Sunday May 15, 2011 will see the duel of the marathons in Ontario’s GTA (Greater Toronto Area).
Goodlife Fitness Marathon in Toronto
The Goodlife Fitness Marathon will run south on Yonge and east/west along Lakeshore in Toronto.
Mississauga Marathon
The Mississauga Marathon will start near City Hall at Square One, and finish at the Lakefront Promenade Park.
Dueling Marathons
The first duel was actually between the Goodlife Fitness and Scotia Toronto Waterfront marathons. Both held Toronto motorists to ransom in the autumn, just three weeks apart. After a protracted war of words, with City Council acting as moderators, the Goodlife Fitness Marathon was kicked into the spring season.
From what I remember, the Mississauga organizers made no public comment until someone realized that their beloved Mothers’ Day date was poached. (Although, to be fair, Mothers’ Day came a week earlier than those road races this year).
Now the battle has been joined between these civic powerhouses: which race will lose runners to the other?
Today’s Toronto Star reported that both have seen a drop in registrations. That’s a shame, since each earns serious donations for charitable causes. As the Star also noted, it would take at least a three to six week gap between marathons for most runners to decide to register for both.
The clear winner is the Scotia Waterfront Toronto Marathon. They now have what Mississauga used to enjoy: a date with no immediate local rival. In my humble opinion, this is the marathon that Toronto needs. Not the runners, but Toronto needs to nourish the race that holds the record for best time on Canadian soil. It only took about 40 years to wrestle that glorious title away from the 1968 Montreal Olympics.
It is still disappointing that most news articles focus on “drivers: beware of road closures” rather than “come out and cheer for people willing to train and sweat for the privilege of accomplishing a difficult goal”.
Please: sponsor anyone who asks. They will more than earn it.
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And check the routes so you don’t drive into a roadblock this weekend:
Road Closures in Toronto (PDF).
(A public service message from DeHaan Services).
References to the event sites:
Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon;
ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
