Looking for a race

Living in a northern town isn't easy for a runner. It's cold in the fall, rather than in the winter. In the winter, everything is either bitterly cold and windy, or snowy. Often, it can still be bitterly cold, windy, icy and dark. In the spring and summer the running outdoors improves, but there is nowhere to race.

Timmins, ON., is 8 hours north of any of the US borders. Also it's 8 hours from any major Canadian city. So running in races is difficult. There are two annually here in Timmins: a half-marathon in August, and a 5K in October. For each there are attractive 1st prizes: money and/or gold. that's why a world class Kenyon who won the Twin Cities Marathon in 2004, came up here this year to run a slow, part-trail course in the Golden Trails Half Marathon in a nifty 1:05.

But what if you want to run something other than a marathon? Do you drive 8 hours for a 10K?(one way)...

I'm getting into good shape after my back injury of the spring and want to race before the freeze locks us in. But I guess I'll have to do some time trials here until next year.
So, until next year, my 19:07 5K(1st in Age) and an out of shape 1:35 on the trail half will be my only official marks. But look out for next year--the tread is complementing training nicely.