Mississauga
Marathon Pasta Dinner
presented by Boston Pizza
Our Mississauga Marathon Pasta Dinner is held at the Mississauga Novotel. Carbo load and fuel up for race day at the Mississauga
Marathon and Half Marathon Pasta Dinner on Saturday
evening at 6:00. Enjoy a delicious variety of pasta dishes
and
salads while listening to inspirational speakers. When: Saturday,
May 10, 2008 (6:00 pm)
Where: Novotel Hotel
Mississauga – 3670 Hurontario Street, Mississauga,
ON, L5B 1P3 (across from Square One on Burnhamthorpe
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PASTA DINNER FEATURED SPEAKERS |
Dr. Richard Rayman
Rick ran his first marathon, the Toronto Police
Games Marathon, in the seventies. Since then, this
61 year old father of two and grandfather of three,
has run 186 marathons, 16 last year alone! Most
impressive, Rick has the longest running streak in
Canada having never missed a day of running since
December 10, 1978. His streak will extend 29 years
and 5 months exactly as of May 10th! His daily
minimum is 30 minutes or 3 miles, whatever comes
first. Dr. Rayman is also in the company of running
legends Bill Rogers, Dick Beardsley, Katherine
Switzer and John Stanton, having won the prestigious
Rainbow Award at the Niagara Falls International
Marathon. Rick will be running the Canon Marathon on
May 11th.
When he is not running Rick practices dentistry in
Toronto and teaches at the Dental School at
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Earl Fee
Mississauga Hall
of Famer Earl Fee, 78, has broken 45 world records
and 32 Canadian records in 300m hurdles, 400m, 800m,
1500m and mile events. After a 33 year break from
running, Earl rediscovered the sport and over the
past 22 years has been chosen as the Mississauga
Master Athlete of the year 5 times, the Ontario Male
Master Athlete of the year 6 times, the Athlete of
the meet at the Canadian Master Track and Field
Championships 5 times and the Cross Country Canadian
Champion for his age group for 14 years. Earl has
represented Canada at 12 World Masters Championships
across the globe and in 2005 at the age of 76 he won
three gold medals and broke two world records at the
world Masters Track & Field Championships.
Earl is a retired nuclear engineer/consultant,
author, coach, and world class master runner. |
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Dr. Chris Woollam
The Medical Director
for the Mississauga Marathon is Dr. Christopher
Woollam MD. He is a Sport Medicine Physician
certified by The Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine.
His job is to assist in providing a safe environment
for the runners and to provide treatment for any
injuries. An avid athlete all his life Dr. Woollam
brings an expertise in running injuries to his
position. His associates include other sport
physicians and therapists providing valuable and
varied expertise in sport injuries.
Dr. Woollam’s particular interests are lower
extremity injuries and biomechanical management of
the foot and orthotics. Hockey injuries are also
high on his list.
Currently, in addition to the Mississauga Marathon,
Dr Woollam is Medical Director of the Oakville Half
Marathon and 10K (www.oakvillehalfmarathon.com)
and the Toronto Marathon (www.torontomarathon.com) |
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