{"id":22046,"date":"2018-10-24T18:19:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22046"},"modified":"2018-10-24T18:19:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:19:52","slug":"aurora-trail-system-a-haven-for-ashof-inductee-allan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-trail-system-a-haven-for-ashof-inductee-allan\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora trail system a haven for ASHoF inductee Allan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Competing in Ironman competitions across North America \u2013 from Wisconsin, to Lake Placid, to the athlete haven known as Kona, Hawaii, Paolina Allan now finds herself training on the extensive trails system that winds through Aurora.
\nOne of Canada\u2019s most successful female triathletes and Ironman competitors, the Aurora resident has landed in the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame\u2019s Class of 2018.
\n\u201cI love to run on these,\u201d said Ms. Allan. \u201cSheppard\u2019s Bush trail will take you all the way up to Fairy Lake.
\n\u201cYou can run walk , cycle\u2026 I have tried bring my cross country into the trail system.\u201d
\nA member of the Aurora Family Leisure Complex since moving to Aurora in 2005, Ms. Allan saw opportunity in working with the Aurora Ducks swimming program both as part of her training and as a leader and mentor.
\n\u201cI was on deck at the pool as the tri swim coach for a few years,\u201d said Ms. Allan. \u201cSince I have moved to Aurora I was always seeing the younger swimmers in the gym and would often talk to (Ducks founder Reg Chappell).\u201d
\nShe made the transition to work with the youth program in September of 2016.
\n\u201cI absolutely love teaming up with the younger swimmers. Their energy is intoxicating. I work with them in the gym. Here we have a one year training plan designed for the swimmers which incorporates their races.\u201d
\nIt is only fitting that Ms. Allan was on her way to train with the Aurora Ducks when she received the phone call about her induction.
\n\u201cI was absolutely floored, shocked, and laughed,\u201d said Ms. Allan. I wasn\u2019t quite sure they had the right person. It felt very surreal.\u201d
\nConsisting of a 3.8 kilometre swim, followed by a 180 kilometre cycle and a full marathon run, one would think a lifelong commitment to the sport would be necessary for success.
\nMs. Allan, however, picked up the sport in 1999, transforming from regular gym-goer to super athlete.
\nThe 48-year old competed in a number of Ironman competitions from 2005 to 2012, finishing second in the 2005 event. A three-time Ironman World Championship qualifier, Ms. Allan is a former Triathlon Canada and Triathlon Ontario Triathlete of the Year, as well as the winner of the 2014 Centurion Cycling Canada C100.
\nDespite her long list of accomplishments, the humble athlete still said she didn\u2019t feel \u201cworthy\u201d of such an honour.
\n\u201cHowever the community felt I was worth it, so this will give me a chance to thank them, honour them and to show them that I will continue to help build and work in Aurora with our youth.\u201d
\nMs. Allan is one of two athletes inducted into this year\u2019s Aurora Sports Hall of Fame class, alongside one member each into the \u201cCoach\u201d and \u201cBuilder\u201d categories.
\nJoining Ms. Allan is ex-PGA Tour golfer David Morland IV, former NHL linesman Loring Doolittle, and longtime York University men\u2019s basketball coach Robert Bain.
\nThe Auroran will highlight the career of Mr. Morland in next week\u2019s edition.
\nHeld annually at St. Andrew\u2019s College, the ASHoF Induction dinner is one of the most spectacular nights of the year in the Aurora sports community. This year\u2019s dinner will be held on November 8, and more information can be found at www.aurorashof.ca.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Competing in Ironman competitions across North America \u2013 from Wisconsin, to Lake Placid, to the athlete haven known as Kona, Hawaii, Paolina Allan now finds herself training on the extensive trails system that winds through Aurora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5,24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-5JA","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 07:04:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}