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Tenth annual Mug Run brings out best in competitors
RTT PHOTOS BY FRED GROVES Nearly 300 runners and walkers take off at the start of the McGregor Mug Run held on Saturday afternoon (right). Volunteers Kristy Raymond and April Quinton were two of those that assisted last Saturday.
By Fred Groves Tracey Bloomfield-McTavish has come a very long way in the past 15 months, and she is planning on going a lot farther. On Saturday afternoon she laced up her sneakers and ran in the 10th Annual McGregor Mug Run. “My cousin is my running coach. I had hip surgery and my physiotherapist said this would help me recover,” said Bloomfield-McTavish. It was a busy day for her as she not only participated
in the Mug Run but earlier in the day, out at Point Pelee, ran 5k in the Lightning Bolt Run. “This is my last 5k before I step it up to 10k. That will push my comfort level,” she said. Bloomfield-McTavish had a lot of support, not only from her running coach but several supporters cheered her on and had signs to encourage her. Her cousin even went as far as making her special socks with stitched symbols to commemorate both the Lightning Bolt Run and the Mug Run. The run started at Co-An Park, and the route went
along Concession 11 and into the village and back. Bloomfield-McTavish covered the Lightning Bolt in 29:07 and she wanted to come close to that in McGregor. Windsor Timing provided the results and her time was 30:17. Winning the 5k was Brad Reiter with a time of 17:00, followed a second later by Sinisa Simic and Kyle Golovchenko was 17:17. Taking the tougher 10k distance was Prakash Pandya at 41:47 followed by Sean Santarossa at 44:35 and Jacob Benson at 47:59.
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Arson investigation underway after fires in Kingsbridge subdivision By Ron Giofu The Windsor Police Service – Amherstburg Detachment has launched an arson investigation after two homes in the Kingsbridge subdivision were lost over the weekend. According to the Amherstburg Fire
Department, crews were called to a home in the 200 block of Cowan Court last Thursday. While they were able to save the house after the first fire, firefighters returned Saturday around 4 a.m. when the same house again caught fire. It was lost as a result of the
second blaze, Deputy Chief Dan Monk indicated. Monk said the Saturday fire saw crews on scene from approximately 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monk said another house next to it was also lost due to the fire, but as both were under construction, there were
no occupants. The matter was referred to the police, he said. Despite losing two homes, Monk said fire crews did a good job preventing any further loss as additional homes could have been in danger.
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