Ottawa Race Weekend

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Ottawa Race Weekend
Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend.png
Date4th weekend of May
LocationOttawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10K run, 5K run, 2K, 1.2K Kids Marathon
Primary sponsorTamarack, Scotiabank
Established1975 (47 years ago) (1975)
Course recordsMarathon:
Men:
 Yemane Tsegay (ETH) 2:06:54
Women:
 Gelete Burka (ETH) 2:22:17
10K:
Men:
 Deriba Merga (ETH) 27:24
Women:
 Gladys Cherono (KEN) 30:56
Official siteOttawa Race Weekend
Participants2,776 marathon finishers (2019)[1][2]
9,755 (2019)
3:15 marathon pace rabbit in 2011

The Ottawa Race Weekend (also known as Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend for sponsorship reasons) is an annual weekend of road running events held the last weekend of May in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The two-day running event includes seven races, including the Ottawa Marathon, all of which start and end at Ottawa City Hall.[3] The marathon was first held in 1975, and is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.[4][5] Over 40,000 participants take part in the races each year.

The Ottawa Race Weekend also includes Canada's largest health and fitness expo, which opens on the Thursday before the weekend. In addition, each year, participants in the Ottawa Race Weekend raise close to $1 million for approximately 25 local and national charities affiliated with the event.

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the race were cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.[6]

Races[]

The race weekend includes seven races: a 1.2 km kids marathon, 2K, 5K, 10K, half marathon, wheelchair marathon, and marathon.[3] All of the races start and finish at Ottawa City Hall.[3]

The signature event of the weekend is the Ottawa Marathon, which was first held in 1975. Today it is the largest marathon event in Canada and is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon. The event is also home to the Canadian Marathon Championships and the Canadian Forces Marathon Championships.

The Ottawa Race Weekend was at one point the only road racing event in the world to host two IAAF Silver Label events: the 10K and the Ottawa Marathon. In 2014 the 10k became the first IAAF Gold Label road race in Canada.[7][8] On October 22, 2015, the Marathon also became an IAAF Gold Label road race.[9][10]

History[]

2011 and 2012 winner, Laban Moiben, leading the race through the 18 km mark during the 2012 event
  • 1975: 146 runners, 143 men and 3 women, participate in the inaugural Ottawa Marathon.
  • 1986: 10K distance is added.
  • 1995: Inline skating is permitted on the marathon course.
  • 1996: Jim Robinson joins as the Race Director.
  • 1998: 5K distance and half-marathon are added. Ottawa becomes the first running event in Canada to be chip-timed.
  • 1999: 2K distance is added.
  • 2005: Inline skating is no longer permitted.
  • 2006: Fourteen runners accidentally cut 400 m (1,300 ft) off the course because a motorist moved a barricade after a group of high school student volunteers had left their post to talk to some friends.[11] Amos Tirop Matui of Kenya crossed the finish line first, but the fourteen affected runners were marked as "non-ratified results".[11] Some runners were given places, including Matui, who was placed third, and some runners were financially compensated.[4][11][12]
  • 2010: Rick Ball breaks world record for a single-leg amputee in a marathon.
  • 2012: Jim Robinson retires and two-time Olympian, and previous Ottawa 10K course record holder John Halvorsen is named Race Director. The event took on the name "Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend" when Ottawa-based Tamarack Homes joined as title sponsor.
  • 2013: Close to 44,000 people participate in the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, making it the largest multi-race road racing event in Canada.
  • 2014: Ottawa Marathon celebrates 40 years; 48,000 people expected to participate in the weekend’s seven events.
  • 2016: A heat wave caused temperatures during Ottawa Race Weekend to exceed 30 degrees at times. The start times of some events were modified.[13]
  • 2019: A closure of Elgin Street for construction[14] and a closure of the Chaudière Crossing due to flooding forced Ottawa Race Weekend to modify its route.[15]
  • 2019: Ian Fraser is appointed race director.[16]
  • 2020 and 2021: The Ottawa Race Weekend was cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which had postponed or cancelled nearly all large races, closed most places of commerce and worship, and shut down most gatherings of 10 or more people. Organizers declined to refund participants. Although many people who had paid for the races questioned the choice, organizers said they had already spent a large percentage of revenues prior to Race Weekend.[17][18]

Management[]

The event is organized by Run Ottawa, a not-for-profit organization. More than 2,000 volunteers, including a volunteer race committee, support a team of five full-time staff in organizing the event.

