Gallery: Beaches Easter Day Bunny Hop run

Runners participated in the annual Beaches Easter Day Bunny Hop on April 15. The run, which is organized by the Toronto Beaches Runners Club and works to support The Beaches Lions Club, has been a tradition since 1967. See photos from the race: [envira-gallery id=”23993″]  

Record runner roster at Tannenbaum 10 k

A record 984 runners and walkers raced the 10th annual Tannenbaum 10 k run on a relatively balmy Sunday, Dec. 6. Hosted by the Toronto Beaches Runners Club, all proceeds from the charity run support Community Centre 55’s Share-A-Christmas campaign. For a full list of results, visit the Tannenbaum 10 k website. [envira-gallery id=”18405″]  

Tannenbaum 10k hits 10 year mark

It grows every winter, and so do the gifts that surround it. As the Tannenbaum 10k nears its 10th anniversary on Dec. 6, local volunteers are thrilled that over 800 runners have warmed to the December race, and that the benefit run raises some $15,000 a year for Community Centre 55’s Share A Christmas campaign. […]

Brewing a new tradition in Boston

If Dave Emilio wanted water in the Boston marathon, he could ask for it. But when Emilio runs by mile 10 in Boston, he knows to ask for something else: ice-cold beer. At 47, Emilio has run 36 marathons, six of them in Boston, where runners need fast times just to qualify. Last year, a […]

News Briefs

The Beach Village BIA presents Halloween on Queen on Sunday, Oct. 26. Visit Kew Gardens, at Queen Street East and Lee Avenue, and Ivan Forrest Gardens, on Queen at Glen Manor Drive, for face painting and Halloween hair-do’s, pumpkin decorating and carving contests, music, and fortune telling. Entertainment includes performers from Zero Gravity Circus, variety […]

Beach runner vows to return to Boston

After hearing two bombs explode “like cannons” near the finish of the Boston marathon on Monday, a group of Beach runners anxiously scanned the race results for names of people they knew. Everyone in their group of 30 was safe, says Dave Emilio, founder of the Toronto Beaches Running Club. All but one finished well […]