322 KILOMETRES IN ONE DAY!

Name	Time	N	Club
Adam Bird	9:11	6	Fitwin.com Cycling Team
Daniel Koszela	9:11	1	Kurzawinski Coach
Jean-Paul Tesolin	9:11	1	Milton Bicycle Club
Jim Nicholson	9:11	8	none
MARKO VURUNA	9:11	2
Chris Herten	9:29	2	Peterborough CC
Peter Murk	9:49	11	Independent
Rod Nicholle	9:49	2	Caledon Hills Racing
Belinda Bain	10:50	2	Morning Glory
Jason Shuker	11:02	2	Beaches Cycling Club (BCC)
Abi Farhoudi	11:16	2	Morning Glory
Adam Tindale	11:16	2
Bernie Oegema	11:16	1	Chain Reaction
Brian Eberdt	11:16	1	MGCC
Colin McCreath	11:16	1	Chain Reaction
Drew Cheung	11:16	4	Cookie Cycling Club
Ed MyVegas	11:16	1	Morning Glory / Lapdogs
Elieser Cruz Lopez	11:16	2	MGCC
Eric Shtapler	11:16	2	Warriors
John Morrell	11:16	2	Chain Reaction/Morning Glory
Karim Marrouch	11:16	3	Morning Glory
Mark Nickel	11:16	3	MGCC, TBN
Max Reydman	11:16	2	Warriors
Mike Grimes	11:16	1	Newmarket Eagles Cycling Club
stacey dunn	11:16	2	n/a
Gaetano Cafaro	11:16	1	B1Evo
James Kritz	11:16	1	Speed River CC
Mark Chappel	11:16	1	Speed River CC
Bruce Ritchie	11:30	1	Newmarket Eagles
George Vandikas	11:30	2	Newmarket Eagles
Lawrence Levin	11:30	4	MGCC
Noel Tan	12:06	6	none
Peter Edney	12:06	1	MGCC
Craig LeBlanc	12:09	1	Aurora Trek Store
Jordan Kimmerle	12:09	1	None
Stefan Ngo	12:09	1	SSR
Michael Chong	12:17	1	Newmarket Eagles
SCOTT CHISHOLM	12:33	3	None
Patti Warr	12:35	1	None
Adam Pickard	12:57	1	none
David Hatton	12:59	2	TBN
Jeff Wintersinger	12:59	2	none
Aaron Hutchison	13:34	1	none
Robert Zeisloft	13:34	1	cincinnati cycle club
Melanie Solmon	13:56	1	Toronto Bicycle Network
Don Coats	14:01	3	Caledon Cycling Club
Ian Cunliffe	14:01	1	Caledon Cycling Club
Jamie Mitchell	14:01	3	Caledon Hills Cycling
Florence Suralta	14:10	1	TBN ; PPP
Timothy Leung	14:15	1	MGCC
Eric Nicholson	14:30	8
Nick Mourtos	14:30	7	none
Yi Wang	14:31	3	Chinada; CRIT
John Pham	14:54	1	TBN
Cassandra McWade	15:36	1	LapDogs Cycling Club
Max Moorhead	15:36	2	Lapdogs
Oyvind Haga	15:36	1	Lapdogs
Paul Potvin	15:36	1	Lapdogs
Jonathan Spence	15:38	8	none
Sam Bootsma	15:38	8	TBN
Leonard Van	17:00	1	TBN
Jim Rawling	17:15	2	none
Dave Mader	17:43	4	TBN
Peter Middleton	17:43	1	TBN
Teodor Cotnareanu	17:45	1	TBN
Nikolai Efimov	17:54	1	TBN
Oleh Antonyshyn	18:07	1	none
Paul Slavchenko	18:07	1	Randonneurs Ontario

N = number of Hairshirts completed

Special mention: 1) The lead group had a record time of 9:11
2) Oldest finisher Dave Mader was 76, riding with Peter Middleton (70)

Sunday, June 26, 2016 - 76 finishers

June 21, 2015 - 53 finishers. The group picture was taken at Mississauga Celebration Square. The turnout was excellent considering that the forecast varied from 24 C to 29 C, and from clear to 70% POP with lightning. The actual weather was high of 26, mix of sun and cloud, wind 20 gusting to 40 from the west in the morning and north-west in the afternoon.

