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3rd Annual C3 Kinetico Running Festival
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10am - 11:30am (awards immediately after)

10:00am - 10 KM start
10:05am - 5 KM start
11:00pm - Kids 1 mile starts
11:30am - Awards
12:00pm - Caledon Day Opening Ceremonies

Town of Caledon City Hall
6311 Old Church Road, Caledon East
The Town of Caledon is located 1km east of Airport Road on the south side of Old Church.
Look for parking signs in the area.

C3 and Kinetico want to get families and children out and active and enjoying the beautiful fall weather. To promote active living and help the local Caledon Community Food Bank.

After two years of racing on the very hilly Innis Lake course, race organizers have changed the 1 mile and 5km courses to be perfectly flat on the Caledon Rail Trail for faster times & easier recovery. The 10 KM Run will be 50% on the flat rail trail and 50% on the rolling Centerville Road. All races will start and finish at the Caledon soccer fields behind Caledon's City Hall. This is a new location for 2010, which is located just 200m south of the old starting line.

The September date has been changed to Saturday, October 2 to become a part of the very successful Caledon Day celebrations. With many artists, old cars and sports booths, the already successful Kinetico Running Festival will become that much more fun and exciting for the entire family and Caledon's beautiful fall leaves will be at their peak.

Once again, C3 and Kinetico will allow all kids in the 1 mile run to race for free. In 2009, 1008 kids helped organizers set a national record. C3 wants to surpass that number again. Each child gets a t-shirt, post-race food, finisher's medal, and a race poster - all absolutely free. No race in Canada is doing this kind of work.

You do have to register your son or daughter on-line (at no cost) so organizers know shirt sizes and quantity of food to provide.

5 KM & 10 KM - Top 3 overall & 10-year age categories
Kids 1 Mile - all finishers get medals and special prizes

Meet Olympic and International Athletes and participate in helping set another national record by bringing children out to race in the FREE 1 mile event. Feedback from 2008 and 2009 has been very positive and C3 organizers hope to build on the great community energy of the firs two years.

"I remember Taylor Reid coming out to his first run workouts when he was just in grade 7" said C3's head coach Barrie Shepley. Reid has worked with C3 3-4 days a week for the last six years and has continued to improve yearly due to his great determination and talent.

Last weekend the 19 year old Reid finished a very close 2nd place at the Canadian National Junior Championships in Kelowna BC.

"Taylor is an incredible young man and to see him on the podium with a silver medal was a great pride for myself and the entire C3 coaching staff" said coach Shepley.

The former Mayfield athlete of the year is now entering his second year at McMaster University where he runs and swims for the university.

"I had a huge goal of trying to get on the podium in my last National Junior Championships" said Caledon's Taylor Reid. "I knew that my older C3 team-mates Sean Bechtel, Andrew Yorke, and Andrew Woegerer all were medalists when they were juniors and I wanted to join that very exclusive club" said Reid.

Reid attributes his success to all the great help he has had from C3 coaches and team-mates and the incredible support he has had from his mom and dad over the years.

"Before I got my license, my mom and dad lived in the car driving me to swim, bike, and run practices and without their incredible selfless support, I could have never made the improvements I have made" said Reid.

Reid also attributes his great National Championship success to the fact that he was living and training with Caledon's Sean Bechtel all week in Kelowna.

"Having Sean as a team-mate was so important to my final preparation" said Reid.

Reid has been selected for the World Duathlon Championships in Scotland in early September, then back to McMaster University for his second year.

"I am really looking forward to a great race at world du's and then I am excited to get back to McMaster for a great fall cross-country running season." said Reid.

Congratulations to all parents and participants of the 2010 C3 Kinetico Caledon KOS Triathlon.
Results for all races except for the 3-6 year old non-timed event are available at Chip Time Results.
Thanks to Trent Dilkie, photos from the day can be viewed at trishots.com.

Thank you again and congratulations to all participants!

1) PERSONAL BEST WARM WEATHER TRAINING CAMPS 2010

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