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Runner had misgivings By SUZANNE BROWN Herald Special On Sunday morning In Terra Cotla I ran In the second annual egg nog run sponsored by the Credit Valley Conserva tion Authority and the Georgetown Track Club The run is a hilly 11 km nearly miles around the Conservation area through mud and slush Having just run my first 10 km race In Sep tember and having only recently broken the 10 I approached the race with some mis giving Better you than me my friends encouraged me when I told them of my plan to run Dont Worry about coming In last they said theres always someone slower I hop ed they were right and that my train ing running after a three year old and two toddlers would see me through Come the morning of the race I was definitely nervous It was grey and cloudy and most of the now bad turned to slush I surveyed the field of runners at the starting line The majority were over 30 much to my dismay Probably they had been running for years thought Yes they definitely had the lean and hungry look of dedicated runners Some were wearing only shorts and a At only 3 degrees above It was obvious these runners were planning to run very fast As we milled around the starting point runners were greeting friends from other clubs and renewing old ac quaintances I spotted Ron and Nancy MacKinnon we bad run together at Sunnybrook and Sherid an In October and my sister Heather and I joined them Three minutes to start was announced I double knotted my shoes and donned my woollen hat and mittens Then the starter pistol cracked and the crowd of runners ahead of me surged for ward It was tempting to step up my pace as the gap widened between the few of ua at the back and the rest of the runners I soon lost sight of Ron and Nancy It was apparent they had been doing a lot more running than I had since our last race My sister who has been running for years and can run circles around me stayed behind with me for moral support In the two miles we hod gone up a half dozen hills The gap between us and the runners ahead seemed to increase with each hill I glanced back several times to reassure myself that there were still runners behind us A St Johns Ambul ance patrolled the route and struggling up what seemed to bo the ump teenth hill I thought It would have been a wel come relief to collapse in a heap and be carried to the finish line We had been running for minutes and were over half way Up ahead John GUI of the Car dinal Club was almost at the finish line I had given up all hope of coming in In under an hour as I crawled up yet another hill We had lost sight of the runners In front of us and we couldnt see any behind us now either But just ahead we saw a road sign km to Terra CqtlaWerandownaflat stretch of road and then down hill to the entrance of the conservation area At last I could see the finish line My three year old who had been coach ed by her father to shout words of encouragement was too busy playing with her new friends to look up but her younger brother repeated momma momma excitedly Wo sprinted the last few meters and one hour and seven minutes after I had start ed I crossed the finish line Chargers tops at tourney The Centennial Char gers volleyball team closed out their season for in a very successful manner On Saturday the Chargers travelled to to take part In the mixed tournament held annual ly at Public School For the last two years the Chargers had advan ced to the final only to be defeated by Sam School from Milton On Saturday however the Centennial squad were equal to the task In round robin action the Chargers went unde feated In match play In their first match the Chargers defeated Sam Sherratt games to Centennials next match was against the host school Cen tennial edged the crew 3 games to 1 This would be the only game the Chargers would lose during the tournament To close out the round robin Centen nial blanked School of Burlington games to The Centennial squad finished the round robin In top spot and In semi final play the Chargers again defeated In two games and advanced to the final In the championship final the Chargers faced the Falcons of The Chargers were equal to the task and set the team down in two games by scores of 164 and 1510 The Centennial mixed team included Adaro Bennett Travis Gardin er Andreas Shinn Phil Rehberg Shawn Cotton Mark Mumohan Sandy Weeks Anna Toone Teri Korzack Julie Ross Carolyn Stewart and Jenny Irwin The team was coached by Jim Atkinson and El Pethrick Atoms win lose Llftech A Major Atoms skated to a well earned victory In December After a scoreless first frame Kevin Patrick lit up the scoreboard for Georgetown at the mark of the second stanza assisted by Ryan Scblrk and Steven Wright Orangeville pulled ahead with goals less than a minute apart In the third period Greg Dawson tied the match on a nice pass from Troy Gard ner Stephen tallied the goahead marker from at added the Insurance goal from Steven Wright and Stephen Li Kevin Mc- Mufray and Stephen Smith shared the goal- tending duties for Georgetown Burlington defeated these Major Atoms Dec 13 in Burlington although Georgetown the opposition Gooltending by the home team kept George town from pulling ahead Gord counted the lone marker from Rooster and Jeff Wright Hosting at Memorial Arena Dec 18 Peter scored the only marker for Georgetown from Ryan Schlrk and Shawn in a loss Poppys manage tie Memorial Arena fans were treated to an action packed game Dec 13 when Poppys Major hosted Burlington and pulled out of a deficit to tie the match Burlington was ahead 10 after the first frame Early in the second peri od Burlington went ahead on a power play marker With remaining in the frame Jim English scored for the locals on a nice unassisted effort to male it chard Bond set up Andy to even the count early in the final period but four minutes later the blue and gold went up again by one goat With remaining In the game playing two men short Mike passed to who broke in with a Burlington check er leaning heavily on his side and put the rubber home to notch George towns third goal and tie the game Richard Rlvard tended goal for the locals FINAL PRECHRISTMAS ClehbancE ALL TOYS REDUCED 20 50 OFF Reg Price 8AVE41000 EMERSON AMFM LED CLOCK RADIO WITH BATTERY BACKUP 19 PRINCESS DOLL WITH OUTFITS PRICE 2 2 BAMBOO STEAMERS PRICE CONSTRUCTION SITE Loaded with worktop features h working cm SAVE SUNBURST PETS Dunt IIP LARGE SEE BABYSMURF 19 99 61 JOE TRAM SET FASHION FACES DOLL SAVEMJO g99 POP DOLL SAVE 6 DOLL FASHIONS TORT CABBAGE PATCH DOLL 399 RAKB0W BOTE COLOR POCKETS 9 BOTES 799 WE HAVE CAREBEARSl YESI WE HA VE SNUGGLEBUMMSI YES WE HA TRANSFORMERS AND TRANSFORMER TYPES marts 2 GEORGETOWN LOCATIONS MOORE PARK PLAZA 128 Main St North HwyNo7 HALTON HILLS PLAZA Quelph Street HwyNo7 THE LITTLE STORE THAT GIVES YOU MORE I