Photos: TBN photo gallery  

Quotes: "That was warm and windy", "I've been thinking of doing the Hairshirt for 18 years", "Great suffer-fest", "Epic", "Thanks for organizing", "Bad cold this year - see you next year" 

Finisher	Time	N	Notes
Adam Bird	10:52	4	Real Deal/Gears
Brian Simpson	10:52	1	Kalliso-FCV
Eric Shtapler	10:52	1	Warriors
George Vadikas	10:52	1	Newmarket Eagles
Jeremy Hatt	10:52	5
Jim Neal	10:52	1
John Culhane	10:52	1	MGCC
Kevin Lehman	10:52	7
Larry Optis	10:52	8	Teamrace
Lionel Brulet	10:52	1
Peter Chae	10:52	5	B1 Evo Cycling Club
Peter Murk	10:52	10
Thea Mizuhara	10:52	2
Tovi Heilbronn	10:52	1	La Bicicletta
Gregoire Balandras	12:09	2	Dark Horse Flyers
Andrew Pierre	12:35	1	Racer Sportif
Daniel More	12:35	1	Racer Sportif - Acquila Racing
Dean Wright	12:35	1	Etobicoke CC, Racer Sportif
Fred Roberts	12:35	1	BCC
Greg Paupst	12:35	1	Mattamy - Racer Sportif
Mark Hopper	12:35	1	Newmarket Eagles Cycling Club, Racer Sportif
Scott Chisholm	12:35	1	Racer Sportif
Tom Hipsz	12:35	1	Racer Sportif
Marko Vuruna	12:51	1
Bill Sims	13:00	2
Jeff Frischman	13:00	1
Belinda Bain	13:13	1	MGCC
Jason Shuker	13:13	1	BCC
Karim Marrouch	13:13	1	Wheels of Bloor
Gregory King	13:35	4	did Hairshirts in 1882, '83, '87
Eric Nicholson	13:55	6
Jim Nicholson	13:55	6
Peter Huang	13:55	4	TBN
Andy Zarzycki	14:25	1	Toronto Bike Meetup
Don Coats	14:25	1	Caledon CC
Jamie Mitchell	14:25	1	Caledon Hills Cycling
Jeff Wright	14:25	3
Mike Morten	14:25	1	Caledon CC
Virgil Cheung	14:25	1	D'Onellas CC
Yi Wang	14:25	1	Chinada
Billy Law	14:29	1	TCRBC
Henry Ng	14:29	1	TCRBC
Jeffrey So	14:29	1	TCRBC
Simon Chan	14:29	1	TCRBC
Sunny Chiu	14:29	1	TCRBC, B1 EVO, OCC, CCC, CMBA
Graham Bereton	14:34	1	TBN
Miroslav Stavel	14:34	1
David Hatton	15:45	1	TBN
Jeff Wintersinger	15:45	1
Deji Odetoyinbo	16:59	1	TBN
Joey Schwartz	17:21	1	TBN
Hasnain Dattu	17:31	2	TBN
Matthew Millard	18:20	1
Navil Alejandro Abuhadba	18:28	2

There were 3 DNFs. We don't name those who didn't finish, but they win a virtual hairshirt for the most suffering.
N = Number of Hairshirts completed
CC = Cycling Club
BCC - Beaches Cycling Club
MGCC - Morning Glory Cycling Club
TBN - Toronto Bicycling Network
TCRBC - Toronto Chinese Road Bike Club
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June 22, 2014 - 49 finishers

A record 54 cyclists set out on an ideal day: sunny, temperature 26 C. There were 49 finishers. 5 DNFs*.  Photos on Flickr  Photo credits: Larry Optis, Monica Peters, Ciprian Scriuba, Alex Titov. Noel Tan posted the pics on Flickr. Reported by Dave Mader.

More photos, many taken on the ride, by Peter Murk Relive the excitement.  enjoy!

* Tradition says we don't name those who didn't finish, for whatever reasons, but they win a virtual hairshirt, for the most suffering.

 N = Number of Hairshirts completed (R = rookie, this was the first Hairshirt they completed)

June 23, 2013

Individual experiences may vary, but overall this appeared to have been the toughest day since 2002. Very hot, humid, sunny AND windy. The thermometer got up to 32 degrees with a humidex of 40 degrees celsius. There were 32 cyclists at the starting line. Here are complete results. Six DNFs. Special congratulations to TBN'er Dave Mader, a last minute entry, who completed his second Hairshirt at the age of 72. Some event photos courtesy of Noel Tan, Jlen Dlsay, Pierre McAlpine and Dave Mader. And a few more from Adrian Andrei and Alina Ropota. Reported by Owen Rogers.

