It’s Friday so I’m linking up with Running on Happy & Fairytales and Fitness for the Friday Five 2.0 linkup! Join in! Don’t forget to link back to your hostesses and visit some other bloggers.
My next half marathon is right around the corner so …
My topic today is: Five Reasons Why You Should Run Rock N Roll Montreal
- There are multiple races happening over one weekend. You can run a 5k, 10k, or challenge yourself with a half or full marathon. In other words, there is a race for everyone. There’s even a 1K for kids.
- You can go for multiple distances (and medals) over the course of the weekend. If you run one on Saturday and one on Sunday, you get an extra medal. If you run another RnR in the US or another country, you get another special medal (Darn it. I ran Vegas last year and Brooklyn was canceled!!)
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- 5k
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- Half
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- race on Sat & one on Sun
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- a RnR race in the US
3. Music every step of the way! Mile markers with live bands, DJ’s, Drum Lines, and more. I ran Vegas and the music kept me going. it was awesome.
4. You are running in an International race without any trans Atlantic travel. How cool is that? No worries if you don’t speak French, signs are in BOTH languages.
5. The course(s) take you through the sites of the beautiful city of Montreal – the Montreal Biosphere, Notre Dame Basilica, Old Montreal, La Fontaine Park, and more.
Botanical Gardens
If you are still not convinced, watch this video:
Happy Running! Anyone else have run or will run RnR Montreal?
Disclaimer: I received a free entry to the Rock ‘N Roll Montreal 5k and Half Marathon as part of being a Rock n Blogger.
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Those are a lot of good reasons. The chance to see so much of Montreal would be my motivation
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I ran it the first time they offered it. I really enjoyed running in Old Montreal (but not the hill near the finish). It was unfortunate that I wasn’t feeling great that weekend due to some family stress.
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I’m excited for you to do this race – how far is Montreal from where you live?
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3 1/2 hours I think
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I think #5 is my #1. I so love that city.
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Sounds so enticing (as all the RnR races are), but I am totally booked LOL I’ll get one of those bonus medals after RnR Philly, but am a tiny bit bummed the races all have to be in the same calendar year to qualify, otherwise I’d get another one for having done Vegas with you. Oh well….first world probs 😉
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I’d love to run Philly and Chicago.
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A friend of mine asked if I wanted to run this race – it would have been a fun runcation. The last time I was in Montreal was a field trip with my French class in high school. I’m sure much has changed since then!
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I used to take my students here when I was a French teacher. I haven’t been in awhile.
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I so want to run this race but have yet to find a year where it will work with my schedule.
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I would love to run in Montreal but it’s a little far for me. That botanical garden looks awesome!
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Hopefully I get to visit it.
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It’s so worth it. Also the old Olympic site
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I have never been to Montreal! It looks like a really fun race weekend! I love how RnR compounds medals and gives you more for doing more races in a year!
Maybe I will shoot for it next year!
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I have not been in a very long time. I’ll let you know how it is.
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