward with more energy: I lowered my head, preparing to explode out. I soon realized, though, that my legs were not stable enough for the change in body position that my lowered head brought, and I fell. I went down on my right elbow and shoulder. There was no one within 5m of me. I got up, foolishly thinking I still had a chance at sub-2, but my time was just 2:03.49 or so. It was agonizing, knowing that I was 30m away from breaking my oldest personal best, and failing in the most humiliating way possible.

I thought I would have trouble sleeping that night, thinking about what went wrong in that 800m. It was going to be hard to put that behind me, but I looked at the 1500 as a chance to redeem myself. My shoulder and elbow hurt enough to bother me as I lay to sleep, but they did not seem to hurt my running motion at all. When I got to the track the next morning, I realized that my bag was lighter than it was when I left London. My track spikes were missing. I went to the officials and asked about them, but no spikes had been turned in. I was told that three other people had asked about spikes. Later I crossed paths with Saheed Khan, and he said that his spikes had also disappeared. We supposed that they had been stolen after the 800s the day before. I resigned myself to racing in my Brooks Adrenalines. I felt really low, and did not even feel like doing the race. I was sure that I'd drop out somewhere along the way, after someone made a move I could not respond to. Still, I registered, and as I did, an official I had talked to earlier said "Sorry, no racing flats permitted." If I was in any kind of joking mood, I'd have to give him credit that he was funny, but I was not happy.

Fortunately, Brandon Laan had warmed up in his racing flats, and offered them to me. They were a half size too big, but they were so much lighter than my other shoes that I happily took them. Running in Brandon's shoes, I no longer felt like I was at an intrinsic disadvantage to the other guys in the race. They were a bit heavier, but I felt fast, and they gave me new life. During the race, Matt Suda worked from the front to help set an honest pace. I stayed out of the trouble and moved up to third with 800 to go, and made a strong push with 300 left, but I faded a bit in the final 200. Still, it was a PB! 4:05.99, which beat my old best by 0.12 seconds. It was such a relief to knock off a personal best time, the first time I had done so since 2005. To get a new PB along with a memorable story was especially satisfying.

Running can help you feel the highest highs as well as the lowest lows. Although it can be hard, sometimes you need to forget about everything else, get to the start line, and just run. I sure am glad that I did.

Thanks for the recap Tim. I didn't realize that your spikes had been stolen as well. That's quite a one-two punch to come back from. But seriously, post the video already! You could be the next "grape lady" youtube sensation. It's Tzdimslaw's time to shine.