Nicholson, Clark end up in top 10 at Blue Nose marathon
HALIFAX — A pair of Prince Edward Island runners finished in the top 10 of the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon in Halifax on the weekend.
Jen Nicholson of Cornwall was the top women’s finisher, ending up in eight place with a time of 3:00:07. It was Nicholson’s first appearance at the marathon while it was Clark’s sixth.
Summerside’s Scott Clark placed third in 2:49:24. A veteran of all six Blue Nose runs, he has been on the podium for the past three runs after placing second in 2007 and 2008.
Clark said there was no catching the eventual winner, Scotsburn’s David MacLennan, who has won the race four times. His winning time was in 2:36:05.
“We saw him for the first 12 kilometres,” Clark told The Chronicle Herald newspaper. “He always goes out fast and we didn’t really know what kind of shape he was in today. When he took off, he didn’t fail. He was in shape, he was ready.”
Charlottetown’s Dave Gallant won the 20-29 age category.

Chaisson burns up Rural Raider Run course
New course records were set for the 10 and 5 km runs in the fourth annual Rural Raider Run in Charlottetown on the weekend.
Stanley Chaisson knocked off almost one minute from his previous course record by running the 10-km hilly route in 32 minutes, one second. Steven Baglole finished second in 35:26 with third place going to Keaghan Rilling in 35:53. Top female was Kristy Newson in 40:44.
Tyler Sellar won the 5-km by setting a new course record of 17:28. Peter Gaudet finished second in 18:13 with third-place finisher Blake Caissie ending up with in a time of 18:29.  Top female in the 5 km run was Britt Caissie in 19:04.
Full results can be found at www.peiroadrunners.ca/PEIROADRUNNERHOME.html.