A little fog again in low-lying areas after the hill training.
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A modest Roberta Bondar speaks to Jean’s Marines
We ran to the Rogers Centre (and back) to hear a modest Roberta Bondar talk to us about ‘change’.
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Hill training in the fog
March 13/2006, 6:30pm Sunnybrook Park, Toronto on the hill near the riding stables.
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Marathon Training
We ran/walked almost 14 km this morning in the Rosedale / Forest Hill area in approx 1h 40mins.
Training in High Park, Toronto
Leslie Street Spit Marathon Training
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Jean’s Marines Marathon Training in the Leslie Street Spits, Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, February 25, 2006, with Alison Wiley Rochon of KidsFest Canada
The 1977 New York City Marathon
The New York City Marathon Finish Line in Central Park
My First Marathon (Written in late October, 1977)
I’d almost given up on running my first marathon when I hadn’t heard from the New York Road Runners Club about my registration which I’ d sent August 1. A cold in the middle of September prevented me from running for two weeks. Then on Friday, September 30, after driving back to Montreal from a business trip to Toronto, my confirmation was waiting for me in the mail. I could run in the New York City Marathon on October 23, 1977.
I knew immediately that I had to go ahead and do it now, despite mild objections from my wife. My training picked up leading to my best week ever, October 16, 1977, 52 miles, and my best month ever, 191 miles.
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