Montreal Rollerblade Marathon Report

Montreal Rollerblade Marathon Report: The Montreal Rollerblade Marathon took place on the always-great Gilles Villeneuve F1 track earlier today in Montreal. Race organizers Robert Mitchell & VRL Le Club along with the help of Rollerblade came through with a very nice first year event.


Start of the 42km %& 21km
The weather forecast called for rain, but skaters were greeted to a beautiful but windy day. Plenty of skaters from Canada & beyond- some fast and some not-so-fast- showed up in support of the event. Much of the conversation before and after the races was that there was strong support and the racing was very good. Many of the skaters found some good sized packs and worked together to share the lead but also find shelter from the head-wind in the long straights.


Ed Leung- he raced with a hamburger/ sandwich and a juice box! He is hard core!
Click here for my Montreal Rollerblade Marathon video or press play below- the video includes race footage, interviews, the tour of the sandwich, and running with Skippy. If you'd like to see my photos, click here for all 110 of my photos- you can also scroll down and see some of the photos below.


Top-10 overall 42km
1- JF Messier
2- Stephane Tremblay
3- Morgan Williams
4- Robert Mitchell
5- Martine Charbonneau
6- Mathieu Leblanc
7- Sarah Hopkins
8- Claude Chaput
9- Ed Leung
10- Simon Clement

Top-5 Overall 21km
1- Stephane Charron
2- Brian Jalbert
3- Brigitte Beaudry
4- Darrell Rikert
5- Philippe Candelier



2007-09-08 Montreal Rollerblade Marathon (110 photos)

Montreal skyline

Morgan Williams, Steve Robillard, and I

Skaters coming through the long straight...into the wind!

Lead group

Chase group

Skippy!

Bailin Xie, Liz Perrie, and Paisley Perrie

Top-10 finishers in the 4km (1 lap) race

Xavier Charron full of prizes!