{"id":148075,"date":"2025-09-26T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=148075"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:59:40","slug":"canadian-olympian-to-make-marathon-debut-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/canadian-olympian-to-make-marathon-debut-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Olympian to make marathon debut in December"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reaching the final in the men\u2019s 5,000m at his Olympic debut in Paris last year, Thomas Fafard<\/strong><\/a> of Repentigny, Que., has been looking for that next challenge. <\/p>\n

“The marathon has been on my mind for a few years now,\u201d Fafard tells Canadian Running<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s actually the distance that made me fall in love with running when I was a kid.”<\/p>\n

On Dec. 21, the 26-year-old will line up with 100 elite athletes at the return of The Marathon Project<\/a> in Chandler, Ariz. For Fafard, the race is about testing himself, rather than making a permanent move up in distance. “I just want to try it, see how my legs respond, and figure out where it might take me,” he says.<\/p>\n

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