JW Run Blog 13: Canada Coda
Two numbers drove me to do one more marathon: 19 and 60. I've read articles about the effects that numbers have on people, and I am definitely not immune. I had done 19 marathons, a strange number to end on. And my 60th birthday was approaching. The combination of these two factors, plus a little "jump on the bandwagon" momentum from members of GNRC, pushed me to sign up for one more. My last marathon! (Until I do another one.) The GNRC "destination race" each fall is decided by votes. The choice for 2025 was the Fall Colours Marathon in Ottawa, Canada. I perused the race website. A decent looking course. Good reviews. Consistently cool temps. A half-marathon option, so if I ended up getting injured during training, I could always downgrade to the half. The stars were aligned, so I pulled the trigger and signed up. One negative about the course: The marathon involved doing the half marathon course twice. And that course was an out-and-back (as opposed to a loop)...