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| Start corrals - awaiting my corral's turn to the start line. |
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| The race has begun! North on University Avenue. Slight uphill inline. |
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| 1 K. To the left is Queen's Park legislature. Still north on University Avenue. |
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| 2 K. Royal Ontario Museum. Now heading east. Rain - don't really mind that. |
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| Man dressed as a chef. He set a Guiness world record! |
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| Honest Eds. Approaching south of Bathurst. |
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| 4 K. South on Bathurst Street - welcome change as now slight downhill. |
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| 5 K. My time is 18 minutes taken off the "gun time". |
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| 6 K. Approaching Bathurst and Front Street - the bridge. |
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| Downhill :-) To the right is Fort York. |
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| 7 K. Approaching Lakeshore. |
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| Heading west on Lakeshore. Canadian National Exhibition. |
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| Ontario Place. I like the back-and-back - great to see the runners on the other side. |
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| Man dressed in a suit. Not sure if he set a World's record. |
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| 8 K. |
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| 9 K. Fall colours! |
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| 10 K. |
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| 11 K. |
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| 12 K. |
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| Approaching the turnaround. |
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| Interesting costume - the lady had the face of a cat. Not sure how she ran in that. |
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| 13 K. |
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| 14 K |
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| Course entertainment - steel band. |
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| 15 K. |
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| Thank you to the many volunteers who stood in the rain. Organized stations with gatorade first and then water. |
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| Another photo of the fall colours! Heading towards Ontario Place. |
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| 17 K. |
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| Enthusiastic cheering station. So many spectators stood in the rain to cheer the runners and walkers. |
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| 18 K. Sign: "DONUT give up!" |
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| Downtown Toronto - condos galore. |
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| Aargh - uphill. Time to walk! |
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| Time for the half and full marathoners to diverge (at Bay Street). |
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| Worst nightmare. Hope the man is okay. |
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| 20 K. Heading east on Queens Quay. |
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| 21 K. |
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| Yeah - approaching half way 21.1 K |
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| 22 K. |
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| Very cool! The man is in the middle. |
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| 23 K. Now in Corktown. |
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| 24 K. Heading north on Bayview Avenue. |
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| Batman and Batwoman. Had photo taken last year with Batman. |
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| "You can. You will. Just run." So appreciative of the spectators who took the time to make signs and cheer us on. |
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| Another photo of the wonderful volunteers. |
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| Aagh - had to walk this steep uphill. |
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| 26 K. |
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| "The fastest way to the finish is running." |
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| The Cube! |
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| Aargh - uphill "climb". Time to walk. |
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| What goes up must come down. This is great - downhill. |
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| Greektown - always a favourite. |
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| Ed Whitlock - he's 85 years old and ran today's marathon at 3 hours 56 minutes. Incredible. |
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| Here's the chef again! |
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| 28 K. On Eastern Avenue heading to the Beach. |
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| 28 K. |
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| Approaching 30 K. |
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| Woodbine Beach Park. |
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| 31 K. |
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| Canine friends as spectators. Many of them were wet from the rain. |
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| 32 K. In The Beach on Queen Street East. Uphill |
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| Aargh - uphill. |
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| 33 K. Just reached turnaround. Now heading west on Queen Street East. |
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| 34 K. The Beaches is always full of spectators. |
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| 35 K. Heading west on the Lakeshore. |
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| 36 K. |
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| The last racer! |
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| 38 K. Camera is getting blurry from the rain. |
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| 39 K ahead. Walking the uphill "climb" |
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| Nice view of Toronto. |
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| 40 K. Now on Front Street. |
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| St. Lawrence Market. |
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| Gooderham Building |
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| 500 m - north on Bay Street. |
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| 300 m to go. |
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| 200 m to go. |
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| Photo with race director, Alan Brookes. |
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| Proud little brother! |
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| The prize! |
YTD = 1301.9 K
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