Walks: Saturday, September 4 to Thursday, September 9

On the lookout for races...

A busier blog for news than usual, so right to it!

Helen sends this in: Kenyan Safari SUPER TREK

To: The Shore Things Walking Club,

You may be interested in an exciting new fundraising adventure that we have created, a 620k Fitness Challenge- the Kenyan Safari SUPER TREK, to help send orphaned children to school in the slum community of Kibera, Kenya. Perhaps you and your members would like to turn all the walking you already do into school fees for an orphaned child!  

Your Fitness Journey Can Power a Child’s Education Journey

Turn all the walking you already do into school fees for an orphaned child in the slum community of Kibera, Kenya!

Join the Kenyan Safari SUPER TREK, a 640k virtual journey through the Kenyan Rift Valley to the summit of Mt Kenya. Track your progress on our virtual interactive map. Receive virtual postcards with lovely videos and interesting information about Kenyan wildlife, culture and places of interest as well as videos of the women and children you are supporting. Do the trek on your own or team up with some others to get there faster!

Find out MORE or JOIN the SUPER TREK .

Sponsored by Village of Love Canada www.villageoflovecanada.org 

This SUPER TREK, via My Virtual Mission, will take you virtually through the East African Rift Valley to the summit of Mt. Kenya. You receive virtual postcards along the way with lovely wildlife videos, interesting information about Kenyan history and culture, as well as videos of the women and children in the project. Do the trek on your own or team up with some othersto get there faster!

I would be happy to have a quick phone conversation to explain how it all works.

We would be most grateful for any way that you can support our event. Thank you for considering! 

Warm regards,

 

Linda

 

Linda Levin, Chair of Village of Love Canada

416-766-7265   linda.levin@villageoflovecanada.org

www.villageoflovecanada.org

322 Pacific Ave., Toronto M6P 2P9

 

Village of Love Canada is an affiliate of the Canada Africa Partnership (CAP) Network, CRA # 88898 7500 RR0001. We support Kijiji cha Upendo (Village of Love) Children’s Project, a grass roots, Community Based Organisation, registered with the Kenyan government, #11849.

From Eva re: Mudcat race registrants. Not all registrants seem to have received the email so it is being published here. 

The short version is that anyone registered for the Mudcat can do the Grand Caledonia instead, either in Caledonia if the event still goes ahead on October 9, or virtually if the race is shut down due to COVID concerns. 

There will be no further deferral but there is no mention of reimbursement. 

It also doesn't say whether there will still be a Mudcat race in May. A bit confusing. We'll try to get clarification from the race organizers and post update in the comments.

Greetings from the Grand Caledonia Half Marathon and Harvest 5K!

We hope you are all keeping safe and healthy through these challenging times.

We are reaching out to you today in order to inform you that this fabulous race has recently been taken over by new management, and we would like to introduce ourselves!  The Runner’s Den Hamilton, also the organizers of the Hamilton Marathon, are excited to announce that we will now be bringing you this beloved event in Caledonia!

  As we navigate this transition, we’ve noticed there are many messages from our participants and we will be responding to all of these as soon as we can.  In the meantime, we appreciate your patience as we remove the barriers from the pandemic and get the race up and running! 

The purpose of this email is to be completely transparent in our intentions for the 2021 Caledonia event.    

With the vaccine roll out well underway, we are extremely hopeful that we will be able to execute this event in October.  As such, we are moving forward in the planning of this scenario.  Our intention is to put together an event that adheres to the social distancing guidelines set out by the Ontario Government.  For this reason, we will be opening up registration to a limited number and adding spaces if/when we get approval to do so.

Registration will open to the public on September 3rd for the Grand Caledonia Half Marathon and the Harvest 5K. We will not be opening registration for a 1K kids run as we feel we do not have the ability to run this event while adhering to appropriate and safe social distancing guidelines. 

If you are receiving this email, it is because you chose to defer your 2020 registration to 2021 for either the Caledonia event or the Mudcat event that was sadly not able to run in May of this year.  We would like to offer you first right of refusal to the 2021 Caledonia race. Please note that there will be no deferrals to 2022.  If it turns out that we are unable to host an event in the fall due to a spike in COVID-19 case counts, we will switch to a virtual platform.  

In order to register for this event, you may do so HERE: https://raceroster.com/events/2021/50897/grand-caledonia-half-marathon-and-harvest-5k-2021 

Registration will appear closed but you will be able to register using access code GC2020D.  Registration will be exclusively available to you for one week before we open up the spots to the public on Sept. 3. 

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for your patience and understanding during this time.  If you have further questions that were not answered in this email, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Warmest Regards,

Michelle Greenspoon Pauls

Race Coordinator - Grand Caledonia Race

Goin’ to the chapel

Are those bells I hear? Yes, indeed and they’re for Jan’s son Alan getting hitched to his beloved Daiva this Saturday. Jan is still unsure whether she will be out with us in the morning as she may have other things on her mind, but if she does, give her your best wishes to pass onto the bride and groom. Two down, one to go, Jan!

Weekly Walks

Getting the band back together

Nothing new, this Saturday morning is a walker's-choice distance. Conditions appear to be ideal, so perhaps we can get a good sized group out?

Weekday walks are on various days and various times. You know who you are :-) 

Please share if you can.

We all scream for ice cream!