by caadmin | Oct 8, 2014 | Featured, News, Pre-event
OTTAWA – Athletics Canada named eight athletes today who will travel to Chiba City in Japan for the 2014 Chiba Ekiden Road Race on November 24. The event is a mixed gender relay where men and women alternate legs to cover the marathon distance of...
by caadmin | Oct 3, 2014 | Events, Featured, Half, Marathon, News, Quebec
The Quebec City Marathon Events over the weekend of the 22nd August 2014, was a huge success. Run over a weekend of warm weather where more than 13000 runners participated in the various events, which saw the bulk of 11000 take part on Sunday, 23rd August. With the...
by caadmin | Jun 23, 2014 | Featured, Half, News, Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC (06/22/2014) – Canada’s top marathoners, Dylan Wykes, from Vancouver, and Lanni Marchant took top honours by winning the men’s and women’s races with times of 1:03:51 and 1:13:41 respectively. Over 6,400 runners took to the scenic course in Stanley Park...
by caadmin | Jun 10, 2014 | Featured, Half, News, Pre-event
It could be said that Lanni Marchant epitomises the ‘loneliness of the long distance runner’ training alone on the roads near her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee using programs emailed from her coach in London, Ontario. The 30 year old national marathon record holder...
by caadmin | Jun 4, 2014 | Commonwealth, Featured, News, Pre-event, Track
OTTAWA – Athletics Canada, the national governing body for track and field, cross country, road running and road racing, nominated a contingent of 50 athletes today to Commonwealth Games Canada. The 2014 Commonwealth Games take place in Glasgow, Scotland July 23...