Sunday touchdown, Monday lift off. Tight 22 hours between travels. One fast-paced crazy work-day. Unpacked, repacked. Passport ready. Denver – Paris – Vienna. Destination: Austria (Slovakia & Hungary).
Travel week with Sis – marathoning Sunday in Krems, week 7 of 10. Memories always best when shared. Iceland, Austria, USA & Canada. Lotta see & do – and run – before Colorado snow season ❄️
Dig family travel. PLUS Sis is a planner. Much appreciated after multi- weeks of soloing. First time flying Norwegian Air. Ukraine Air on the return home. Europe on a budget, all part of the adventure.
Bonjour, willkommen, wiedersehen & schnitzel.
Taxi from the airport. Family already afternoon-landed, waiting at Hotel Urania. Sis’ St Louis run group arriving Friday. Gonna be a full-house European adventure. Super excited!
Tonight, first nite. Scenic walk along the Danube & a bowl of soul-warming goulash.
Quick sleeps, hotel breakfast, car awaiting downstairs.
Day trekking Slovakia. Castles, cobblestone & a guide named Luba 😊
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- Willkommen Austria!
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- first nite Vienna
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- the Danube
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- tomorrow: Slovakia
Denver – Paris – Vienna
Sometimes anticipation ruins a long nite’s sleep. Rock ‘n Roll day! my first RnR event since 2015. Host hotel registered. Could see the African elites stretching outside…12 flights down. 85 & sunny this afternoon – in Montréal – closest I’d see elite athletes today. Slow, steady, hydrate.
Walk, walk, walk. Long way to my corral start. Either goofed the kilometer-mile conversion again, or gonna see thousands break the 3:15 marathon barrier. LOL> Back-of-the-pack. Walk, walk, walk. Faaaaaaar in the distance, could almost sound out the O’ Canada theme 🇨🇦
And we’d wait. And wait. 9 o’clock now. Temps warming. My corral peeps sitting on pavement. Still, lotta buzz. Runner chatter. Mix of Québécois & Toronto Anglo. Marathon day in Québec!
FIREWORKS. Voulez-vous, qu’est-ce que c’est, vive la France – & we’re off.
An hour of dodge-n-weave (no hatin’ on walkers, honest). Few mind-numbing suburbia/bike-path out-n-backs after the Halfer split – but overall, Rock ‘n Roll does a good job showcasing city sights.
Day fave? Olympic Park. Outskirts of Montréal, 1976-dated & I get crazy emotional.
Indoor Stadium ran. Olympic rings decaled near the big screen. Allez, allez, Keenan, allez. Très bon. Energy from the experience overwhelming/tear-welling. Allez, allez, Keenan, allez.
Walked part of 19. Heat struggled last 10k. Post-noon, no food & crazy humid. More fluids spewing out than going in. New PW finish time for Canada – but a FINISH & a medal. Très bon! 🏅
$20 shower negotiated at my hotel, taxi to the airport. Crazy quick turnaround.
Monday work-day, passport-readied again. Family vacation with Sis – to AUSTRIA! #noregretlife
Oasis Rock ‘n’ Roll Montreal Marathon
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Bib Name Time
22166 Keenan Haga 05:16:52
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- FIREWORKS Start
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- heat-struggled last 10K
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- Parc Olympique
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- fire engine COOLDOWN
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- 6th weekend marathoning
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- push PUSH push
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- Vive le Montréal
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- Canada Quest 2020
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- Saturday EXPO
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- 1500 miles away: DISCO DEADLIFT @ Bro’s gym
Roll ‘n Roll Montréal
Three times in 6 weeks. Three very different Canadian adventures.
Yellowknife, my first territory. Canada’s Arctic. Regina, the Queen City, capital of Saskatchewan. Canada’s Prairie. Montréal, home of Justin Trudeau & hockey’s Canadiens. the ’76 Olympics: Bruce Jenner, Nadia Comăneci. French Canada.
Denver ✈️ Minneapolis ✈️ Montréal, downtown digs by 1am.
Play day, Saturday. Up with the sun. Showered. Mile walk to Dorchester Square. Ticket purchased. Half-day bus tour. What better way to see the Paris of North America?
Old Town (Veiux Montréal), Notre-Dame Basilica, Maisonneuve Market, Parc Olympique – last stop, Mount Royal Park, the island’s high-point. Vast scenic overlook of Québec’s most populous city. Temp 15 degrees above average. Beautiful, sunshiny day. Done by noon, great Canadian start. Double thumbs up, Cécile!
Long walk-about. Reuben sandwich. More church bells (BIG fan), more 19th century architecture (same comment). St. Lawrence River. Chinatown. Retrieved tomorrow’s marathon bib. Doubletree hotel return. Quick check on the weather. Early sleeps.
Bonne nuit Québec. Sunday marathon, Roll ‘n Roll Montréal 🍁
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- Bienvenue au Canada
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- Dorchester Square
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- Marché Maisonneuve
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- half-day guided tour
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- Parc Olympique
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- Mount Royal Park
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- Roll ‘n Roll Montréal
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- Canada 🇨🇦
Basilique Notre-Dame
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- Notre-Dame Basilica
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- Gothic Revival style
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- history of Montréal
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- circa 1858
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- setting of Celine Dion’s 1994 wedding & husband’s funeral
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- Sister Marguerite
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- Iroquois originals
Montréal, Québec
