Ottawa, February 3, 2020 – Organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend announced today they will be significantly increasing the overall prize purse for Canadian athletes in the Ottawa 10K event to $ 35,000 – the largest prize for any of Canada’s championship events this year. The announcement comes as Dylan Wykes – the 2019 Canadian […]
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Ottawa 10K shifts focus to Canadian athletes
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Mutai returns to the Ottawa 10K
January 25, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Record breaking has become a habit for Geoffrey Mutai, and organisers of the Ottawa 10km – an IAAF Silver Label race – are hoping that he is in form when he lines up in the Canadian capital, May 26th. The Kenyan superstar set course records in winning both the Boston and New York marathons in […]
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Gillis enters Ottawa Marathon
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The morning after racing the Ottawa 10km race in 2001, Eric Gillis responded to his early wake up call, got into his running gear then ran out along part of the marathon course to cheer on some of his friends at the 30k and 40k marks. Buoyed by the experience, the native of Antigonish, Nova […]
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Mary Keitany sets new Ottawa 10k record
December 29, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 24, 2014 ( Ottawa 10k ) – Two Kenyans entered the record books tonight as winners of the Lowertown Brewery 10K race in the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Making good on race organizers’ predictions that course records could fall this year, 32-year-old Mary Keitany finished with a time of 31:21:7 minutes, 3 seconds faster […]
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Records in Ottawa Marathon 2014
December 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 25, 2014 (Ottawa) – Three records were broken today at the 40th running of the Scotiabank Marathon of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Yemane Tsegay, 29, of Ethiopia, broke two records with his finish time of 2:06:54 – the men’s Canadian soil record of 2:07:05 set last year in Toronto and the Ottawa marathon […]
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Ottawa Race Weekend economic impact
December 15, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The 2014 Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend supported $ 32.3 million in economic activity for the Province of Ontario, of which $ 21.8 was in Ottawa, according to a newly released economic impact assessment produced by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance. Overall the event made a $ 14.8 million contribution to the province’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The email […]
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Cherono breaks Ottawa 10 km race record
December 6, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 23, 2015 – Ottawa – For the second consecutive year in the 10 km event at the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, a Kenyan woman was the first to cross the finish line and go on to break the course record. Thirty-two year-old Gladys Cherono’s time of 30 minutes 56 seconds was 25 seconds faster […]
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Ethiopians dominate Ottawa Marathon 2015
December 5, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 24, 2015 – Ottawa – Ethiopian elite athletes once again this year took top prizes in the 41st running of the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon this morning. They led a field of nearly 6,000 participants. Girmay Birhanu, 28, finished with a time of 2:08:14 – a solid race but not enough to topple the Ottawa […]
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Sara Hall to run Ottawa Marathon 2018
December 1, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Ottawa, April 26, 2018 – On the heels of the U.S. women’s record performance at the Boston Marathon, organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend are pleased to announce that the 2017 U.S. Marathon champion Sara Hall is planning to run the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon on Sunday, May 27, 2018. 2017 U.S. Marathon champion Sara […]
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Gelete Burka sets Ottawa Marathon records
November 30, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 27, 2018 – OTTAWA – The star of today’s Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon was 32-year-old Ethiopian Gelete Burka, whose finish time of 2:22:17 handily shattered both Canadian (2:22:43) and Ottawa (2:24:31) women’s records. Gelete Burka sets Ottawa Marathon records Fellow Ethiopian Yemane Tsegay, 33, placed first in the men’s field with a time of 2:08:52. […]
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