NEWS - Performance Printing

NEWSConnected to your communityErin Dippel follows in the steps of PheidippidesJohn Curryjohn.curry@metroland.comEMC news - Seven year old ErinDippel is Stittsville’s Pheidippides.Pheidippides is the heroic soldierof ancient Greece whose ran 40 kilometersto announce the Greekvictory over Persia in the Battle ofMarathon, after which he collapsedand died. His run inspired the modernmarathon sporting event and itis immortalized by a statue of himcarrying a torch along the MarathonRoad in Greece.Indeed, this iconic pose, now asymbol associated with the marathon,played a role in how Erin Dippelgot to be one of the torch bearersin the first-ever Ottawa MarathonTorch Relay on Thursday, May 23,launching the Tamarack Ottawa RaceWeekend in Ottawa.To apply for a spot as a torch bearerin this Ottawa Marathon Torch Relay,Erin had to submit a photographof herself in this iconic Pheidippidespose. Erin also included informationthat she has begun participating inKids Triathlon events. But she is noJOHN CURRY/METROLANDHolding the torch in the Ottawa Marathon Torch Relay, with the flamecoming from Marathon, Greece, at the corner of Clarendon Avenue andWellington Street in Ottawa where the torch was being transferred are,from left, Sue Fitzpatrick of Stittsville and her daughter seven yearold Erin Dippel, who ran with the torch from the corner of RichmondRoad and Churchill Avenue to this point, and radio personality MarkSutcliffe, who was accepting the torch for the next leg of the relaywhich happened on Thursday, May 23, kicking off the 2013 TamarackOttawa Race Weekend.NEW & USED HOME FURNISHINGSTURN YOUR UNWANTED FURNITUREINTO CASH!NOWACCEPTINGNEW &GENTLY USEDFURNISHINGS!late comer to running. Her mother,Sue Fitzpatrick, confirms that Erinwas part of the 5K run on OttawaRace Weekend when she was justin a stroller. When Erin was just tenmonths old, she even walked acrossthe finish line.And annually Erin has participatedin the 2K family run on Ottawa RaceWeekend. So you know that runninghas been and is part of her life.Erin had to be prepared to run the1.1 kilometer section of the TorchRelay which she was assigned butsince she runs 1.5 kilometers everycouple of days as training for upcomingKids Triathlons, no specialpreparations were needed. Indeed,Erin participated in the Torch Relaywith a scrap on her leg that she hadincurred the Sunday before whiletraining for her triathlon participationthis summer.And the ten minutes that she wasallocated for her section of the TorchRelay also proved to be no problem,as Erin regularly runs her 1.5 triathlontraining distances in six minutes.Erin, who is in grade two atGuardian Angels Catholic School inStittsville, was accompanied on herTorch Relay run by her mother, SueFitzpatrick who also is a runner. Thepair ran the whole way on their portionof the Torch Relay route whichwas from the corner of RichmondRoad and Churchill Avenue eastalong Richmond Road and then WellingtonStreet to the corner of ClarendonAvenue and Wellington Street.Their pace was not that fast becausethey had to stay with the accompanyingTorch Relay vehicle and policecruiser.At both the beginning and end oftheir section of the Torch Relay, theyheld the torch together. But for therest of the run, Sue Fitzpatrick heldthe torch due to its size and weight.Even Sue had to keep switchinghands in carrying the torch.Erin and Sue had their Torch Relayparticipation sandwiched between aNYC 3 Day Toursfor $269!*Leaving from OttawaTransportation by deluxe coach2 nights at the Courtyard Lyndhurst2 breakfasts3 guided tours includedMost complete package in Ottawa!Dates: May 10-12 and 24-26and many more!Visit our website! www.ivisit.caNYC 4-Day TourPrices start at $379*Including the Statue by Night CruiseJune 28-July 1stAnd the Memorial 911 Visitcouple of Ottawa personalities. Theyaccepted the torch from city of Ottawacouncillor Katherine Hobbs andthen they handed it off to radio personalityMark Sutcliffe. Nothing likebeing surrounded by celebrity.This Ottawa Marathon Torch Relaybegan at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday,May 23 in Marathon, a West Carletoncommunity that happens to be42 kilometers from Ottawa city hall,the exact distance of a marathon.And this Marathon in West Carletonis no recent development – it is evenidentified in Belden’s Atlas of CarletonCounty from 1879, completewith store, cemetery, church and,yes, tavern.The opening ceremony at Marathonfor this Ottawa MarathonTorch Relay included the presenceof Eleftherios Anghelopoulos, theGreek ambassador to Canada, andIordanis Louizos, mayor of Marathonin Greece who delivered thetorch flame right from Marathon,Greece. City of Ottawa West Carleton-Marchcouncillor Eli El-Chantirywas the honourary first runner tocarry the torch as it headed off to itsdestination at Ottawa city hall whereabout 3 p.m. city of Ottawa mayorJim Watson used the torch to lighta ceremonial cauldron symbolizingthe beginning of the 2013 TamarackOttawa Race Weekend. The TorchRelay travelled a route that passedthrough West Carleton, Carp, Kanata,Nepean and west Ottawa.Erin Dippel and her mother SueFitzpatrick received the torch at theirRichmond Road/Churchill Avenuelocation (where the former NewportRestaurant was located) about 12:45p.m., a few minutes ahead of theirscheduled 1:05 p.m. time.JOHN CURRY/METROLANDCity of Ottawa councillor Katherine Hobbs, left, hands overthe torch to seven year old Erin Dippel, right, front, andher mother Sue Fitzpatrick, right, behind Erin, of Stittsvillein the Ottawa Marathon Torch Relay on Thursday, May 23.Ottawa’sLargestUpscaleConsignmentFurniture Storewww.totalhomeconsignment.comOPEN TUES & WED 10-5, THURS 10-5, FRI & SAT 10-5, SUN 12-5 (CLOSED MON)2 Stittsville News EMC - Thursday, May 30, 20131860 BANK ST.(BANK & WALKLEY, Behind the Beer Store)613-746-5004R0012122779.0530R00120344341-855-538-4748*Price per passenger quad. 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