| News From: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Record Registration at Ottawa Race Weekend
(CRFA.com)
The two main races at the Ottawa Marathon weekend have sold out. The 10K and the half-marathon have reached capacity.
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| News From: Monday, May 28, 2012 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Kenyan Runner Sets New Ottawa Marathon Record
(CBC.ca)
Lavan Moiben won the Ottawa Marathon with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 12 seconds.
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Ottawa Marathon Record Blown Away By Wing-Footed Laban Moiben
(Ottawa Citizen)
Laban Moiben won the Ottawa Marathon with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 12 seconds to set a new course record on his way to winning the race for a second straight year
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| News From: Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Strong Fields Again To Descend On Ottawa - Preview
(IAAF.org)
Some of the world's greatest distance runners will descend on Canada's national capital this weekend for the 10K and marathon.
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| News From: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Ottawa Marathon Records Poised To Tumble
(Ottawa Sun)
Five women and six men registered for the Ottawa Marathon have marathon personal bests under the Ottawa Marathon course record. Organizers expect the course record to fall.
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| News From: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Moiben Just Holds-Off Abera To Take Ottawa Marathon Victory
(All Africa.com)
Laban Moiben managed to eek out victory in the Ottawa Marathon on Sunday by just three seconds with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 16 seconds.
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| News From: Sunday, May 29, 2011 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Third Time Lucky For Ottawa Marathon Winner
(Ottawa Citizen)
Laban Moiben won the warm and rainy Ottawa Marathon with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 17 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Forecast Calling For Hot And Sweaty Ottawa Marathon On Sunday
(Ottawa Citizen)
The Ottawa Marathon slated for this Sunday is shaping up to be one of the warmest and probably least comfortable marathons in its thirty-six year race history.
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| News From: Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Ottawa Marathon Shaping Into A Kenya-Ethiopia Race.
(Tadias)
Dino Sefir has run under one hour for the half-marathon and will debut his leg speed over the marathon distance at the Ottawa Marathon.
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| News From: Thursday, March 17, 2011 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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New Westbound Route For 2011 Ottawa Marathon
(Ottawa West EMC)
The Ottawa Marathon is Canada's fastest-growing road race weekend and it will boost participation with a new, more urban and westbound course.
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| News From: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Runners To Take Ottawa's Scenic Route
(Ottawa Citizen)
Race organizers of the Ottawa Race Weekend slated for May 28-29 have announced much more scenic and fast courses for the 2011 race weekend.
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Flat, Fast, and Fun Route Set For Ottawa Marathon
(CBC News Canada)
The Ottawa Marathon slated for the end of May will be much flatter and more scenic. Race directors expect the new course to deliver records.
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| News From: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Oshawa's Drew Top Canadian At Ottawa Marathon
(News Durham Region)
Stephen Drew won the Canadian National Championship by placing eleventh at the Ottawa Marathon barely one month after the passing of his longtime coach
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| News From: Friday, June 4, 2010 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Rick Ball Bests Own World Record For Single-Leg Marathon Time
(Sporting News)
Rick Ball ran a sub three-hour marathon to run a new world record in the single-leg marathon at the Ottawa Marathon. His time of 2 hours 57 minutes and 47 seconds was more than four minutes faster than his previous record.
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| News From: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Waterloo's Drew Is Canadian National Marathon Champ
(The Record)
Stephen Drew won the Canadian National Marathon Championship at the Ottawa Marathon this weekend with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes and 47 seconds which was good enough to finish as the first Canadian across the line.
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| News From: Monday, May 31, 2010 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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All The Right Moves
(Ottawa Citizen)
Arata Fujiwara won the thirty-sixth Ottawa Marathon and set a new course record with his time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 33 seconds.
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Japanese Runner Wins National Capital Marathon
(Calgary Herald)
Arata Fujwara, Japan, won the Ottawa National Captial Marathon with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 33 seconds.
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| News From: Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Canadian Record In Runner's Sights
(Metro News)
Arata Fujiwara has a big goal this weekend at the Ottawa Marathon. He hopes to run the fastest marathon run on Canadian soil by going under 2 hours 8 minutes and 40 seconds.
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| News From: Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Kenyan, Russian Runners Seek Record Fifth Wins
(Ottawa Citizen)
David Cheruiyot and Lioudmila Kortchaguina hope to win the Ottawa Marathon for a record fifth time on May 30. A quality field is expected in both races.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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36,000 runners race through weekend in Ottawa Marathon events
(CBC News)
The Ottawa Marathon and surrounding events brought out over thirty-six thousand participant and even more spectators to this weekends races. David Cheruiyot won the overall men's title for the fourth time.
