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| 8th time participating in the Toronto Waterfront Full Marathon. My favourite marathon due to the crowds, organization, scenery. |
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| Picked up bib Friday after work at the expo. Registered for 2016 full marathon at discounted price of $60 + HST. |
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| Nice short sleeve tech shirt. |
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| Start line. This is cool - man had extra bib so gave it to his toy pet. Wore 3 tech shirts and long pants - 6C cloudy/sunny. |
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| Approaching start line. Corrals organized by predicted finish times. Took 18 minutes before my corral was "released". |
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| North on University. Approaching Queen's Park. Not the simplest as uphill run at the start. |
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| 2 K - Royal Ontario Museum. West on Bloor Street. |
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| Honest Ed's. To head south on Bathurst. |
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| 5 K - Alexandra Park. |
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| Cool photo at the water station! |
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| Reached Bathurst and Front. Heading to the waterfront. |
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| Gardiner Expressway above. |
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| Canadian National Exhibition. |
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| Water station. Thank you to the wonderful volunteers. |
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| 10 K. |
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| Heading turnaround on the Lakeshore. |
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| 13 K. |
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| Entertainment - York University Lions Steel band. |
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| Nice fall colours. |
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| Great advice - "Never ever give-up!" |
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| Even this dog is clapping at the runners! |
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| Rogers Centre and CN Tower. |
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| Almost 20 K. Full and half marathoners diverge. |
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| 21.1 K! |
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| Distillery District - 22 K. |
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| North on Bayview - beside Lower Don Valley Trail. Fall colours! |
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| Approaching turnaround. A quiet section of the race. |
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| Uphill. Thus, walk. |
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| Photo with Batman. He raises money for Sick Kids Hospital. |
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| Another uphill. This is on Lakeshore. |
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| Interesting! Bouncing basketball throughout the full marathon. |
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| 30 K. Woodbine Beach Park on the right. |
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| 31 K. Heading north to Queen Street East. |
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| Now heading east on Queen Street East. |
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| Great quote from a man's tech shirt from the Houston Marathon. |
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| Some uphill climbs. Turnaround. |
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| More volunteers at the water stations. |
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| Heading south - back to Woodbine Beach Park. |
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| 35 K done. |
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| The man in the middle is famous - Rick - he has run every Toronto Waterfront Marathon! |
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| Funny sign. Surprising nobody is taking him up on the offer? |
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| 39 K. Challenging uphill climb - thus, walk break! |
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| Nice view of Toronto. Downhill so time to run! |
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| 40 K. |
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| 41 K. St. Lawrence Market. Approaching Gooderham Building. |
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| 300 m to go. Heading north on Bay Street - uphill. |
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| 200 m to go! |
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| Reward! The finisher's medal featuring the Humber River Bridge. Interesting that is featured as we don't run through it. |
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| Proud little brother! |
Full/ultra marathon #33 is now in the books. Two weeks until the Hamilton Marathon.
YTD = 1298.5 K
(76.4% of 1700 K goal completed)
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