Who's Running the Hamilton Road2Hope Marathon?

I'll be running the Hamilton Half Marathon on November 2nd and was wondering who else is signed up.

Hamilton will only be my 2nd Half Marathon, with my first being the Chilly Half Marathon earlier this year in Burlington.

If anyone has done the Hamilton course before, how did you train for the lengthy stretch of downhill?

Any particular technique you found usefull that helped save your quads for the rest of the race?

Scott