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| News From: Monday, May 25, 2009 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Champions successfully defend Ottawa Marathon titles
(IAAF.com)
David Cheruiyot, Kenya, won his fourth Ottawa Marathon title Sunday with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 23 seconds only six seconds ahead of Wegayehu Girma who battled with Cheruiyot in the final one-thousand meters.
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Moroccan wins second straight Ottawa womens marathon
(Ottawa Citizen)
Asmae Leghzaoui won the women's division of the 2009 Ottawa Marathon despite the nervousness she had about being the defending champion. Her nerves were compounded by the knowledge that four-time winner Lioudmila Kortchaguina was in the race.
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| News From: Saturday, May 23, 2009 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Kenyan wins fourth Ottawa marathon
(The Ottawa Citizen)
The Ottawa Marathon was decided over the final 200 meters with David Cheruiyot, Kenya, overtaking, Wegayehu Girma in the final 200 meters for the win with a time of 2 hours and 13 minutes.
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| News From: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Ottawa Marathon Race Weekend offers $100K prize for record breakers.
(Metro Ottawa)
The Ottawa Race weekend is offering a $100,000 prize to anyone setting the new world record in the 10K along the course. The race weekend events, set for May 23 and 24, also include a marathon, half-marathon, kids marathon, wheelchair marathon, 5K and 2K distances.
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| News From: Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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2009 Ottawa Race Weekend in search of new sponsor
(Ottawa Citizen)
ING has pulled out as the naming sponsor for the Ottawa Marathon. Despite being the largest marathon in Canada, Ottawa is looking for a new title sponsor but does not think that the ING pull out will have any effect. The 2009 race should be bigger than last year.
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| News From: Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Marathon House athletes take top place in marathon
(Inside Toronto)
Tara Quinn-Smith, a member of the Brooks Canada Marathon Project (BCMP), was the women's Canadian champion and placed fourth internationally at the ING Ottawa Marathon with a time of 2:33:57 in her debut in the marathon distance. The twenty-eight-year-old and her husband Andrew Smith, with a time of 2:19:58, qualified for the Berlin World Championships in August 2009. There were five long-distance runners from High Park's 'Marathon House,' a residential program for competitive runners vying for the Olympics, who competed in Ottawa. The Brooks Canada Marathon Project is in it's second year offering lodging for its runners as well as medical and travel support and performance-based financial incentives due to a $1.5-million commitment from Brooks Canada founders.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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New women's course record, new Canadian champions at Ottawa ING Marathon
(Ottawa Citizen)
Asmae Leghazoui won the women's marathon title in her first marathon on the ING Ottawa Marathon course. She finished with a commanding five minute win over the second place finisher, and a new course record. Leghazoui's new course record was set with a time of 2:28:43.
The previous record, established by Lioudmilla Kortchaguina in 2006, was 2:29:42. Cheruiyot won the mens ING Ottawa Marathon in 2 hours 10 minutes and 59 seconds.
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| News From: Sunday, May 25, 2008 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Cheruiyot Completes Hat Trick at Ottawa Marathon
(IAAF)
Defending champion David Cheruiyot won the the 2008 ING Ottawa Marathon in a 2:10:59 to earn US $15,000. Solomon Molla was runner-up in a 2:11:04. In the women's race Asmae Leghazoui debuting in the marathon distance finished in a 2:28:43.9 collecting $15,000 prize money. Elsa Kireeva was second in 2:33:45 and Kebebush Haile was third in 2:33:47.
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| News From: Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Mother's Day Run a tune-up for marathon and possible Olympic run
(Calgary Herald)
Nathan Kendrick, former University of Calgary distance specialist-turned marathon runner, is gearing up for the ING Ottawa Marathon, a qualifier for Canada's representatives at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has used the 31st annual Sport Chek Mother's Day Run and Walk as a tune-up for the Ottawa Marathon. While the 2008 Beijing Olympics aren't totally out of the question, realistically he's aiming at the 2012 Summer Games in London.
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| News From: Sunday, February 24, 2008 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Ottawa Race Weekend keeps on growing
(Ottawa Citizen)
With three months to go the 2008 Ottawa Race Weekend is already expecting 10,000 particpants in its various running events. Organizers want to see the event grow in more than just size. Race Director John Halvorsen says he would like to see an escalation in the stature of the event, especially the marathon. To that end, organizers just announced a partnership with Athletics Canada and the Toronto Waterfront Marathon that will see both races serve as qualifying runs to send a team of Canadians to the 2009 World Marathon Championships in Berlin.
