A tribute to an athlete from Cape Breton who made a major impact on running in Pictou County now adorns the halls of the Pictou County YMCA. Johnny Miles has been honoured with a framed jersey showing the number 15 that references the top 15 athletes recognized in a poll last year by the Nova […]
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NEW GLASGOW — Bill MacEachern is feeling better. He’s feeling so good that he wants to run enough marathons this year to position himself to make the 2020 Johnny Miles Marathon his 100th marathon. “I hope to run the 2019 Johnny Miles Marathon,” he said. “That will be my 95th marathon.” MacEachern has cased what […]
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NEW GLASGOW — Terry Curley can draw a parallel between what the Johnny Miles running events offer and how they attract participation from Pictou County and beyond. Curley says there is a connection between what he called the emerging potential of sports tourism and the achievements of the running events that led to the recent […]
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NEW GLASGOW – Nearly 350 people took part in the pre-Thanksgiving dinner Turkey Trot on Sunday in New Glasgow. Runners and walkers gathered at Glasgow Square for the morning event that started and ended there. Registration was closed after numbers reached 300, but about 40 others were signed in prior to the event. The Turkey […]
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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 […]
Continue Reading 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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