Quebec City runner hits marathon milestone at hometown race
That's a lot of marathons
For some, the Quebec City Marathon may have been their first attempt at the iconic road racing distance.
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For Gilles Lamontagne, his first marathon is thousands of kilometres behind him. On Sunday, the Quebec City runner completed his 225th marathon, which translates roughly to 9,500K of racing, speaking strictly for marathon mileage. That’s the distance between Cape Spear, N.L. and Victoria, and halfway back.
225 marathons pour Gilles!! pic.twitter.com/fVg5bjv7ap
— Je Cours Qc (@jecoursqc) August 27, 2017
Lamontagne completed his 225th marathon in 5:30:44, one of the 14 runners in the M70+ category. “Now rest a few days,” he wrote on Facebook.
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Lamontagne was one of 1,042 participants to race in the Quebec City Marathon on Sunday, which began in nearby Levis and finished in the city’s Old Port following the net downhill, point-to-point course.
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