this everyday Overall is was a fun race. I enjoyed it and I think I would like to try it again next year but definitely will leave the city much earlier. As coach Kevin reiterated to me tonight -- the warm up is so important and can make all the difference how you will run a race. For every race the warm up distance varies. 5km seems to require the longest warm up -- like I said up to 3 miles (5km) very slowly. The 10km distance you can get away with a slightly shorter warm up but still you want your muscles nice and loose for this distance. 1/2 to full marathon you can get away with even less especially for the marathon. Usually in a Marathon the first couple of km's should be easy and so building in some of the warm up into to your first couple of km's can actually help you control your out of the gates pace making for a much more comfortable marathon experience. Oh yeah the tiny little girl who looked like an 8 year old won the race -- I went up to her and said "please tell me your not 8 years old! -- she was in fact 18 and working to be a track star with McMaster -- phew thank god! I know I just turned 38 and I'm no spring chicken but getting your ass whooped by an 8 year old would have been to hard a pill