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Marathon #9 in 2023: The Prince Edwards Island Marathon, Charlottetown, PEI– Lanre Dahunsi

October 15, 2023 In Marathon 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The 2023 Prince Edwards Island Marathon was held on October 15, 2023, in Charlottetown, PEI. It was my third back to back to back marathon in October, after participating earlier in Quebec City, Quebec, and Victoria, British Columbia respectively. I finished with a time of 3:25:13 for the full marathon and it was my ninth full marathon of the year. Earlier in the year, I had committed to run one marathon in each of the ten Canadian provinces. I was able to run 9 of the 10 provinces as there was a scheduling issue with one of the provinces, Newfoundland which had a marathon on the same day as the Quebec City Marathon. I also ran 2 half marathons which brings the overall distance covered to 422 KM (10 Full Marathons).

Toronto Full Marathon, Ontario – May 7, 2023 – 4 hours 13 minutes
Stewart McKelvey Fredericton Marathon | New Brunswick | 3 hours 53 minutes | May 14, 2023
Emera Blue Nose Marathon, Halifax | Nova Scotia | May 21, 2023 | 4:02;56
Servus Credit Union Calgary Marathon | Alberta | 4 hours 31 minutes | May 28, 2023
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Marathon | Winnipeg | June 18, 2023 | 3:59:16
2023 GMS Queen City Marathon, Regina | Saskatchewan | 3:20:49 | September 10, 2023
Beneva Quebec City Marathon | Quebec | October 1st, 2023 | 3;20:59
Royal Victoria Marathon | British Columbia | October 8th, 2023 | 3:31:15
Prince Edward Island Marathon | Charlottetown | October 15, 2023 | 3:25:13

Half Marathons

Mississauga Half Marathon | Ontario |April 30, 2023 | 1:39:53
Marathon Beneva de Montreal Half Marathon | Montreal | 1;33 | September 24, 2023.

Marathon #8 in 2023: Royal Victoria Marathon, British Columbia, Canada – Lanre Dahunsi

October 8, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The 2023 Royal Victoria Marathon was held on October 8th, 2023, in British Columbia, Canada. I ran the Beneva Quebec City Marathon in Quebec City, Quebec, last week, and it was my seventh full marathon in 2023. The Royal Victoria Marathon is a Boston qualifier. It is also part of the BC Marathon Championships and an Abbott World Majors ranking event. The Royal Victoria Marathon was my eighth marathon for 2023 as part of my Canadian Province Running Challenge.

Marathon #7 in 2023: Beneva Quebec City Marathon, Quebec City, Quebec – Lanre Dahunsi

October 1, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The Beneva Quebec City Marathon was held on October 1st, 2023, and as I was still running high on the personal best, I set three weeks earlier at the GMS Queen City Marathon in Regina, Saskatchewan; I ran another 3 hours 20 minutes for a marathon. The Quebec City Marathon course was not flat, and it was uphill and sometimes downhill, but it was a great run across the beautiful Quebec City. The Quebec City Marathon was my seventh full 42.2 KM marathon in 2023 as part of my goal to run across the ten Canadian provinces.

Marathon Beneva de Montreal Half Marathon #2 in 2023 – Personal Best – 1hr:33min.

September 24, 2023 In Marathon 3 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The 30th edition of the Montreal Marathon was held on September 24, 2023. It was my second half-marathon of the year and I ran a personal best time of 1 hour 33 minutes. The half-marathon is a warm-up run as part of my ten Canadian province challenge, wherein I am running a marathon across the ten Canadian provinces. I have already run six and I have four more to go. It is always great to run a personal best and dig deep inside to push oneself to the next level. As the saying goes, we play the way; we train. I had recently run a personal best for the full marathon two weeks earlier in Regina, Saskatchewan. I ran a time of 3 hours 20 minutes which is a reduction of 24 minutes to my former personal best which I ran in the 2022 Montreal Beneva Marathon.

