Sunshine, dry conditions make for fast finishes in Around the Bay race

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AROUND THE BAY ROAD RACE/ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTHCARE HAMILTON FOUNDATION
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Even the last-minute discovery of a sinkhole on Northshore Boulevard in Burlington couldn’t stop the 130th running of the Around the Bay Road Race.

“It was a great day for a run around the bay,” says race director Anna Lewis. “Seeing all of the team’s hard work come together today was worth it, and the feeling at the on-field finish line was electric!

"But truly, it’s the support we receive from our sponsors, the work of our incredible crew of volunteers, the enthusiasm of local residents and the help of the cities of Hamilton and Burlington that made the 130th running of the Bay Race possible. It’s a tradition we’re so proud to continue.”

It was a chilly minus two degrees Celsius at Tim Hortons Field this morning at 8:30 a.m. when the 5KM event started. But a sunny day and dry course conditions made for some quick finishes.

The first-place male finisher was London’s Hunter Andrin with a time of 15:06. The first-place female was less than a minute behind: East Gwillimbury’s Hannah Goodjohn finished at 16:01.

The sinkhole detour added another 1.4KM to the already longer 34KM route for a total of 35.4KM.

But the longer distance didn’t slow first-place finisher Phil Parrot-Migas down. He finished the classic Bay Race distance with a time of 1:51:13. The first-place female finisher was Rachel Hannah from Port Elgin, Ont., with a time of 2:10:57.

Full results for the Around the Bay Road Race are on ChipTime: Results - Around the Bay Road Race 2024 — Race Roster — Registration, Marketing, Fundraising

In its 20th year as the charity partner of the Around the Bay Road Race, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation announced that participants in the race helped to raise over $400,000 in donations which will go directly towards renewing the Emergency Department at the Charlton Campus of St. Joe’s.

Bringing the partnership full circle, the Hospital’s Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Erich Hanel, was onsite working with the Bay Race’s medical and first-aid teams. Approximately 9,000 registered for the race, 700 in the 5K, 1,275 in the 10K, 1,600 in the 15K, and 5,442 in the 30/35K.

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