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    The most wonderful time of the year

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    It’s almost here – the weekend when I make my annual trek to the nation’s capital – you guessed it, Ottawa Race Weekend.  For iRun, it’s practically Christmas!  I’ll be hanging out at the iRun booth at the expo for a while on Friday and Saturday – please stop by to grab a pin and a copy of the current issue, and don’t forget to bring that pile of change off your dresser to throw in the buckets for Mark Sutcliffe’s $50K Run for a Reason in support of the Ottawa Hospital! I’ll also be donning my pace bunny ears once again for the travelling street party half marathon.

    Without further ado, but with plenty of apologies to Andy Williams, I give you my newly-written running carol in honour of Ottawa Race Weekend!

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
    With the kids a-cowbelling and everyone telling you “be of good cheer!”
    It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

    It’s the hap-happiest season of all!
    With those taperful-greetings and pre-expo meetings when friends come to call!
    It’s the hap-happiest season of all!

    There’ll be parties for hosting, with pasta and boasting and someone with nail-less toes.
    There’ll be scary race stories, and tales of the glories of marathons long, long ago.

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
    There’ll be lots of skin showing and legs might be glowing when race time draws near.
    It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

    There’ll be no time for coasting, and it could be roasting, and blisters are part of the show.
    There’ll be pain inventories and plenty of mores that get chucked right out the window!

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
    There’ll be water cup throwing and cheers to “keep going” when finish lines near!
    It’s the most wonderful time!

    Yes the most wonderful time!

    It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiime! Of the year!

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    A runner for just over four years, Karen has already completed a marathon, two half marathons and a variety of 5k and 10k races. She describes her first marathon - the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon last September - as "a nightmare." However, she met a very interesting person in the process - a man named Sydney who was running his 152nd marathon! Although the race didn't go as well as planned for Karen or Sydney, he showed her that no matter how experienced a runner you are, you can still have a bad day. "Does that mean we shouldn't bother to prepare, or maybe just shouldn't bother at all? Of course not!" says Karen. "In the end, it is what we make it." We like her optimism!

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    1. Lovely to see you at the booth and hope all goes well with the pacing tomorrow! Awesome poem!

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