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Great Snow Conditions for Summerstown Forest

Dion Snowshoe Race

Submitted Article

ummerstown – The 3rd
SAnnual Summerstown Forest
Dion Snowshoe Race was held
on Saturday, February 14, and
the few centimetres of snow that
fell the morning of the race made
a challenging course even more
difficult.

Local area runners were well
represented, making up 50% of the
35 person field that took part in the

race and for the first time, female

runners outnumbered the males. But
the overall number of participants
was down from last year, and race
organizer Gilles Parisien said that
the recent cold weather that we have
been experiencing is to blame. “It’s
never too cold to snowshoe, and after
one kilometre into the race, you’re
not cold anymore. But the frigid
temperatures deter the new runners
and the occasional runners from
participating,” explained Parisien.
The slippery road conditions also
resulted in approximately 10 no-

shows and a group of five runners
from Ottawa arrived almost half an
hour after the start of the race, but
Runners were up to the challenge at the 3rd Annual Summerstown Forest Dion Snowshoe Race.
ran the course anyway. Photo Supplied

Families were front and centre at
was just shy of the 36:14 posted two Friends of the Summerstown Trails the Ottawa area for the race.
the race which was held on Family
Day weekend. Nick Best and sister years ago by Canadian champion (FOTST), and the reputation of the At the conclusion of the race,
David Le Porho of Montreal. Summerstown Trails as being among
Celine, respectively from Ottawa the best race venues continues to medals and prizes provided by local

and Gatineau, finished first in the Local favourite Rob Lefebvre, grow. For many runners, it was their sponsors were handed out to the first

men’s and women’s categories, who lives just down the road from first time at Summerstown Forest three finishers, and as is traditional,

while Charley and Katy Murphy, Summerstown Forest, had to settle and all were ecstatic about the the rest of the prizes were drawn
a couple who came down from for 4th place this year, after being course. What is most appreciated is amongst all of the participants in the
Toronto for the race, grabbed second on the podium in the previous two the fact that the whole race is run on spirit of camaraderie which prevails
spots. The new snow made the editions. In the women’s category, a tree covered course over rolling in this sport.
trails softer than they were for the Joan McCuaig, from Newington,
terrain. “I’ll definitely come back The complete race results are

previous editions of this race, and fi nished 5th, just ahead of Jennifer here again to race,” said overall available at www.runningbydesign.
probably prevented overall winner, Gareau of Williamstown.
winner Nick Best. No less than com and on the Dion Eastern Ontario
Nick Best, from setting a course
The race was organized by the thirteen runners came down from Snowshoe Running Series website.
record. His winning time of 36:41