IT’S -4°C, BUT THE WIND CHILL TAKES THE TEMPERATURE down to -9°C. I’m wearing a thermal undershirt, running top, windbreaker, gloves, snood, layered shorts and long socks. Welcome to the Around the Bay 30K (ATB) in Hamilton, Ontario.
The first ATB took place on Christmas Day in 1894, three years before the inaugural Boston Marathon. Indeed, the early years of Boston were dominated by Canadians, who won three of the first five races, including a clean sweep in 1900 of first (Jack Caffrey, the first of his two consecutive wins), second (Hamilton boy Billy Sherring, who would win marathon
