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| Rick Rayman |
Thousands of runners surged through Toronto’s streets Sunday achieving countless personal records. Beside these “personal best” stories were athletic luminaries like Dereessa Chimsa, 26, of Ethiopia, fastest runner in the marathon. Others, like Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., and Krista DuChene of Brantford, broke a 28-year-old record at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (CBC). But the most remarkable local story belongs to 67-year-old dentist Rick Rayman. For almost 35 years Dr. Rayman pursued his daily running habit without missing a day. (North York Mirror) His running lifestyle began on Dec. 10, 1978 and the York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue man has never wavered in his commitment. When he started, Dr. Rayman was looking for a way to maintain his fitness after his children were born. He started running two to three miles a day, eventually increasing to five. In June 1978, he entered his first 20-kilometre race near the Toronto Zoo. Two months later, he entered his first marathon, and kept on going. Today, the admirable Dr Rayman, as pictured in this great thundering image from his own album, took part once again in the Scotiabank run. “It’s my 300th (marathon) and such a good event,” Rayman told Fannie Sunshine of the North York Mirror. “It’s a special day for me. It’s a phenomenal marathon, my second favourite, New York being the first.”
