News & Releases >> Sep 03 2006
NEWS Sep 03 2006
Chicago lawyer and veteran of over 300 marathons, Susan Daley, wins Chicago Athlete contest for trip for 2 to Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon!
TORONTO. 5th September. Downtown lawyer and veteran of over 300 marathons, Susan J. Daley, was announced today as the lucky winner of the trip for two to this year's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfornt Marathon, to be held on September 24th.
And Susan was a happy winner!
Thank you very much for the trip. I am so excited. As I mentioned to you, I worked all weekend and your call was a wonderful surprise. I had registered and made arrangements to run the Quebec City marathon last weekend but had to cancel because of too much work. I am very happy to be going to Toronto!
I checked out David Usher's site and you are right — he has great music. We would like to attend his concert which means traveling on Friday — if possible in the afternoon [less time away from work] but in enough time to get to the concert on time. The baseball tickets to Blue Jays–Red Sox would also be nice.
My first marathon was in 1991 (Chicago) and I have been running marathons ever since. I have run over 300 marathons — a marathon in each continent, all fifty states of the United States and have run Calgary, Montreal, Edmonton and Navisivik in Canada. I run very slowly but I finish and have fun. Because I am an attorney who works a lot of hours, I generally only run marathons and do not have the opportunity to train inbetween. I average about 2 marathons a month. I love contests and I was hopeful that I would win. Thanks Chicago Athlete and Toronto Waterfront Marathon!
Susan and her partner James are on their way to Toronto Waterfront with a strong Chicago-area contingent, led by John "The Penguin" Bingham and Coach Jenny Hadfield from Chicago Endurance Sports. Coach Jenny has done the popular online training program for Toronto Waterfront the past two years. They will both be running the Half in Toronto.
It's still not too late to join them in Toronto on the September 22nd-24th weekend—either for the Half as a perfect tune-up for The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, or to go the whole 26 miles with Susan. Online registration is open until midnight on Tuesday, September 19th—with guaranteed entry to all US and International runners. Check out the free concert, the ball games, all the stories, info and registration at www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com.
For some great bargains on airfares check out the Air Canada seat sale at www.aircanada.com.