So You Think You Can Run?

June, 2011

CES Canada Running Against Time

Time that steals the present,

Erodes all hope and cuts the lifeline

Of youth orphaned by HIV/Aids.

 

It’s high time that we take the time

To create a better life

For the Orphan Kids of Kakamega

 

So we run…we run hard…our team…we run against time!

 

September 26, 2010 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Thunder Bay’s Deanna O’Neill (left) runs for the Kids of Kakamega KENYA.

 

 

April 2, 2011  Harry’s Run Toronto

Harry’s High Park Toronto 8Km Run and Sporting Life’s Yonge Street 10Km Run

 

Athletic footwear donated to CES Canada for CES Canada Day Run on July 1 in Kakamega KENYA.

 

 

May 1, 2011 Sporting Life Yonge Street 10 km Run

 

May 15, 2011

Oak Bay Half Marathon, Victoria B.C.

Kenya’s Gilbert Kiptoo (M2) places first with course record 1:06:47.  Fellow Kenyan Philip Samoei (M4) placed second. Both will be in Kakamega at the July 1 CES Canada Day Run.

 

 

May 23, 2011  10 Mile Thunder Bay Fire Fighter Road Race

Fresh Air 10 Mile Training Group coordinated by Sandy Guthrie

2010 Winner  -  Kenya’s Gilbert Kiptoo

 

 

 

E-blast from “Ten Miler Thunder Bay Fire Fighter Road Race”

 

RUNNERS FOR ORPHANS

Sandy Guthrie has supported charities for Kenyan orphans for a number of years, but when two Kenyan runners contended in the 2010 Ten Mile Road Race, she saw a chance to make a difference in a more personal way.  Sandy and husband, John were delighted to board Gilbert Kiptoo (far right) and Philip Kipchumba during their stays in Thunder Bay, and help the running community connect with our Kenyan visitors.

Sandy has been the conduit for surplus race shirts [including Ten Mile tech shirts] and over 300 pairs of used runners that have found appreciative new owners in Kenya.

Following this year’s Ten Miler, Sandy will depart for a nine week visit to Kenya with Karen Dahl.  They’ll be volunteering for the charity organization CES [Community Education Services], with husbands, John and Vaughn joining them for a shorter stay. The plan includes teaching at 17 high schools that have CES-sponsored children, and reaching about 2000 students in the process. Karen’s focus will be delivering the teaching module entitled ‘healthy minds, healthy bodies”, while Sandy’s lead project will be organizing the first ever Canada Day 5K Race.  Weekends, they plan to visit Gilbert and Philip at their homes in Ziwa and Eldoret and witness first-hand their work with the orphans in their villages. Amazingly, these kids can be schooled, fed and supplied with books and school uniforms, all for $200 a year.

A number of fund-raising initiatives associated with the Fresh Air Experience Ten Mile Training Group are underway to support Philip and Gilbert’s orphans [below].

If you’d like to know more about Sandy, John, Karen and Vaughn’s Kenyan adventure, you can e-mail Sandy at impser@shaw.ca , or follow their progress at http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/sandyg55/1/tpod.html

 

Sandy Guthrie, Thunder Bay Metre Eaters’ Coach with Gilbert Kiptoo (left) and Philip Samoei

 

May 28, 2011   Cabot Trail Relay Race

The 17-stage, 298 kilometre Cabot Trail Relay Race starts outside the Gaelic College in St. Anns, NS. Celebrating its 23rd year, this year’s relay features the maximum 70 teams and approximately 1,200 runners. More than half the teams are from Nova Scotia, while 12 are from other parts of Atlantic Canada, 16 from Ontario or Quebec and four from Maine, USA.

 

 

Placing 17th (up from 39th in 2010) the “Coastbusters” ran for CES Canada, collecting athletic footwear and running shoes for orphaned kids in Kenya.

 

June 4, 2011 - AY Jackson SS Run for Charity

HE Simon Nabukwesi – Kenya High Commissioner to Canada with student coordinators at Ottawa’s AY Jackson SS 2010 Run for Charity.  Fundraising in 2011 is for CES Kenya’s Ibinzo Girls SS.

 

June 4, 2011

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) sponsors:

“Save the Kakamega Rainforest” awareness event is to conserve bio-diversity and promote environmental sustainability.  This Marathon and 10 Km Race takes place from Mumias to Kakamega KENYA.  CES Canada supports the race with entries by Canadian runners Sandy Guthrie and Karen Dahl.

Kakamega Forest – Kenya’s only Rainforest

Contains over 1500 endangered species of plants and wildlife

July 1, 2011  CES Canada Day Run in Kakamega KENYA

Sandy and John Guthrie, Karen and Vaughan Dahl join Gilbert Kiptoo and Philip Samoei in the CES Canada Day Run for Charity. The event is sponsored by New Balance, Thunder Bay Metre Eaters, CES Canada and CES Kenya. Students from the CES Kenya family of schools will train in their schools throughout the month of June.  They will run in Kakamega on July 1, 2011. Sponsored by Canadian donors, students will run so that other orphaned youth can attend school – Kids running for Kids.

 

***you can sponsor a Kenyan runner for $30***…visit www.cescan.ca

click Donate Now and follow the directions for on-line donations

 

 

…and there’s more…two great Fall marathon events…

 

September 18, 2011 Thunder Bay Marathon

Athletes from Thunder Bay plan to support CES Canada through fundraising and awareness activities.

News blast from “Miles with the Giant Race”

“Running coach extraordinaire Sandy Guthrie is on her way to Kenya…and she will be taking along over 150 pairs of running shoes and clothes donated by local runners to help out.  During the 9 week trip Sandy and fellow Thunder Bay runner Karen Dahl will be working in high schools, putting on a 5k race and working on a school program for girls called “Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies”.

Follow Sandy’s blog at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/sandyg55/1/tpod.html

 

 

 

October 16, 2011 STWM Charity Challenge

Team CES Canada joins over 20,000 participants and 120 charities in this world class marathon that features dozens of elite Kenyan athletes.

              

Join the CES Canada Team in your ”run or walk against time”