On Thursday afternoon, Bauer raced the LRT from Humber College, in the city’s northwest, to Finch West Station (a distance of 10.27 kilometres). Bauer, a sub-2:50 marathoner, said he completed the run in 46 minutes (elapsed) through ice and snow. The train, meanwhile, took an hour and four minutes. That’s 4:30 marathon pace.
Bauer told Canadian Running he had a friend riding the train to track its progress, and it was so far behind he ended up passing the train in front of it, which had a 12-minute head start. Another friend drove the same route to pick him up afterward; the car completed the trip in 37 minutes.
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