Through to the Finals!

On Wednesday Emma had her school cross country running Champs. Her friends Chloe and Kathryn were 1st and 3rd and Emma ended up 5th (like she did in all the warm-up races).

If the race was another 400m Emma may have made the top 3. After 100m she was 15th, at the first corner 13th, 2nd corner 10th, 3rd turn 7th and then she continued to move up and finished in the top 5 - which was important. The top 5 from each school in each grade go through to the finals - the City Champs next week. The City Champs course is the same one that GR Allen practices on at Churchill Park (two blocks from our home). Emma is very excited.

Terry Fox Run

Today the Wadd Squad participated in the 26th Annual Terry Fox Run at McMaster. A 5K run through the McMaster campus. It took us just under 38 minutes (about 90 seconds slower than last year) but it was a hot, hot day! Every time we do this race (5th year in a row for Mike and Emma) it amazes us what an amazing achievement Terry Fox accomplished. A marathon a day. A Marathon of Hope. He is THE Greatest Canadian.

Emma: XC Training

Emma loves to run (photo from Uppsala above) so she just joined the G.R. Allen (her school) cross country (XC) running team with her friends Chloe and Kathryn. So it was an early morning today. Wake up, have breakfast, and get over to the school for her practice at the now very muddy Churchill Park. There is a rich history of cross country running in Westdale with the high school team often having over 100 team members. Her School race is in 10 days with the top school runners qualifying for the Hamilton Schools Invitational. There are so many kids that take part in that race they have to do the event over a 2-day period! Today they ran the city invitation course with Chloe placing first, Kathryn 2nd and Emma in 5th. The trio are also on the same soccer team and are in the same ballet and dance classes together.

A Happy Day

Today was a happy day for the Wadd Squad. Time to celebrate!

(More) Retr"O"

Here is some more retr"O" map comparisons. The top image is the current Dundas Valley map (albeit surveyed 10 years agao). The bottom one is the original. The addition of form lines makes the new map a lot easier to navigate on. Form lines were greatly needed at Terra Nova on the Canadian Champs map (and a few other things as well).