 June 24, 2012

51 cyclists set out on the 35th Annual Hairshirt Classic on another beautiful day. Rain threatened in the latter stages of the ride and light winds swirled all day. The official start time was 6:17 a.m. Partial results below -- still waiting for about 3 to report in. Five DNFs.

 

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June 26, 2011

A new record turnout of 51 cyclists set out on the 34th Annual Hairshirt Classic on an absolutely gorgeous day. The official start time was 6:15 a.m. This year's ride featured a steady northerly wind, and partly sunny conditions. Partial results below. Four DNFs. Also, some photos courtesy of Noel Tan, Pierre McAlpine, Eugene Yatsenko, Jeremy Hatt (all first time finishers) and Rick Upton. We also have some video of the start from Jeremy's brother Jon. Will post anon.

 

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June 27, 2010

A new record turnout of 44 cyclists set out on the 33rd Annual Hairshirt Classic in near perfect conditions. The official start time was 6:07 a.m. Impressive new course records were set for the overall and what we'll call the 'open recumbent' category. This year's ride featured light, mostly favourable winds, overcast conditions and the heat was tolerable, although the humidex rose in the early afternoon. This year's finishers fall into two camps: those who finished before 6:30 and those who finished in a wild thunderstorm. Sixteen rookies. Six DNFs. Ride report from Philip Koop.Geotagged photo gallery courtesy of Stephen Jones and another from Peter Murk. Special thanks to Mark Nieweglowski for checking the route.

 

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June 28, 2009

26 cyclists started what has euphemistically been labeled an epic ride. Out of the twelve Hairshirts I've done it was certainly the wettest. Partial results below. Three DNFs. If you require a correction, let me know. Photo gallery with contributions from Dave Pearson, William Russell, Alex Titov and Hugo Van Ingen here.

 

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June 22, 2008

30 cyclists took part -- not bad considering the forecast. It was only sixteen degrees at the start with a steady southwest wind. Things stayed generally cool and overcast until shortly before noon, when fluffy clouds broke out as we passed through Niagara Falls. Late in the afternoon, in Stoney Creek a wicked hailstorm broke out forcing the first groups to take cover. Otherwise a great day to be riding an event like this. Thanks and congrats to everyone who participated, even our non-finishers who I'm sure will be back to try again. Special thanks also to the friends and family who sacrificed a day to drive support. Some great photos courtesy of three-time finisher Greg Williams and a ride reportby Rick Upton (PDF).

 

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June 24, 2007

Another record turn out of 43 cyclists participated in this year's event including 22 rookies. All but four managed to finish. The ride actually started on time (thanks, everyone), the weather was excellent, and winds reasonably favourable. Peter Murk has posted his photos of the event start and scenes from the ride here and Ron Clark has written a story about his eighth and most successful Hairshirt experience. If anyone else took pictures and wants to post them let us know at hairshirt@tbn.ca.

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June 25, 2006

A record number of 42 participants (including 22 rookies) turned out for this year's event and with the most unfavourable wind conditions since I've been running this thing, it was good to have so many people out there helping each other around the route. 39 cyclists completed the ride including 19 rookies. Special congratulations to Thien Tran for his 13 hour ride on a fixie, Mike Maloney for navigating the entire course on a recumbent and 17-year-old Mitchell Kaiser for completing the ride at such a young age and in such impressive form. (For you first-timers, it's worth noting that because we did not have an orderly start to this event due to the volume of participants and the late arrival/departure of a few of you (and me), the order of finish may be a bit confusing.) Pics from Greg Williams.