Winners[]

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   Canadian championship race

Marathon[]

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a]
2021 Event canceled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic [19] [19][6]
2020
45th 2019 Kenya Albert Korir 2:08:03 Ethiopia Tigist Girma 2:26:34
44th 2018 Ethiopia Yemane Tsegay 2:08:52 Ethiopia Gelete Burka 2:22:17
43rd 2017 Kenya Eliud Kiptanui 2:10:14 Ethiopia 2:30:18
42nd 2016 Ethiopia Dino Sefir 2:08:14 Ethiopia Koren Jelela 2:27:06
41st 2015 Ethiopia 2:08:14 Ethiopia 2:25:30
40th 2014 Ethiopia Yemane Tsegay 2:06:54 Ethiopia Tigist Tufa 2:24:30
39th 2013 Ethiopia Tariku Jufar 2:08:04.8 Ethiopia Yeshi Esayias 2:25:30.1
38th 2012 Kenya Laban Moiben 2:09:12.9 Ethiopia Yeshi Esayias 2:28:46
37th 2011 Kenya Laban Moiben 2:10:17.9 Ethiopia 2:32:14.0
36th 2010 Japan Arata Fujiwara 2:09:33.4 Ethiopia Merima Mohammed 2:28:19
35th 2009 Kenya 2:13:22.6 Morocco Asmae Leghzaoui 2:27:40.9
34th 2008 Kenya 2:10:59.8 Morocco Asmae Leghzaoui 2:28:43.9
33rd 2007 Kenya 2:10:35.4 Canada Lyudmila Korchagina 2:31:56.6
32nd 2006 † Morocco Abderrahime Bouramdane 2:12:18.2 Canada Lyudmila Korchagina 2:29:42.1
31st 2005 Kenya 2:14:20.3 Russia 2:31:52.7
30th 2004 Kenya Elly Rono 2:11:47.4 Russia Lyudmila Korchagina 2:30:53.0
29th 2003 Kenya 2:15:29.2 Canada Sandy Jacobson 2:33:51.9
28th 2002 Kenya 2:14:04.0 Russia Lyudmila Korchagina 2:33:13.3
27th 2001 Kenya 2:15:50.5 Canada Danuta Bartoszek 2:37:58.9
26th 2000 Canada Bruce Deacon 2:17:12.5 Canada 2:36:45.1
25th 1999 Canada 2:22:24.7 Canada 2:39:56.4
24th 1998 United Kingdom 2:31:16 Canada 2:49:06
23rd 1997 Canada 2:25:16 Canada 3:01:46
22nd 1996 Canada 2:26:02 Canada 2:52:03
21st 1995 Canada 2:26:53 Canada 2:58:51
20th 1994 Canada 2:19:00 Canada 2:50:52
19th 1993 Canada 2:23:14 Canada 2:52:31
18th 1992 Canada 2:20:03 United States 2:47:55
17th 1991 Canada 2:23:44 Canada 2:51:00
16th 1990 Canada 2:18:38 Canada 2:49:33
15th 1989 Canada 2:14:33 Canada 2:44:58
14th 1988 Canada 2:18:40 Mexico 2:52:08
13th 1987 Canada Peter Maher 2:12:58 Canada 2:40:59
12th 1986 Canada 2:18:24 Canada Joan Groothuysen 2:54:25
11th 1985 United States Ric Sayre 2:16:18 United States 2:47:56
10th 1984 Canada Dave Edge 2:13:19 Canada Silvia Ruegger 2:30:37
9th 1983 Canada 2:21:37 Canada 2:54:13
8th 1982 United States 2:21:04 United States 2:50:50
7th 1981 Canada 2:16:07 Canada 2:48:54
6th 1980 Canada 2:22:54 Canada 2:42:50
5th 1979 Canada Jerome Drayton 2:18:05 Canada Jacqueline Gareau 2:47:58
4th 1978 Canada Brian Maxwell 2:16:03 Canada 2:47:37
3rd 1977 Canada 2:18:05 Canada 3:02:22
2nd 1976 Canada Wayne Yetman 2:16:32 Canada 3:09:27
1st 1975 Morocco 2:26:39 Canada 3:27:28
  • † Bouramdane was declared the official winner. A number of faster runners, led by Amos Tirop Matui, were disqualified after a route error caused them to cut 400 m off the true marathon distance.[4]

10K race[]

