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And now on Saturday, September 9, it was time for the ostensible reason I was in Toronto: the Spartan Ontario Beast! Since the race was in the afternoon, I decided to fuel up that morning by having a generous helping of oatmeal with breakfast, and then followed that up with some pastries and doughnuts that I normally avoid. But finding the place turned out to be a challenge. I drove up to the town of Barrie (pronounced like the name "Barry") and then spent too much time driving in circles looking for Highlands Nordic. Since, as always, I had data roaming on my phone turned off, I couldn't just take out my phone and look it up on Google Maps. I actually had to stop and ask a few people for directions. But, I eventually found the place.
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On this day I'd decided I wanted to go check out a smaller city in the area. After all, I was paying for a rental car, so may as well use it for something. I wanted to check out Kitchener and London, but only had time for one. I decided to go with Kitchener, since it was known for having German heritage (it was originally named Berlin and changed during the first World War), and I naturally assumed I could go to a Biergarten and get a nice frothy mug of German lager. Big mistake that was. You know what they say happens when you assume...
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The first half of my second Toronto day was taken up by the Royal Ontario Museum. This is a huge museum that covers just about every time period there is, showcasing artifacts from Precambrian fossils to 1700s porcelain and pretty much everything in between. Here's just a smattering of it...
Read more: Ontario 2017 Part 2 - Royal Ontario Museum, More Toronto
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A year before this trip I ventured all the way from my then-home in San Antonio, Texas to the Owl's Head ski resort in Québec to do a Spartan Super. Then the next day I pulled a volunteer shift so I could get a free race later. At the time I had assumed that my free race credit would work for any Spartan Race, but it turns out it was only valid in eastern Canada! So, of course, I had no choice but to cross the border yet again.
Read more: Ontario 2017 Part 1 - Getting There, First Toronto Day
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