by caadmin | May 28, 2018 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Marathon, News, Ottawa
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...
by caadmin | Apr 26, 2018 | Events, Featured, Marathon, Ottawa, Pre-event
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...
by caadmin | Sep 29, 2017 | Coaching, Featured, News, ParaSport, Tributes
The athletics community is in mourning following the sudden and tragic death of Paralympic coach Ken Thom. Coach Thom died Sunday, Sept. 24, in Cape Town, South Africa, as a result of a scuba diving accident. “Ken founded a program where there was none. He built an...
by caadmin | Mar 16, 2017 | Featured, Masters, News, Tributes
The Canadian athletics community is in mourning as Ed Whitlock – a road racing legend who rewrote the 70 and older record books and forever changed the way we look at human endurance – died Monday at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. Whitlock turned 86 on...
by caadmin | Jun 29, 2015 | Charity, Featured, Half, News, Vancouver
Vancouver, BC – June 28, 2015 – 6,500 runners brought their best, taking to the scenic course from UBC to Stanley Park for the 17th annual Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5k, raising $850,000 and counting for 83 local charities through the...
by caadmin | May 25, 2015 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Kenya, News, Ottawa
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...