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| News From: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Winner of Ottawa Marathon Wore Spira
(El Paso Times)
David Cheruiyot, 37, set an Ottawa Marathon record at just more than two hours and 10 minutes in the shoes.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Njoroge Places Sixth at 2007 ING Ottawa Marathon
(Hamilton Scores)
Results of runners from Hamilton. Njoroge completed the course in 2:11.14 which placed him third in the Men's 25-29 bracket.
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| News From: Sunday, May 27, 2007 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Course Record Falls at Canadian Marathon
(Sports Net)
David Cheruiyot of Kenya crossed the finish line first clocking a course record 2:10:35.4 to reclaim the title he won in 2005.
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Runners Set for Ottawa Marathon
(CFRA)
Over 13-thousand runners are expected to hit the streets of Ottawa for the ING Ottawa Marathon and the ING Ottawa Half-Marathon.
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Course Record for Cheruiyot at Ottawa Marathon
(iaaf)
Excitement was palpable at the ING Ottawa Marathon as Kenyan David Cheruiyot set a new course record, crossing the finish line with a personal best time of 2:10:35.
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| News From: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Ottawa Marathon Looks To Stay On Course
(Slam)
This year there is a revamped course that is flatter with less turns in the first half. That should make it faster and heighten the possibility that a record time will be established.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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No Accidental Shortcuts This Year: Ottawa Marathon Organizers
(CBC Canada)
Organizers of this weekend's Ottawa Marathon say they have made changes to keep runners on the right track since an accidental shortcut marred last year's race.
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| News From: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Town Officials On the Run in Ottawa
(Cochrane Times)
Cochrane Mayor Ken Bech was among six local runners who ran in the half-marathon and marathon events in our nations capital during the Ottawa Race Weekend May 26 to 28.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Moroccan Wins Ottawa Marathon
(African News Dimension)
His fellow countryman Zaid Laaroussi came in second clocking 2:12:59 at the 42-kilometre marathon, which brought about 30,000 participants to this event.
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Ottawa Joins Marathon Mishaps
(Ottawa Citizen)
The gaffe led a group of 14 elite runners to go off course Sunday, including the one who thought he had just won the men's race.
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Ottawa Marathon Goes a Little Off Course
(Globe and Mail)
Embarrassed organizers wound up inventing times and paying compensation for the "estimated performances" of 14 lead runners who went off course and cut about 400 metres off Sunday's Ottawa marathon nine kilometres into the 42-kilometre race.
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| News From: Monday, May 29, 2006 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Ottawa Marathon: Finished at the Finish Line
(Ottawa Citizen)
Mark Sutcliffe run the marathon, but two steps after the finish line, his right leg gave way and started to tumble.
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Runners compensated for marathon mishap
(CBC Sports)
Amos Tirop Matui of Kenya was the first to cross the finish line at the Ottawa Marathon, but he was not the winner.
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Runners compensated for marathon mishap at Ottawa Marathon
(CBC Canada)
A lead group of 14 runners was steered the wrong direction at the 2006 Ottawa Maraton, shaving 400 meters off of their marathon distance. After the event, officials were pressed to make a ruling on who was the winner in the event. The win was awarded to runners who completed the correct course, while the other leaders were left on the books with asterisks next to their names and were compensated for the mishap.
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| News From: Sunday, May 28, 2006 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Women Record Shattered at ING Ottawa Marathon
(New England Runner)
A 22-year old record was shattered in the women's marathon today as Canadian Lioudmilla Kortchaguina crossed the finish line of the 2006 ING Ottawa Marathon with a new course - and personal - record with a time of 2:29:42.
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| News From: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Human Interest Story |
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He Skipped the Ottawa Marathon, Literally
(GlobeAndMail.com)
Chris Baron,30 year old marathon veteran, set a new Guinness world record in Sunday's Ottawa Marathon. Baron skipped the entire marathon in 4:49:39, beating the old record of 5:19:14.
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| News From: Monday, May 30, 2005 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Ottawa Marathon: Record chase falls short
(Ottawa Citizen)
Two-time Olympic champion Waldemar Cierpinski got to keep his Canadian open men's marathon record a little longer, after a talented international field was unable to beat his time.
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| News From: Sunday, May 29, 2005 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Ottawa Marathon: Kortchaguina, Finlayson marathon champs
(SLAM Sports)
Lioudmila Kortchaguina was crowned the Canadian marathon champion Sunday at the ING Ottawa Marathon just two days after receiving her Citizenship.
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Kenyan Wins Ottawa Marathon
(CFRA)
Race comments and winners
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| News From: Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Top Runners Predict Record Marathon Times in Ottawa (National Capital Race)
(CBC)
Some of the best runners from the Ottawa area and from around the world will compete in the National Capital Marathon, each hoping to take home the top prize of $15,000.
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