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June 26, 2005

Thirty cyclists including sixteen rookies started this year's ride. The forecast conditions of clear skies, a high of 33 Celsius and *smog* were less than ideal, but the winds were favourable and in spite of a lengthened course (I'll explain later), records fell. The group of five who finished at 10:06 are now co-holders of the overall record and Katharine Sodek managed to reduce her own women's (and TBN member's) record by 36 minutes to 10:09. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

It's important to note that this year the route had significant, permanent changes. Over the years a number of ride veterans from the old days have commented the actual length of the "classic" route. Upon further and detailed investigation it was confirmed the route ridden from 1990-2004 (R.I.P.) was only 315 km. The new, improved route squeaks in at just over 322 km. It has a bit more climbing than the old route, but makes up for that by avoiding the traffic lights of Beamsville, Vinemount and Grimsby until Winona on the outskirts of Stoney Creek. 2006 will see further "refinements" to make this a safe, fun, yet challenging ride for the long distance cyclist. Some pictures courtesy of Peter Murk. And more in the TBN Photo Gallery from Frank Pilih and Jeremy Whitehorn and yet more from Greg Williams. Finally, a great ride report from Greg Wellman.

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June 27, 2004

Twenty-two cyclists including eight rookies started this year's ride. Twenty finished. The forecast conditions of partly cloudy skies, a high of 23 Celsius and low humidity seemed ideal, but the wind, it blew... A couple of pictures and a vast collection courtesy of Peter Murk, et al.

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June 22, 2003

Twenty-four cyclists including fifteen rookies started on a beautiful day and records were broken (crushed, really). Larry Optis set a new overall record of 10:08 and Katharine Sodek at 10:45 is the new holder of the women's record. A few photos

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June 23, 2002

'Twas the kind of Hairshirt we were glad to finish at all. Sixteen started, including two women. Three DNF's, due to the extreme heat.

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June 24, 2001

27 people showed up to do the Hairshirt this year! 27, including 18 rookies! Only one rider was forced to abandon due to mechanical difficulties early in the day. The other 26 were able to complete the ride, 10 of whom did it in twelve hours or less. Winds were favourable all day. It was cool at the start and stayed that way all morning and the partly cloudy skies gave us some respite from the sun. Hardly a Hairshirt at all, in fact. Thank goodness someone decided to tear up a 2 kilometre section of road in Beamsville, so we would have something to talk about. Our thanks to all the participants for giving this year's ride the best turnout in at least a decade. We even have pictures!

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June 25, 2000

Owen's unofficial report: Man, that was ugly! 25 registered, 17 showed up at the start and twelve of us, including two recumbents and one tandem, actually set out into the pouring rain. What were we thinking? It actually stopped raining at about 6:45 a.m., we were enveloped by warm breezes (okay, a howling gale) for a while, we had dry roads, partly cloudy skies and moderate temperatures. By afternoon the clouds had gotten scarce and temperatures (and the humidex) rose steadily. The Millennium Hairshirt was true to its name and delivered the worst of everything. Among the participants it was notable that all who started finished and four of those were rookies. It was a particularity significant ride for Tim Schoahs who rode this year's Hairshirt in memory of his mother, Evelyn.

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June 27, 1999

The 19 cyclists who started the 22nd Edition of the Hairshirt were undetered by the gloomy forecast and dark clouds hanging overhead. Yes it rained for about an hour or so in the morning but no one seemed to complain too much and it certainly didn't slow anyone down! Congratulations to our sixteen finishers (11 rookies).

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June 21, 1998

The 21st Edition of the Hairshirt took place on a hot, sunny day. Traffic was even lighter than usual, perhaps due to Father's Day--who knows? Of the ten who started only three were first time participants, and two of them managed to finish. Thanks to all who participated for keeping the Hairshirt tradition alive!

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June 22, 1997

The 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hairshirt saw the highest preregistration total (24) in recent years but merely an average turnout on the day. Our thanks to the fourteen who did try their luck and a hearty congrats to the twelve who finishedundefined9 for the first time.

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June 23, 1996

The 19th edition of the venerable Hairshirt saw favourable winds and sunny
skies throughout most of the day. Things didn't get underway until 6:20.
Veteran riders commented on the near perfect conditions.

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June 25, 1995

The 18th edition of the Toronto-Niagara-Toronto Hairshirt was a standout in that it saw the lowest time in recent memory recorded by the three front finishers. Read Pat Brill-Edwards' account of this PR ride in Of Hairshirts, Hemorrhoids and Happenstance.

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June 26, 1994

The 17th edition of the Hairshirt will be remembered for the strong winds and long lunches!

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June 20, 1993

The 16th edition of the Toronto-Niagara-Toronto Hairshirt was a cool rainy one, hence the low turnout. Still, with a 90% chance of thunderstorms, any turnout is a good one!

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June 21, 1992