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2026 Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Weather - Starting Temp around 44+, high in the 50s, low humidity, slight wind

Kit:

  • Oregon Research T-shirt, Grey
  • Path projects short
  • Arm warmer disposable
  • Gloves, disposeable
  • Inijinji socks
  • Adidas Pro 4 shoes
  • Long sleeve,  disposable
  • Jacket, disposable
  • Rain Poncho, disposable
  • Black Belt, size 7
  • 3 Huma Ultra, 2 precision caffeine, 1 torq, backup chews
  • 500 ML water flask
Decisions:
  • Bagel and PJ at 4:30+
  • Bathroom #2 twice
  • One torq 40 minutes before
  • 7:15 bathroom
  • 7:30 final bathroom at corral
  • Weather wasn't too cold
  • In hindsight, could have gone with singlet -- but the t-shirt wasn't bad
  • Went with shoe with 22.5 miles vs. new shoe with 5 miles -- new shoe felt off in the left foot
Race:
  • Dropped gloves and arm warmers by 5KMs
  • 12mph winds weren't an issue
  • Light rail tracks were tricky at times
  • Roads could be uneven in the city
  • Slight incline at the beginning wasn't noticable
  • Picked up pace at 5KM, and made up time
  • Pace continued to be fast till pass 1/2 marathon
  • Rolling hills after 20KM
  • Lots of 180 turns
  • Some long stretches of good roads
  • Started having potential cramping after mile 20
  • Last 4 miles were rough 
  • 3:20 pace group caught up around mile 25
  • General fueling was good.  Probably could have taken another gel at the 3:00 time for good measure
  • Tried to stretch quad right after finish, and immediately started a cramp -- had to walk instead
  • Still sore after 2 days, but not horrible
  • Bottom of foot started hurting prior to mile 18 -- not horrible -- this was the first time that it happened in a race since the first few marathons
  • Lost salt tabs at the 2nd hour when taking out gel
  • Took electrolytes around mile 24/25
  • Water bottle almost empty at the end (1-2 swigs left)

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