Ottawa 2024
Back to the index The day before the race On the day before the race my wife and I picked up a Commun auto c ar and drove to Ottawa: We parked the car in the Bytown market: Here is a view of the market from the p arking lot: We walked to our hotel and got our room right away. That was a nice touch, we didn't expect that: We left everything in the room and went out for a bite, my wife was a bit hungry: My wife went to the shopping, I went to the expo. That was a nightmare, the bus 7, which should come every fifteen minutes, took over half an hour to appear, we almost hit the bus stop closure time: The trip to the expo, which should take eighteen minutes, took longer than half an hour. But I finally arrived at the expo: Here is the entrance of the expo: In other years I would just go in and get my bib. This year there was a mile long queue to get in, it took over half an hour for me to get in. Once inside, getting the bib was actually quick and easy: At the exit we could see our na