Sunday was a great day for a run, and an even better day for a marathon. Starting with the temperature around 9 degrees and a partially overcast later parting way for calm and sunny morning. 

Being well rested in the morning I woke up, had breakfast and warmed up on my run to the starting line. Having not run all week except for the 6 miles Saturday morning I was a bit hesitant on how my performance will be. The week before I was having a little too much fun running trails around High Park and tweaked my left knee a bit. 

This was the first marathon that I did not travel to which made it feel almost as if it wasn’t real - strange I know.

The turn out was fantastic even at 7am the course was lined with people cheering the full and half marathoners on. All of the volunteers at the stations were always on top of their game  and the police were keeping the traffic off the course. 

I ran my personal best with a chip time of 3:33:46.4 that is ~ 13 minutes faster than my previous PB in Ottawa earlier this year! If you knew anyone who ran or want to check out some of the results make sure you get over to Sports Stats results page.

This was the first time my parents came out and saw me run (thanks for the pictures!)

The Globe and Mail also did a article on the top finishers of the race.

I think I might need to start doing some sort of action at the finish line… even waving your hands in the air seems more entertaining than just finishing the race. What are your thoughts what should I do from now on when I cross the finish line?