Over 35,000 runners rock the Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal Marathon

A photo posted by So Montréal (@so_montreal) on Sep 25, 2016 at 6:37am PDT

Marathon Oasis Rock ‘n’ Roll de Montreal took place over the weekend and hosted over 35,000 participants who took part in four exciting races including the signature marathon, an ever-popular half as well as a 10K and 5K.

Monday’s got us like…. ???#Oasis #RnRMTL#regram https://t.co/3PsAFBkBbv pic.twitter.com/xGCdbEeZTM

— Rock n Roll Marathon (@RunRocknRoll) September 26, 2016

R’n’R Montreal was the first of its kind and still only one of two R‘n’R Series events in Canada. The courses provide a complete city tour starting on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and looping around Ile Ste-Helene and Ile Notre Dame before running along the harbour and to the halfway mark–the finish for the half-marathon–in Parc Lafontaine. Marathoners continue on and complete several scenic and often loud out-and-back loops of Montreal’s most famous attractions and landmarks before returning to the finish.

Icelandic runner Karlsson wins Montreal Marathon https://t.co/JwIC49iKxE pic.twitter.com/oC8E0sWcc3

— CTV Montreal (@CTVMontreal) September 25, 2016

This year, Kari Steinn Karlsson of Iceland was first to cross the line in a time of 2:24:18. Local Montreal-native Bagdad Rachem was second in 2:27:48 and Fethi Oukik of St-Leonard, Que. was third in 2:29:25.

In the women’s race, another local of Montreal, Arianne Raby was first in 2:48:54 ahead of Joanne Normand of Levis (2:57:16) and Mylene Sansoucy of Quebec City (2:59:45).

Celebrating #medalmonday with 3 times the fun from yesterday’s #rnrmtl half marathon. Merci @runrocknroll organizers for making this extra fun by adding #worldrocker and #dualbeats from the #heavymetal collection to my medal hanger. This sure makes running more RNR races very enticing! Hmm Vegas? ?? #halfmarathon

A photo posted by Kathy ?? Find Joy In Each Day (@brooklynmomontherun) on Sep 26, 2016 at 10:04am PDT

Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace played the post-race concert.

Our Lady Peace rocking the Montreal Marathon after race party. They’re better than my race was. At 3:44:20 it was not my day. pic.twitter.com/1IUIv2y1AI

— serge corbeil (@corserge) September 25, 2016