The Race This race was named in memory of Émilie Mondor, the first Canadian woman to run a sub-15:00 5K and a member of Team Canada at the 2004 Olympics. Originally from Mascouche, Quebec, she was living in Ottawa training for the marathon when she died in a car accident in the fall of 2006. The race has always been championed by Ken Parker coach of the OAC women’s racing team, the man behind the Runners Web and a strong advocate for women’s running. The OAC women at the even

Grandma’s marathon is a big race in a small town. 9,500 people registered for the marathon and about the same for the half marathon (which sells out fast). If you haven’t heard of it, you may want to add it to your bucket list. When is it? Late spring On a Saturday in early June – So the weather could be a perfect cold and misty, a hypothermic cold and raining, or an exhausting hot and humid. Where is it? Duluth! It’s in Duluth, Minnesota. Where is that? It turns out Duluth i

The best laid plans of mice and marathoners… Often go awry There’s your one sentence summary of my race at Grandma’s and perhaps a reminder to all of us that not matter how much you prepare there will always be factors outside your control, and you have to learn to accept it. Deep eh? Well you have a lot of time to think when you are running 26.2 miles. Although some of those thoughts are not suitable to reprint here . If you want a race report that tells you what to expect i

My first Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour was in 2002 the kids were small at the time and we convinced my sister to look after them for the weekend so we could have a romantic weekend away. A 180 km bike ride to Kingston with 2000 other riders, overnight in a dorm room with two single beds and a 180 km ride back home the next day. Not everyone’s idea of romance but that’s why we are married to each other! StartFragment We rode down with a group. I had never ridden in a group before. I

Chocolate, wine and firefighters - what's not to like? This was all the motivation I needed to sign up for the Le Chocolat 1/2 marathon in Windsor, ON. The fact that the course was super flat was just a bonus. My friend saw the race online and we both signed up before we could change our minds. I invited my husband Corey along as well, but after being race sherpa to a car full of women at the Nike 15k in Toronto last summer, he gracefully declined. So my friend and I decided

Canada’s biggest race weekend takes place right here in Ottawa we thought we would take a look back at the K2J Fitness runners at the event over the years We are going to start with 2009 the first year that K2J Fitness was officially there. John T, Mike (Bunny) Blois, Brian, Guy, Tamara, Dave, Maurenia (Bunny), Andrea W, Jennifer W, Erin, James and Karen all ran the marathon. John T was first to cross the finish line. Judy, Jeff Slavin, Michele HT, Theresa, Nada, Ian, Kim, Pe