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Montreal Marathon returns with runners pounding pavement all weekend long

Around 15,000 runners will be racing through the streets of Montreal this weekend as the city's marathon returns for the first time since 2019, and the head of this year's race says it will be well planned, safe and fun for everyone.

This will be the 30th edition of the Montreal Marathon, which was founded in 1979 by race organizer Serge Arsenault.

Now his son, Sébastien Arsenault, is stepping up to the plate, chairing the organizing committee with hopes of rebuilding the marathon's image after a disastrous race three years ago.

In 2019, a lack of staffing led to a 50-minute delay and a half-marathoner, 24-year-old Patrick Neely, died after he went into cardiac arrest.

A Quebec coroner's report  on the death said communication problems, poor organization, a lack of defibrillators and a lack of training likely contributed to the young man's death.

The race was nixed in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 health restrictions.

Now it's back with a new name: Marathon Beneva de Montréal. Saturday's races include a series of shorter distances, from one to 10 kilometres, mostly around the Olympic Stadium.

Then on Sunday, about 10,000 people will start in front of Espace 67 on Île Sainte-Hélène at 7:45 a.m.

Some will run the half marathon, and the rest will go the full 42.2 kilometres. Both races end at the Olympic Stadium.

The marathon goes up through the middle of the city, following St-Laurent Boulevard to the Des Prairies River. It then goes back south to St-Joseph Boulevard, following it east to the Olympic Stadium.

"We want the course to be a bit like a postcard," said Sébastien Arsenault. "We want runners to be able to use roads that represent Montreal and that, from an organizational point of view, it is easy and efficient to

Read more on cbc.ca