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ING Ottawa Marathon caps registration at 3,600!

In order to ensure the most positive race experience possible for all runners and walkers, the ING Ottawa Marathon will have, for the very first time, a registration cap of 3,600 participants for its 2007 event. Event registration is already over 60% full and it is expected to sell out! So if you are planning to run this exclusive marathon, considered one of the best in North America, don't wait, register now!

Don't Forget to Check for Updates to Manny's Blog

As Elite Athlete Coordinator for the ING Ottawa Marathon and the MDS Nordion 10K, Manny shares his thoughts, stories and feedback on what makes elite athletes so important to our event, and why it is becoming so important to them.

Share Your Story With Us

The ING Ottawa Marathon and MDS Nordion 10K attract tens of thousands of people to Canada’s capital city, and every single one has a story to tell. Share Your Story is looking for yours.

Are you running in memory of someone? Are you participating to prove to someone else, or yourself, that you can? Have you overcome obstacles in your journey towards this event? Have you been to every single race weekend for the past ten years? Or have you been inspired to make this your first?

Whatever it is that is bringing you to Ottawa this spring, the organizers of the Ottawa Race Weekend want to know about it. We know that the community that comes together every year for our event is a very special one. . . please use Share Your Story to tell us how, and why, you are a part of it.

Get Your Training Advice Right Here!

As you start to gear up for this year’s Race Weekend, we can help you stay motivated with excellent training tips from John Stanton, founder of The Running Room and nurtrition advice from Beth Mansfield, a Registered Dietician, Sport Nutrition and Exercise Specialist with Peak Performance. The tips are updated every month, so be sure to take advantage of advice from the experts.

Mayor O'Brien Launches Fundraising Challenge

On February 16, Mayor Larry O’Brien and a who’s who of local business leaders helped launch the MDS Nordion Ottawa Hospital Race Weekend Challenge at an event at Lansdowne Park. They challenged other corporations to step up and raise much-needed funds for The Ottawa Hospital. Mayor O’Brien is also training to run the 10K during Race Weekend. Click here for photos and details from the launch.

Find out how to get your workplace involved in this fun corporate challenge by calling Shelagh Rolston at 613-798-5555, ext. 19820, or visiting www.ohfoundation.ca.

Fun and games

Congratulations to our photo contest winner - and the owner of a brand new Timex watch - Marie-Claude Gregoire from Halifax, Nova Scotia. You can see her picture from last year’s MDS Nordion 10K below! Congratulations, Marie-Claude!

Share Your Story Contest

Share your Ottawa Race Weekend story and win! Post your story online before April 20th and we will select one story to win a pair of Ottawa Race Weekend binoculars.

Good luck!