As I work towards deciding which marathon to run this spring, I quickly jotted down, in chronological order a list of the marathons I’ve run and my times. It is the first time I have done this and eventually I’ll add more detail to this record which at this point is a draft, more or less. In bold are the top three highlights.

1. Toronto Marathon, October 1981 — 4:11
2. Ottawa Marathon, May 1982 — 3:37
3. Toronto Marathon, October 1985 — 3:15
4. Shamrock Marathon (Virginia Beach), March 1987 — 3:07 (gave birth to son Steven on December 19th, 1987)
5. Toronto Marathon, October 1996 — 3:30 (9 1/2 years since last marathon)
6. Boston Marathon, April 1997 — 3:28
7. Columbus Marathon, October 1998 — 3:14
8. Boston Marathon, April 2000 — 3:14
9. Columbus Marathon, October 2000 — 3:15
10. Ottawa Marathon, May 2002 — 3:07:02 (personal best, age 46)
11. Ottawa Marathon, May 2003 — 3:11
12. Ottawa Marathon, May 2004 —3:10
13. Detroit Marathon, October 2004 — 3:11
14. Mississauga Marathon, May 2005 — 3:14
15. Detroit Marathon, October 2005 — 3:10:09 (Ontario age-group record, 50-54)
16. Mississauga Marathon, May 2006 — 3:12
17. Chicago Marathon, October 2006 — 3:13 (1st in 50-54 age-category)
18. Boston Marathon, April 2007 — 3:17:54 (3rd in 50-54 age-category)
19. Boston Marathon, April 2008 — 3:22 (7th in 50-54 age-category)
20. California International Marathon, December 2010 — 3:42 (1st in 55-59 age-category) (2 1/2 years since last marathon)