NEW GLASGOW – Make it an even dozen Johnny Miles Marathon wins for Dave MacLennan. MacLennan, 53, started strong and steadily gained on runner-up Matthew White of Dartmouth to win the marathon by nearly 11 minutes in two hours, 47 minutes, 36 seconds. It’s his fastest winning time for the race since 2014 when he […]
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NEW GLASGOW – Awards were presented in four categories last Thursday at Glasgow Square in conjunction with the Johnny Miles Running Event Weekend. Five people were inducted into the Glenn Big Dog Chenell Runners Hall of Fame: Fred MacDonald, Peter Kittelson, Brenda Hetherington-Henshaw, Joe Pound and Lloyd Northen. The awards are presented in memory of […]
Continue Reading Some things I never forget. Even after 44 years, I remember the early morning phone call and the excited voice at the other end of the line. It was Dr. Johnny Williston, the New Glasgow doctor that I had gotten to know during my working years in Pictou County. It was 1974 and I was […]
Continue Reading NEW GLASGOW – Another sold-out Miss Miles fun run is a gratifying thing for its organizers. Race director Carol Curley said she was pleased with the turnout and with how the event has become a fixture for many of the participants over its five years. “It was great,” Curley said. “”When we started Miss Miles, […]
Continue Reading PICTOU — Local runners have resumed their training for the 2018 distance running season. Michelle Sutherland leads the training regimen that becomes more frequent and intense once she and her fellow runners realize the season is upon them. “The ladies run with me year-round and now that race season is coming up and the weather […]
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PICTOU — For Christina Murray and Bruce G. Murray, celebrating 25 years married by running their 25th marathon together in Greece is not their only highlight over that time. Bruce can recall with fondness meeting Nova Scotia’s Marathon King, Johnny Miles, at the 1991 Boston Marathon. “We were living in Vancouver at the time and […]
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NEW GLASGOW — Dave MacLennan says he’s pleased with his running time, despite not winning the Johnny Miles Marathon on Sunday. MacLennan led race winner Bryan Hipson by more than a minute before Hipson overtook him and won the race by less than 30 seconds in two hours, 52 minutes, 37 seconds. MacLennan’s time was […]
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NEW GLASGOW — Road racers have found another way to perpetuate the memory of Glenn Chennell and continue a 10-kilometre race event in November in Trenton. Race director Terry Curley announced on behalf of the Johnny Miles running event circuit that several prominent people — including Dave MacLennan, Tony Corbin and Matt Fraser — have […]
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NEW GLASGOW — Seven hundred and fifty women — some mothers, but all daughters — took part in this year’s Miss Miles Mother’s Day 5-K Classic. According to race director Terry Curley, the event was sold out for more than a month. “It’s pretty popular,” he said. “This is the fourth year for it and […]
Continue Reading Wherever you go this time of year, it’s the same. The white stuff is mercifully gone, the grass is turning green, the flowers are starting to grow, and serious runners in tight shorts are getting back to workouts on neighbourhood sidewalks. It’s called spring. In Pictou County, it means even more. It’s also time for […]
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