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Desperate Canadians drive all night from Toronto to run the Marathon after all the flights were canceled

By adamg on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:01am

WBZ reports.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:34am.

That's in good weather.

Hope it all goes well for them today - this is the worst of what Vancouver winter weather is like!

By Kevin b on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:08am.

I have done it in 8.5 hrs and that's driving within the speed limits.

By anon on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:53pm.

Before they actually treated the border like a border?

Google says that its at least 9 hours - that's if you pee in a bottle, eat only your bag of chips, and blow through the border crossing.

By anon on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 3:37pm.

Driving time is 9-10 hours. Plus biobreaks. Plus border crossing (more complicated in a rental car). That must have been before speed limits dropped to under 70 and there was little border control.

By be on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 4:08pm.

Swirly was probably bicycling, in which case, she made Great Time.

(My personal best was 7.75 hrs, but, in all honesty, I was Flying Low.)

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:36pm.

Teh Google puts it at around 9 hours of driving time alone.

That doesn't count Border Crossing Time. Or Rest Area time.

Probably could do it in 8 hours before the speed limits on the interstates were dropped - or before the border became such a hassle.

By Waquiot on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:00pm.

I referenced the almighty oracle of information, and I can get from Pearson to my house in 8 hours 25 minutes. I would imagine shooting down the Pike to the Back Bay would be slightly shorter than a Roslindale jaunt.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:24pm.

That involves a jaunt up 95 from 90 to Rt. 2. Likely the reason.

All the same, that doesn't include potty breaks or customs time.

By be on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:37pm.

As I said, I was flying low. My younger cousin's best time (with a radar detector) was considerably lower than my time.

The border isn't a hassle, unless you are behaving like an Asshole on US entry. Or those on the Canadian Side are looking to Hassle 'Murcins. Or, it's Tourist Season.

By anon on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 10:41am.

There was a two hour line last time through. They had only half the stations open. Wasn't an asshole, and got through quickly once I got there ... but it was two hours to get there.

By anon on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:38am.

Great story! Best of luck, ladies!

By O-FISH-L on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:00pm.

First, good luck to all of the runners, especially these two. Their determination is admirable but the news story seemed oddly incomplete.

I was struck that both the UH headline and WBZ story omitted one of the crucial five W's of journalism, why were so many flights from Toronto canceled? Of course it was the unmentionable severe cold, snow and ice in mid-April. Locally, we set records for cold high temperatures in the 30s, and even a record low of 12 degrees in Caribou Maine. We also set records for the most snow and sleet accumulation on the calendar day, April 15.

Thankfully, the same crew who predicted "The End of Snow" and Global Warming had the marketing wisdom to rebrand it as the coverall "Climate Change." It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:48pm.

So sorry that you are incapable of understanding anything more complicated than right wing taking points blather.

Not the way the planetary climate works, though. Keep on deluding yourself with horribly dated truthy memage applied to local weather. The northeast US is not the planet, dear.

The complicated concepts of "weakened polar jet" and "global temps rising causing local anomalies through destabilization" may be beyond your limited ability to understand anything, but here's a hint: the motions of turning your thermostat up and down are not what makes your AC and furnace cool and heat your home.

By anon on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 2:58pm.

A skip and a hop by North American standards.

By Ari O on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 5:28pm.

Boston is very clear that you have to get your bib the day before. Although I bet if you have a story like this, they'll make an exception.

By Irma la Douce on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:21pm.

Race organizers allowed friends to pick up their bibs on their behalf.

By Ari O on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:32pm.

Special dispensation. They generally do NOT allow this.

By Waquiot on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:03pm.

Flying in on Sunday might have meant saving the cost of a night’s hotel, but all sorts of problems can come up, as we see in this case. Besides, it’s freaking Boston. Arrive early and soak it up.