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Hi,

kzod: I'll be there for the 21kmtl. Do you know that there is already 600 registrations so far! I think they'll be having a record year, last year we were 1000 participants.

Enough reading and writting I have to get out there and do my 12k run. If the weather stays this way we'll be running on dry asphalt at l'Île Bizard!!!

Have a nice day!

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"The courage is not to finish, the miracle is to have the courage to start". John Bingham

Great race report Groomit - a good race with a vanity sprint at the end to sweeten things up - that's the complete picture.

About your race - you were fading in the end, which is not unusual, but you never mentioned eating (except your watered Gatorade). Maybe you would have done well to have a few gels? I usually have one very ten k during a marathon (and one at the end of the bike split of a triathlon) and it works).

To come close to a PB this early in the year is quite an accomplishment. You should be very proud. And a BQ is always sweet...

When's your next race? How much time between marathons do you usually give yourself?

Again, congratulations!

City.....It's good to hear you're off the injured list & you're right about the TM/outdoors difference.... but the TM is always better than zero... right?
I might be tempted to do the 21k mtl thing... but it's a ways off and my brain isn't computing the idea of any serious training at this point... needs a few more days, I guess.
KJ.... I'm impressed with your ramping up the milage, a nearly impossible feat with work/kids/studying. How's your pace ? not getting stitch on the hills anymore I imagine BTW bagels are considered essential in a runner's diet... just watch out for the smoked salmon and cream cheese !!
I doubt if I'll make it out to Ile B. this Sunday.... I'm planning on taking the gang skiing on Saturday and I'll probably reduce my legs back down to a purée trying to keep up with my kamikazee 11 y.o. I'm looking forward to using my skis which have been collecting dust as I trained and worried about injuries.
There is one restaurant on the island, it's a family type diner. Turn left at the lights when you get on the island it's on the right just before the Ultramar (with the carwash). Don't know if it's any good though...
Vero: is your hamstring thing all better now ? It sounds like you're getting into this running thing pretty seriously which is not that easy at this time of year....I don't know how many times I've been soaked frrom head to toe by passing cars.... I always give them my cheery wave..... Hope your exam results turn out well...
I' m looking forward to the better weather, spring and that smell that comes as things start to come back to life..... OMG it's only february, two months to go.
Coureur: no Idea at all what I'll do next... I'm still tempted by the VCM down in Burlington. I signed up for this last year but got injured about 6 weeks before the race... lost my $75 fee and 2 months of running !! I also starting to get curious about longer distances... sick I know I think I might try and concentrate on my 10K time..... Chops is going to be my trainer !! Don't know if I want to do the Mass. race this year or 06 ... or both, what do you think folks ?

Later,

Grommit

Grommit, if you're looking for the long distance thing, get in touch with the good "Fat ***" folks and Peter Collins (Maybe Boreal can help you, because Peter trains with them and he sets up ultramarathons, terrific guy too...)

As for Bordeleau (I forget the moniker of the person asking) he can be seen frequently on Tuesdays and Thursdays betwen 5 and 7 PM on the Claude Robillard track. Interestingly, he' s now coaching runners who are doing the 800 meter ( a brutal distance!). Could be coaching marathon as well elsewhere. I think he is associated with CADL (Club Athlétique Dynamique Laval) so it's a good bet to start by contacting that club.

Today is a complete day off, no training, no work and wished to have no runny nose . Yes a little cold, I should be alright for l'Île Bizard. Going back for a nap!!!

Have a nice day!

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"The courage is not to finish, the miracle is to have the courage to start". John Bingham

Hi everyone,

I'm new here and I run the mountain a couple of times a week. I used to run every day on it when I lived on Ridgewood but now I live in the western part of NDG. I also run on the Lachine Canal and the St Laurence as well as on roads like Blvd St Rose in Laval it is East West and straight...great for a tan .

I'd like to meet someone in this part of Montreal to run with and perhaps go to races with.

P.S. I run with my dog and most of the time I am pushing one of my kids.

See you soon