Montreal Marathon

The Montreal Marathon on Sept 5 was a well done event. Jim Tuttle had decided he was going to run it a couple of weeks ago and the next thing you know Tracy and I come up with a plan to go to. My sister lives in Kanata, which is about 2 hours from Montreal, so it was nice to go for a visit and then head to Montreal to run the Marathon, after all, it was a long weekend.We all stayed at the Delta Centre Ville which had some mixed reviews, but was good for us, you cant knock a 6pm late checkout.The expo was quite small but lots of friendly folks to help you get your nice tech shirt and basic goody bag. Race day was cool, cloudy, and windy,minus the wind would have been nice. The route was great and scenic with a couple of hills and inclines, the hardest was at 37k as you came to Olympic Stadium and had to run up a 1.5k long hill and go around it before entering and finishing the last 200m inside the stadium.It was kind of funny to hear all the supporters cheering saying "Bravo", but reminded you were in Quebec.One cool area we ran was on the Jacques Villeneuve F1race track for about 5k.We all posted good times and Jim's 3:38 PB was well earned.
So, Jim, Tracy, myself and a few other Road Runners are off to Rochester NY this weekend for another Marathon.
Stay tuned,Tracy and I are now into our 5 Marathons in 5 weeks streak.