Mike Garvin shared videos and a report from the recently held Montreal Marathon.

• Video #1
• Video #2
• Report: Cloudy With a Chance of Skating

You can also view this slideshow thanks to the Inline Planet.

Photo shared here

The Canada Day Marathon & Half Marathon is set to take place on July 1st in Cambridge.

Entry fees for the event will increase on May 21st. Make sure you register early.

• Online registration
• Document with basic information about the race
• Pamphlet & entry form (print version)

With the Trillium 10k and the Montreal Marathon held this past weekend, it was a busy weekend for Ontario & Quebec skaters.

All eyes were on Montreal’s Olivier Jean on Sunday morning in the Montreal Marathon, which was held in less-than-ideal conditions featuring rain, snow, wind, and cold.

Olivier Jean, 2010 Olympic Gold medalist in short track speed skating & 2006 Canadian Roller Speed Skating Champion, did not disappoint his fans, skating to a commanding victory- 45-seconds ahead of Steve Robillard & Peter Doucet. It was Doucet who on Saturday took the win in front of Jade Pauley in the Trillium 10k held in the rain in Mount Forest.

Jade Pauley, who finished 15th in Montreal, seemed poised to win in Mount Forest. However, a fall in a slippery wet corner early in the finishing sprint knocked him out of contention.

Peter Doucet leads Steve Robillard, Benoit Tremblay, and Olivier Jean- photo by Mô Ariba

On the women’s side, Morgane Echardour collected her second win of the weekend, following up on her victory in the rainy race in Mount Forest earlier on Saturday morning. Echardour won the Montreal Marathon- the second year in a row she wins this event- ahead of Sarah Hopkins, 2007 Pan American Games competitor. Hopkins, who now lives in Calgary and trains for long track speed skating is looking at competing at the 2010 Canadian Outdoor Speed Championships in Calgary in late-July.

The race started, and my start was good. I was in the pack in 10th position right in front of one of the CadoMotus skaters. There was a lot of people passing and attacking after a few minutes. I kept a good position in the pack until 7km’s into the race. I got out of the pack to have a look. I’m small, so I had no idea where I was going because all the skaters are taller than me. I could not get back into the same position, so I went in front of Sarah Hopkins because she let me in.

Montreal Marathon

• Results
• May 10th 2010- Montreal Marathon Pictures, Report, Videos
• Marathon Roller Montreal Race Reports
• In The Face Of Adversity
• Event’s website
• Warm But Not For Long

Trillium 10k

• Results
• May 10th 2010- Trillium 10k- Mount Forest- Results & Pictures
• Canadian Races This Weekend: Mount Forest Report, Montreal Tomorrow
• Event’s website

There will be no Ontario Outdoor Provincial Speed Championships this year. Direct entry to the Canadian Championships is permitted for Ontario skater this year because of no Provincial Championship qualifier.

The Roller Sports Ontario Series is still being held, with the first event taking place in Toronto on the weekend of June 12th & 13th, followed by races in Harriston and Ottawa.