Montreal 2008 - Marathon Oasis de Montréal
Filed under: Joanne's Musings
I hadn’t been back to Montreal since I was a little girl, so it was super fun to go with Seth and our friends Takane, Barry & Mika! We also signed up for the half-marathon “Marathon Oasis de Montréal” during our trip. We figured it would be a great way to see the city and do a race!
Seth and I were in Taiwan the week before (pics coming soon), and unfortunately I sprained my ankle while we were on a tour. When we got home the doctor prescribed a huge walking boot and she told me I could do a 10k so long as I wore this snowboard boot size monster on my foot! OK - cool! I didn’t want to cop out since Takane was doing the race so I was excited that I got the go ahead to do the 10k. I tried hard to recover during the in-between week, but sprained ankles seem to take a long time to heal - especially at my age! So I took my boot to Montreal but eventually decided to just wear the brace for the race. It would take me 8 hours to do a 10k with that dumb boot! I was excited because we finished the 10k just in time to get set up to take pics of Takane!
Takane had been training hard for her first Half too. When I saw her I thought “Dang! She looks great!” She’s totally lean and skinny and elite runner-ish!! She was planning on running the whole half-marathon so she did serious training. I always intended to walk, and after the sprain I definitely had to walk. Seth was nice and did the 10k with me and walked too. It was an icky cold rainy day - but it was still a fun event! Mika even participated in Le Petit Marathon - 1k! Barry ran with her and so they both received participant T-shirts and medals too!
We ate well! Duck in a Can and croissants… The hotel had a great breakfast every morning so we chomped down every day! Ha ha. (I went on a diet as soon as I got home though… oops)
Here are some pics and a video of Takane almost at the finish. She said she felt like she was about to throw up, but she looked great!
» Joanne, Seth & scenery in Montreal
» Takane, Barry & Mika
» Video of Takane (avi, 10mb download)