It is great to see the hard work finally begin to add up and make more sense. Prior to these back-to-back personal best runs, I had increased my weekly running volume to around 90-100 KM. In the months of June and July, I was averaging at least 10 miles per day. I still have a long way to go to qualify for the Boston Marathon. My personal best is presently 3:20 and I need a time of 3:05 for Boston. I am getting closer and it is going to require more more and consistency.

Meditation

Daily Calm with Tamara Levitt -Love and Acceptance
Even though challenges are a part of life, it isn’t easy when we are in them. It is helpful to remember that: All challenges come and all challenges go.
Affirmations: May I be happy and learn and grow from all my challenges. May I accept myself just as I am. May I be kind to myself,

Daily Jay with Jay Shetty – Unlikely Teachers

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. – Khalil Gibran
We can’t control how other people behave; we are all on our own separate paths at different points on our journeys. Sometimes we are going to run into people whose behaviour we don’t like, it can be easy to let them bring you down, but with patience and intention, you can learn from them. Instead of letting your frustration overwhelm you, identify what actions or traits make you bristle, then engage in some self-reflection.

Podcast

When your dinner is printed with Eshchar Ben-Shitrit of Redefine Meat | How I Built This with Guy Raz

New Personal Best: 2023 GMS Queen City Marathon in Regina, Saskatchewan #Marathon 6 in 2023.

September 11, 2023 In Marathon 3 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The GMS Queen City Marathon in Regina, Saskatchewan, was my sixth full marathon in 2023 as part of my ten Canadian Marathon Running Challenge. I reduced my personal best (3:44), which I ran at the Beneva Montreal Marathon in 2022, by 24 minutes to a time of 3:20. I ran my first sub-four-hour marathon at the 2022 Beneva Montreal Marathon and have since been running sub-four marathon times.

Running a personal best felt good as I have been putting in the hard work by increasing my mileage, averaging 100 KM per week in the past 6-8 weeks. My new personal best of 3:20 proves that hard work pays off. I am getting closer to some of my marathon running goals: Qualify for the 2025 Boston Marathon (3:05) and run a sub-3 hours times. I know how to achieve these goals; I need to trust the process and keep showing up daily.

Marathon #5 in 2023: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Marathon, Winnipeg, Manitoba– Lanre Dahunsi

June 19, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The Manitoba Marathon was my fifth full 42.2 KM marathon in 2023, and I finished with a time of 3 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds. The race was held at the University of Manitoba (Starting Line) on June 18, 2023. I ran four marathons in May 2023 – Toronto Marathon (Ontario), Fredericton Marathon (New Brunswick), Halifax Marathon (Nova Scotia) and Calgary Marathon (Alberta). The Manitoba Marathon marked the end of the first half of my Ten Canadian Province Marathon Running Challenge, which is my effort to run a full 42.2 KM marathon across the ten Canadian Provinces.

Marathon #4 in 2023: Servus Credit Union Calgary Marathon, Alberta, Calgary– Lanre Dahunsi

May 28, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The Servus Calgary Marathon was the fourth and last marathon for May 2023. I ran four full marathons in May, and the Calgary Marathon was the toughest as I walked the last 7 KM of the marathon. I finished with 4 hours 31 minutes, running 168.8 KM in May. I ran the following marathons in May – Toronto Marathon (Ontario), Fredericton Marathon (New Brunswick), Halifax Marathon (Nova Scotia) and the Calgary Marathon (Alberta).

Marathon #3 in 2023: Emera Blue Nose Marathon, Halifax, Nova Scotia– Lanre Dahunsi

May 21, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The Emera Blue Nose Marathon was held on Sunday, May 21, 2023, and it was my third marathon of the year (my third Back to Back Marathon in May). I ran a time of 4 hours and 2 minutes for the full 42.2 KM Marathon. The Halifax Marathon is the toughest marathon I have run thus far, as the course was very hilly and windy.

Marathon #2 in 2023: Stewart McKelvey Fredericton Marathon, New Brunswick – Lanre Dahunsi

May 14, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The 45th Stewart McKelvey Fredericton Marathon 2023 was held from May 13 to 14, 2023, in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The Fredericton Marathon was named Best Boston Qualifier – by Canadian Running Magazine. I participated in the full marathon (42.2 km), my second in May 2023 (my first Back-to-Back Full Marathon, I participated in the Toronto Marathon last week). I finished with a time of 3 hours 53 minutes.

