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Quebec City Marathon 2018

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Back to the index Quebec City Marathon 2019 The day before the race This year my wife couldn't go with me to the Quebec City marathon, she had something else happening that same weekend in Montreal, so on Saturday, October 13th, at 8 am I took a bus to go from Montreal to Quebec. The trip seemed long, I wrote my diary, read my book, did crosswords and when I looked at the watch, only one hour had passed. Phhh... Anyway, I arrived safe and sound in Quebec shortly after 11 am and walked to my hotel. It was a long walk, more than half an hour.  At the hotel I did all the check-in bureaucracy but could not take the room yet, of course, it would only be available at 4 pm. I left my heavy bag there and went to the Convention Centre to get my bib. Getting the bib and t-shirt was straightforward. The t-shit is long-sleeved. Nice touch, considering that on race day the temperature would be in the single digits. I walked to the CafĂ© du Monde to have my lunch. This is our