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[b] Women's winner Time[b]
— — cancelled from 2020 to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic[19][6]
34th 2019   (MAR) 28:12   (KEN) 31:09
33rd 2018  Andamlak Belihu (ETH) 27:48  Alia Mohammed (UAE) 31:36
32nd 2017   (ETH) 28:42.1  Netsanet Gudeta (ETH) 31:34.1
31st 2016   (MAR) 28:36.5  Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 31:29
30th 2015   (KEN) 27:55  Gladys Cherono (KEN) 30:56
29th 2014  Wilson Kiprop (KEN) 28:00  Mary Keitany (KEN) 31:22
28th 2013  El-Hassan El-Abbassi (MAR) 27:36.6   (MAR) 31:45.7
27th 2012  Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 27:41.4  Lindsey Scherf (USA) 33:12.8
26th 2011  Deriba Merga (ETH) 28:30.3  Dire Tune (ETH) 31:43.2
25th 2010  Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 28:08.9  Dire Tune (ETH) 32:11.5
24th 2009  Deriba Merga (ETH) 27:23.9  Teyba Erkesso (ETH) 31:50.4
23rd 2008   (KEN) 28:37.0   (ETH) 32:42.1
22nd 2007  Simon Bairu (CAN) 28:29.1  Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 33:01.2
21st 2006   (KEN) 28:29.5  Tetyana Hladyr (UKR) 32:05.0
20th 2005   (KEN) 28:55.7  Grace Momanyi (KEN) 31:24.4
19th 2004  Duncan Kibet (KEN) 28:59.8   (ETH) 32:30.3
18th 2003   (UKR) 28:23.6  Lyudmila Biktasheva (RUS) 32:16.4
17th 2002   (KEN) 28:29.8  Uta Pippig (GER) 32:57.7
16th 2001   (KEN) 28:28.3  Uta Pippig (GER) 32:31.7
15th 2000   (KEN) 29:32.1  Grace Momanyi (KEN) 33:36.2
14th 1999   (KEN) 29:54  Danuta Bartoszek (CAN) 34:16.4
13th 1998   (KEN) 29:06   (CAN) 34:28
12th 1997   (MAR) 29:41   (CAN) 33:26
11th 1996   (CAN) 29:55   (CAN) 34:54
10th 1995  John Halvorsen (NOR) 29:25   (CAN) 35:29
9th 1994   (CAN) 29:52   (CAN) 34:32
8th 1993   (CAN) 30:03   (CAN) 34:16
7th 1992  John Halvorsen (NOR) 28:56  Carole Rouillard (CAN) 33:20
6th 1991  John Halvorsen (NOR) 29:21  Odette Lapierre (CAN) 35:03
5th 1990  Paul McCloy (CAN) 29:22  Odette Lapierre (CAN) 34:28
4th 1989   (POR) 29:08  Albertina Dias (POR) 32:11
3rd 1988  John Halvorsen (NOR) 28:12   (CAN) 34:24
2nd 1987  Paul Williams (CAN) 30:18 ? ?
1st 1986   (CAN) 29:30  Maureen de St. Croix (CAN) 35:37

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b h:m:s
  2. ^ a b m:s

References[]

  1. ^ https://archive.today/20201030040701/https://www.sportstats.ca/display-results.xhtml?raceid=100807&status=results&bib=230#selection-1273.0-1273.4
  2. ^ https://archive.today/20201030035731/http://www.marathonguide.com/results/browse.cfm?MIDD=24190526#selection-689.12-689.16
  3. ^ a b c Race Weekend Event Schedule. Run Ottawa. Retrieved on 2012-06-04.
  4. ^ a b c Ottawa Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2012-05-30). Retrieved on 2012-06-03.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Archived copy". ottawa.ctvnews.ca. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "The Ottawa 10K gets the gold!" (Press release). Ottawa, Ontario: Run Ottawa. November 4, 2014./
  8. ^ Robb, Peter (May 20, 2015). "Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend 10K gets a golden label". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon awarded prestigious IAAF Gold standard" (Press release). Ottawa, Ontario: Run Ottawa. October 22, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2016./
  10. ^ Holder, Gord (October 22, 2015). "Ottawa Race Weekend marathon gets a golden glow". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  11. ^ a b c CBC: Runners compensated for marathon mishap
  12. ^ "Archived copy". www.sportstats.ca. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Runners battle heat during Ottawa Race Weekend". 29 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Start Line changes at the 2019 Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend".
  15. ^ "Chaudière Crossing closure forces route changes for Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon and Half-Marathon".
  16. ^ "Ian Fraser appointed Executive Director of Run Ottawa".
  17. ^ "IRun.ca - Ottawa Marathon race director responds to criticism over not refunding cancellation fees (Home to Canada's running community and iRun magazine)". 31 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Ottawa Race Weekend cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns".
  19. ^ a b c https://www.runottawa.ca/news-item/2020-tamarack-ottawa-race-weekend-canceled[dead link]
Winners lists

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