Marathon #1 in 2023: Toronto Full Marathon – Lanre Dahunsi

May 7, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The 2023 Toronto Marathon was held on Sunday, May 7, 2023, and it was my second marathon of the year. The Toronto Marathon was named one of the best Boston Qualifiers – by Canadian Running Magazine. I participated in the Mississauga Half Marathon on April 30. I finished with a time of 4 hours 13 minutes, it was a very tough finish as I had a deep muscle pull at 30 KM, but I dug deep to finish.

Half Marathon #1 in 2023: Mississauga Half Marathon #RunTheSaga – Lanre Dahunsi

April 30, 2023 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The Mississauga Half Marathon was held on Sunday, April 30th, 2023, and I ran a personal best time for a half marathon: 1:40:20.

Infographic: My year in Marathon Running.

December 1, 2022 In Life 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

I ran six full marathons (42.2 km) and three 10 KM races in 2022. I ran a personal best of 3 hours forty-four minutes at the Beneva Montreal Marathon in Montreal, Quebec, and I also ran two other sub-four hours marathons, taking the sub-4 times to three in 2022.

The Marathons I ran in 2022 are as follows:

The 2022 BMO Vancouver Marathon – 5:00:31 | Vancouver, British Columbia | May 1st, 2022
The 2022 Tartan Ottawa International Marathon – 4:37:39 | Ottawa, Ontario | May 29, 2022
The 2022 Servus Edmonton Marathon – 4:00:20 | Edmonton, Alberta | August 21, 2022,
The Beneva Montreal Marathon 2022 – 3:44:14 | Montreal, Quebec | September 25, 2022
The Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2022 – 3:56:14 | Toronto, Ontario | 16 October 2022
The Hamilton Road2Hope Marathon – 3:55:18 | Hamilton, Ontario | November 6, 2022

Marathon #6 in 2022: The Hamilton Road2Hope Marathon – 3rd sub-4 hours Marathon in 6 weeks.

November 6, 2022 In Marathon 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

I participated in my sixth full marathon of the year (2022) at The Hamilton Road2Hope Marathon. I finished with a time of 3 hours 55 minutes and 04 seconds, making it my third sub-4 hours in 6 weeks. I had earlier ran a personal best (3:44:14) and my first sub-4 marathon time at the 2022 Beneva Montreal Marathon on September 24, 2022; I followed that up with another sub-4 performance in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon with a time of 3:56:14.

Marathon #5 in 2022: Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2022 – 2nd sub-4 hours in 3 weeks.

October 16, 2022 In Life 4 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

I participated in my fifth full marathon of the year (2022) at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. I finished with a time of 3 hours 56 minutes and 14 seconds, making it my second sub-4 hours in 3 weeks. I had earlier ran a personal best and my first sub-4 marathon time at the 2022 Beneva Montreal Marathon on September 24, 2022.

I had a target of running a time of 3:30, but it was not meant to be. Like every marathon I participate in, there were lots of lessons learned and strategies that I hope to implement in my next marathon, such as experimenting with my running shoes and running without a running bag et al.

Marathon #4 in 2022 – Beneva Montreal Marathon 2022 -1st sub-4 hours Marathon (PR)

September 25, 2022 In Life 3 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

The 30th edition of the Montreal Marathon was held on the weekend of September 24 (10KM) and September 25 (21.1 KM & 42.2KM). The Beneva Montreal Marathon was my fourth full (42.2KM) Marathon in 2022 (Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton), and I ran a personal best of 3 hours 44 Minutes. I set a goal to break the fours time for a marathon in Montreal, and I achieved it. It was a tough process getting to the finish line as the picture below shows.

Over 10,000 runners participated in the 2022 Montreal Marathon with the start line at Espace 67 on Île Sainte-Hélène and the finish line at Olympic Stadium.

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