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l h . WATERLOU CHRONlCLE - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 2016 Tragedy can’t stop this local f if film W N J runner for finishing the race ‘E s a high school student at 74,;A,A, ”-â€"~- -â€" commitment became too much 1 St Mary's in Kitchener, 1 . , , , and Macx'ilpine cancelled the 1 . ancy MaCAlpine loved 1 .\l\ l \\ ( ) race. lhe nirining club contin 1 m P l'R S i i gfl M i i track and field Her specialties 1 (:E\TS 1 tied. but on a more informal I were sprinting and hurdlirig. 1 A 1 basis, 1 ., ’ Her future passion, long dis» 1 In the 90s, tragedy struck. 1 , tame running, wasn‘tyetori the 1 MacAlpine lost her first hus~ 1 4 . radar. 1; hand in a temble car accident 1 i o.- ' “Back then, l thought any 1 s. "1 1 that also left her with a serious ' ”k"; Meet Cheesecake body who ran even 800 metres 1 . ‘ foot injury Doctors suggested «9‘ . j: Everybody loves a M was crazy," she said. a g ‘“ 3 / . 1 she would never run again w -~ 1, . ~;'Â¥$ tle cheesecake! Why it wasn't until pregnant mth ) i ,. 1 “Oh yeah, just watch me,“ a " am} . ”Of "eat yourself her first child in the lQBOs that ‘ ‘r ‘ MacAlpirie told them, ' a .' it" ' j (“all to our spectal the fitness instrudor began run 1 Recovery was slow and 1 . J,“ ;..- , 5; 3 t “ ‘ r] sax-yearâ€"old orange ning longer distantes, mostly on 1 involved several surgeries, but 1 ‘1’ " ' r , ..._ 1 f- ‘- tabby _3V3"3ble for the indoor track at the YMCA 7 1 eventually she was back run- 5:14 “Q 3 ‘ . ms 1}, t, ~’ adoptionsztcthe K'W were she musht- 1 ning and travelled with friends ‘ ' ’ . ,_ a, , lquf ' umane lay i , , _ [JENNY , , . . , *. ~ 1 a - To meet Cheesecake, i thought, how could any 1 1 to Hint, Michigan, for a race ~ 1 i. , and other tsavait- body possibly run outdoors, 1 WALFORD 1, called the (leM 10 Miler. lt was \, 7, r, 3 able for ad‘oeptton especially When it's cold out." L-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"1 there she met her second hus- _ . 5 visit the K-W Humane MacAlp‘me said hership quickly grew into the band, Waterloo endurance run- as". 6 ’ Society at 250 Riverâ€" ‘ MacAlpine trained With her seventies. oer Ken MacAlpine. ., ,_ 3 3 . , 1 bend Dr. in Kitct _ brother for what was to be her Shortly afteri MacAlpine “lie had blue eyes and he 1 -"" ._ _ ' - ‘ fl" ener,orca|1 first race, the Waterloo (Tlassit started a women's only race was wearing a bronze medal," - if . -.¢.. 519.745.5515 1th When she showed up at called the May 10K, “It was MacAlpine recalled. "That was “5 .' . " a a, , " , , susw'mmm the race on crutches. having qurte a novelty back then, havâ€" it for me.~ i f _ ”1- Jig; sprained her ankle earlier that mgawumen‘g orilyrace," She thought the man who'd 3“ (I ‘ 3&3!» day, her brother quickly realized MacAlpme and several other caught her eye had placed third g? “f . ._ ' if” “in "531 _ he'd be running alone. women in club took tums act- in the race. only to learn later if“? A i 7 ‘fiwfigsg: At the urging of several ing as race director. At its peak. that all participants received $273, 3?” . V3“ ‘fiisEf-i women in her fitness classes, the event fielded close to 125 a bronzeâ€"coloured finisher's 1 “- a; jiff" if; _‘ m g «1; ' MacAIpine started the NW participants. medal fortheirefforts. a" {gt-"41; 1-1 i ' 1 I , 1 , 3. Women's Runningfiluh Mem- After seven seasons, the Continuedonpagel? 1 {a ,. 9” f r g 1 - h 3 N‘s" ‘_ f 3_. - . 3 ‘ . ~ 1 u. _ , after a tax on homepurchases by foreign ”Mortgage brokers are of differing ‘ r -‘ I I" a; . ' {a y ' » non-residents was introduced in August opinions as to whether or not people a - , ‘â€" ~, . _, i . ‘ I; ff :' should borrow fixed versus variable. lt . .. . M 1 ., 7. But nationally, a slowdown in demand depends on one's risk»preference and 3, (a u it ; can be a good thing, Cooper says. That particular financial situation. But I would 2 i 5 . ' " W as; 5 should ease the tight supply in places argue that interest rates Will be higher 1 . - g ' T l like southwestern Ontario and the Lower gomg forward If you are riskraverse, you 1 (Lg z 31; f Mainland of BC. where there have been 3 would want to lock into a fixed rate. if _ l 1 “it , _1 at r . 1 ' f 1 dearth of listings you don't mind taking a gamble, variable 1 '_ f rates are lower than fixed rates right \ - 11 . g Once people feel pm es may have peaked, now " ‘l “I , Cooper expects more homeowners, 1 particularly downstztng baby boomers, . b to list their properties. introducing more 1 m inventory into those tight markets _\ . 7- , “ ' > But (boper does not advorate trying to “1" 3? time the market when huying a homo Q 2017 to Provrde Opportunities for Home Buyers . , 1 There are inst too many far tors that go if? The home buying frenzy that pushed real politit al and w onornit events of “(toher into that doc ision," she says "However, ”2 v3“ estate prim-s to doohlr digit in: reases in and NUVPlill'H‘r Will have on the market 1 think for people who have already many ("ariadian “ties th|s year Will likely However, Cooper exper ts 2016's prire H‘ml‘nllti‘d to huying a home, there's he tempered in 2017 by a slowdown apprm ration to slow down, which will hp no question that getting a mortgage Dr. Sherry Cooper in demand, says Dominion lending partirular refuge, not only in historically sooner “I'll" than later makes 5971“, 45 CM" know h" . ‘ . . . t, Dominion landing Centres (entres ( hief Economist Sherryt oopvr. hot markets in Ontario and British mortgage rates may rise a bit next year presenting millennial hill‘tlt’lill)'l‘r<. an (‘oliimhia, hut throughout the (wintry opportunity to either enter or filrthri Reratise of the iinrr'rtarnty in the market I I | l l I ant‘S‘t in the maria-t House sales and prit es tlimhed «Hid qlli‘StlflnS ”W" fixed rate versus throughout 20l6 in most Canadian r mes VAI’lahlP MN’ mortgages, It also 1113sz ”1 >\| I \ |¢ i\ l I \ Ill \|. “ Beyond the Extrer ted tiptirk in interr'st With the 9x4 eption of Calgary, hit by the W113? (0 (3k? advantage Of the expertise 1 I 1 1 b- rains (still at relatively low levels), it's oil downturn, and Vancouver, where the l)f an AffrPdltf‘fl mortgage professional 1.m-.os_mo too early to “1ng the IFHPAll that the red hot market earlier in the year cooled MAM-Ming." v ' . I 11 â€" "“> ”b r s . “mm , ~â€"â€"*â€"-~â€"â€"â€"‘â€"~1~~â€"