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Boxing Day 10 Miler

Thursday December 26th, 2024
Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Distance: 10 Miles · 4 Mile Run/Walk
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Come run our 100th event (2021). The course is both scenic and challenging, taking runners through Hamilton in Ontario. Snowman medal for all finishers (Gold Snowman medals for the very fast). Indoor registration, refreshments and awards. Spectators are welcome in the gymnasium. Change rooms with showers for entrants.

All entrants will receive embroidered cotton baseball cap at bib pickup. At the finish a snowman finishers medal and a fleece blanket to stay warm. As always great post race social now at Tailgate Charlies, our favorite sports bar, a short walk from the YMCA. Bring your number for a beverage. Each finisher gets a snowman medal and a polar fleece pullover.

YMCA 79 James Street South, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Boxing Day 10 Miler, Race Date: 2022-12-26, Distance: 10mi

Division	Time	Name	Age	Home
Male	53:58	Hussein Hashi	31	Mississauga
2^nd Male	54:41	Chris Angelatos	25	Toronto
3^rd Male	54:56	Michael Biwott	30	North York
4^th Male	55:01	Marck McAvoy	23	Toronto
Female	58:49	Carmen Hussar	40	Homewood
2^nd Female	1:00:23	Rachel Hannah	32	Port Elgin
3^rd Female	1:02:57	Allison Thompson	30	Oakville
4^th Female	1:03:29	McKenna Jackson	22	Sarnia

Division	Time	Name	Age	Home
M 40-49	57:37	Shinsuke Adachi	45	North York
M 50-59	1:05:10	Adam Yurkin	52	Ajax
M 60-69	1:09:13	Don Gallagher	63	McKellar
M 70+	1:19:07	John Palmer	71	Ayr
F 40-49	58:49	Carmen Hussar	40	Homewood
F 50-59	1:10:43	Sharon McSweeney	54	Hamilton
F 60-69	1:26:59	Theresa Cheung	63	Toronto

Runners battle frigid conditions at Boxing Day 10-Miler

Olympians, Canadian record holders and national cross-country champions were among those who braved the cold in southern Ontario for the Boxing Day 10-miler.

More than 800 participants were entered for the Dec. 26 road race in Hamilton, the first major event of winter, between the two distances. Tuesday’s race marked the 97th edition of the Boxing Day tradition. Conditions were frigid, with the windchill making temperatures feel like -22 C, according to the Weather Network.

Canadian steeplechase record holder and Olympian Matt Hughes won the 10-miler (16K) in 51:18 followed by two-time national senior cross-country champion Ross Proudfoot. Reid Coolsaet, a 2:10:28 marathoner and two-time Olympian, was third in 51:45.

Vancouver’s Robyn Mildren was the top woman in the 10-miler in 59:17 clocking an identical (gun) time as second-place finisher Carmen Hussar. Hussar was an Olympic finalist in the 1,500m at the 2004 Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Amy Hicks was third at the B.D. 10-Miler in 1:00:22.

The event also included a 4-miler (6.4K) won by Jeff Dill (23:15) and Mary Unsworth (24:25).

A scenic course with downtown start and finish, the 10 mile event includes 6 miles of paved waterfront trail. The 4 mile event includes 1 mile of the waterfront trail.