On an unseasonally heat and windy Sunday morning in Toronto’s Seashores neighbourhood, Canadian marathoners Natasha Wodak and Andrew Alexander put collectively stellar performances to set new course information on the BlackToe Vacation 10K.
Six weeks after ending tenth general on the 2024 Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Alexander was again racing on town’s streets and located himself on prime of the rostrum. Alexander, who grew up only a few kilometres away from the beginning at Toronto’s Kew Seaside, used the house course to his benefit, pulling away from Canadian XC Nationals runner-up Max Turek of Whitby, Ont., within the remaining two kilometres.
There have been speedy occasions throughout the board within the males’s race, as Alexander’s profitable time of 28 minutes and 41 seconds was the fourth-fastest 10K time by a Canadian this yr. Turek completed seven seconds behind, in 28 minutes and 48 seconds. Alexander and Turek had been two of 4 males who completed below the 30-minute barrier, with final yr’s winner Phil Parrot-Migas of London rounding out the rostrum in third at 29:02.
Olympian Wodak shines once more in Toronto
Two-time Canadian Olympian Natasha Wodak was the most important title within the discipline at Sunday’s race, and he or she delivered, profitable the ladies’s 10K in a course file 33:35 over final yr’s champion, Emily Setlack. This was Wodak’s first race after ending as the highest Canadian girl on the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October.
Setlack completed as runner-up behind Wodak in 33:46, and Rachel Hannah of Port Elgin, Ont., was third in 34:11.
Wodak’s profitable time was additionally a course file, incomes her CAD $750, which she selected to donate to the race’s charity sponsor, Centre 55. Centre 55 gives much-needed help to people and households in the course of the vacation season within the Seashores and East York group. The vacation-themed race had a purpose of elevating $25,000 for the native charity, and doubled the quantity. They raised a complete of $54,000 for Centre 55.
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