History

The following is a history of my efforts, accomplishments, and completed events to date across running and cycling activities. Specific result details for many of these events are available at Athlinks.com

2009

  • Iles-de-Boucherville Half-Marathon
  • Montreal Marathon (marathon #1)
  • GoodLife Toronto Marathon (marathon #2)
  • Bought my first road bike (Penelope I)

2010

  • Valencia (Spain) Marathon (marathon #3)
  • Around The Bay 30km
  • ScotiaBank Montreal Half-Marathon
  • Ottawa Marathon (marathon #4); qualified for the Boston Marathon with time of 3:20:38
  • Ste-Agathe Duathlon (10/90/10km)
  • Sherboucle (106km)
  • Esprit Montreal Duathlon (10/40/5km; placed 2nd in age group)
  • Défi Vélo-Mag cyclosportive (106km)
  • GoodLife Toronto Marathon (marathon #5)
  • New York City Marathon (marathon #6)

2011

  • Around The Bay (30km)
  • Boston Marathon (marathon #7)
  • Ottawa Marathon (marathon #8)
  • Rideau Lake Cycle Tour (Ottawa-Kingston; 177km each way over 2 days)
  • Défi Mont-Tremblant (originally 150km; got lost and rode 220km)
  • Utica Boilermaker (15km)
  • Ste-Agathe Duathlon (10/90/10km)
  • Demi-Marathon SSQ de Québec
  • Défi Vélo-Mag cyclosportive (106km)
  • Bought my second road bike (Penelope II)
  • Make-A-Wish charity ride (rode 632km in period of 48 hours, more than 50% more than next teammate)
  • Chicago Marathon (marathon #9)
  • Philadelphia Marathon (marathon #10)

2012

  • Around The Bay (30km)
  • GoodLife Toronto Marathon (marathon #11)
  • Gran Fondo New York
  • 232 km solo ride (from home to Sorel, Saint-Hyacinthe and back)
  • Rideau Lake Cycle Tour (Ottawa-Kingston; 219km down; 177km back)
  • Centurion Cycling Lake George (160km; placed 2nd in age group for hill climb event)
  • Cyclosportive Orford
  • Gran Fondo Ottawa (220km)
  • Chet Warman Memorial Ride (aka Six Gaps) (252km and 12,000 feet of climbing)
  • Mont-Saint-Bruno to Quebec City (355km)
  • Défi des Cantons de l’Est cyclosportive
  • Berlin Marathon (marathon #12)
  • Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen (once as training ride; once as full event)
  • Completed 10,000km of road riding in a 12-month period

2013

  • 160km Strava century challenge (in February; snowed 3-4 times; average temperature of -1c or so)
  • Around The Bay (30km)
  • 48km run for a Strava marathon training challenge
  • USA Cycling Category 5 license
  • Racing at the Pittsburgh cycling oval
  • GoodLife Toronto Marathon (marathon #13)
  • 209km in Western NJ (12,800 feet of climbing)
  • Gran Fondo New York
  • MS Society Escape to the Lake 150 miles (154 miles day one, 67 on day 2)
  • Garrett County Diabolical Double (125 miles with 16,500 feet of climbing)
  • Mapletown (PA) Road Race (39 miles)
  • Upgraded to USA Cycling Category 4 license
  • Ride out to Punxsutawney and back (275km; 11,500+feet of elevation)
  • Chet Warman Memorial Ride (aka Six Gaps) (225km and 12,800 feet of climbing); finished 5 of 6 climbs
  • Strava Rapha Rising Challenge; climbed 7948 metres in 8 days, 109% of the target)
  • Strava PowerBar challenge (1815 kilometres in 33 days, 108% of the target)
  • Tour of the Catskills stage race
  • 40km solo time trial in 1:00:44
  • Appalachia Visited (road race)
  • Chicago Marathon (marathon #14)
  • Philadelphia Marathon (marathon #15)
  • Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen
  • Completed 7,000km of road riding in a 12-month period

2014

  • Tokyo Marathon (marathon #16)
  • Around The Bay (30km)
  • Pittsburgh Marathon (marathon #17) – new personal best of 3:15:22
  • Strava Climbing Challenge (3038 metres in 5 days; 131% of the target)
  • 251km solo ride (from home to Lac Brôme and back)
  • 5 rides of 210km or more in the month of June
  • Strava Pavé Battle of June Challenge (55 hours of riding in 24 days, 114% of target)
  • 34.6km team time trial with personal average speed of 40.8 km/h
  • 261km group and solo ride (SBLG to Granby to Valcourt and back for longest ride of the year)
  • Chet Warman Memorial Ride (aka Six Gaps) (252km and 12,000 feet of climbing)
  • 2 x (Whiteface Mountain + 80km)
  • Strava Rapha Rising Challenge (8800 metres in 9 days; completed in 4 outings in 5 days; climbed 9685m in all)
  • Make-A-Wish charity ride (522km)
  • Montreal Rock N’ Roll Half Marathon (1:35:59; the weekend after riding 522km)
  • New York City Marathon (marathon #18) – new personal best of 3:13:18 on a very windy course (gust of 40-50 km/h) and beat Boston Marathon 2016 qualifying time by over 12 minutes)
  • Over 6400km of road-riding
  • Over 2500km of running

2015

  • Around The Bay (30km)
  • GoodLife Toronto Marathon (marathon #19)
  • Grey County Road Race (cycling; 128.9km)
  • Baie des Chaleurs Marathon (marathon #20) (pace bunny for 3:45 group)
  • Puma Urban Stampede 10km (Bangalore, India) (finished 18 of 893 participants)
  • SSQ Quebec City Marathon (marathon #21) (pace bunny for 3:45 run:walk group)
  • Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (marathon #22)
  • Metro PCS Dallas Marathon (marathon #23)
  • Goal of 2500km of running

2016

  • Houston Marathon (marathon #24)
  • Austin Marathon (marathon #25)
  • Rock n’ Roll Dallas Half-Marathon
  • Boston Marathon (marathon #26)
  • Running leg of a triathlon in Dallas
  • Toronto Waterfront Marathon (marathon #27)

2017

  • Cornwall (Ontario) Marathon (marathon #28)
  • Rock n’ Roll Montreal Half-Marathon
  • Philadelphia Marathon (marathon #29)

2018

    • Around The Bay (30km)
    • Virgin London Marathon
      • Enables me to complete all 6 races in the World Marathon Majors series; I have completed the other 5 races to date
    • Chicago Marathon

Plans for the coming years

  • Learn how to swim
  • Complete a full Ironman distance event
  • Green Mountain Stage Race (Vermont)
  • Tour of the Catskills (again)
  • Complete 30 marathons by the age of 50
    • As of Nov 2016, I am sitting at 29 marathons
  • Complete 60 marathons by the age of 60
  • Qualify for and participate in Paris-Brest-Paris (France) endurance road race
    • 1200km of riding in a maximum of 90 hours