Michelle Migneault Cox(HF17353)- Yesterday I finished my 130th half marathon. My very first one was in 2016. I only did 5 my first 2 years, but if you go Jan 2018 to Jan 2025 my average is over 17 halfs/year! Crazy!
Winnipeg is an ok place. Their roads are horrible so I have no idea where all their road taxes are going, but every single road I drove on was the worst, I mean comparable or worse than New Orleans. 😂
The race was a decent size with a marathon, half marathon, 10k and 5k with almost 9,000 runners. The course was new this year and I don’t know if it’s better or worse than previous years. The course went through a lot of neighborhood’s and crowd support was ok(it was no OKC or Lincoln for sure). Be warned the roads were atrocious and I was afraid of spraining my ankle and tripping at any moment. The course was mostly flat except for 2 small bridges/overpasses. The after race party was lacking. They had a huge area for the full marathoners only (food wasn’t much better) and the half,10k and 5k runners had to go to another area where there was only mini bagels, chips, very green bananas, popsicles and chocolate milk. It was warm and I have no idea why summer races don’t all start by 6am to help avoid the heat, however there was plenty of shade on the course. The best part was finishing in the stadium. Fair warning, many were talking abt weather and smoke in the air and they do post air quality advisories and talks of cancelling if air quality was bad, just a chance you would have to take.
So far Winnipeg is my least favorite between Vancouver, Banff and Regina. I’m looking forward to my next Canadian Province in Oct. at the NiagaraFalls Half.
My next half is Aug 2 at Galloping Gertie where I will meet up with my cousin Dan and a new cousin found through AncestryDNA!
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