A productive weekend

 In the Won with One world, this was a productive weekend....at least in the Ottawa/Toronto sectors.

First off--a huge congratulations to Myra and Jan for completing the Scotiabank Half Marathon this past Sunday...GOOD FOR YOU!

It was Jan's first official 1/2 marathon and she had the honour of guiding Myra "the energizer bunny" through the race.  According to Jan it was one of the most fantastic days she's had recently, as the support of the crowd, the fellow competitors, the weather, the race organizers; all added up to a very perfect day. Way to go gals!

  This weekend also brought some progress in "training" 2 new guides.  We've had an overwhelming response to interested guides for our program, and quite a few are in our local (Ottawa) region.  This past weekend I made one of our guides (Jason Billows) and "official" tandem pilot.  He was eager to get out on the bike and learn the skills needed to keep us blind guys/gals safe.  Jason did a fantastic job, and I think had a great time as well.  Thanks Jason for your efforts and your interest in helping Won with One.

  Also, this weekend I helped train another guide in run guiding---Tim, thanks so much for coming out and learning how to guide.  Tim and I enjoyed a run int he rain, as I helped him get used to having a teammate strapped to his hip.  This coming weekend Tim and Ron Hackett will be running a marathon in Picton ON, in hopes of breakign the 5 hour mark, the magic number to assure Ron a qualifying spot for Boston. Best of luck you two, we'll be rooting for you both.

  As mentioned this weekend will see one of our athletes attempting to qualify for Boston.  If you have any events your are planning on doing or have recently done...let me know, and fire me off a picture.

rvanpraet@ccbnational.net

That's all for now!