The Ottawa route is good. Nice & flat mostly, nice along the canal and excellent finish area. It is costly and a fair bit of travel but it is overall a good event. We have done it twice and are going back (I am the 3:50 marathon pace bunny this year!) Mississauga is close to home and come on, it's not that early It's downhill, fairly fast and also a very nice route. I have run this half marathon the past 2 years and will be running the marathon there this year.

I really enjoyed the half in Mississauga last year. It was a nice course and the crowd support was pretty good. Its on my list for this year...... only thing holding me back is I might be in Ottawa during race weekend. If that's the case I'll run ottawa.

For a fast, net-downhill half-marathon in the Spring close to home, I am not sure you can beat Mississauga. The point-to-point can make it a bit of a coordination issue, but otherwise this is good race. I may run the half. I may not. Depends on the recovery. If I do, this will be it.