Montreal 2025
Back to the index Getting the bib I don't like the Montreal marathon. Even though I live here, I rarely participate in it. But the last time I ran it was in 2016, so I had forgotten how bad it is, so I did it again. The bad stuff started already on the Friday, two days before the race, when I went to the Palais de Congrès to get my bib. There was a kilometer long queue to get the bib, there must have been more than two thousand people in line. The organizers were telling the marathoners to come back the next day because there would be less people, but I had my Saturday fully booked (Congrès Boréal), so that was not an option for me... I waited for more than an hour and a half to get my bib! Totally unacceptable! I've participated in many big events and I never had to wait this long. Not funny at all... Race Day On Sunday morning I took the metro and went to the Parc des Îles, where the race would start. I started near the four hour bunny: He said he would try to do it in 3...