… it fills the street …
”’even onto the sidewalks …
… and stretches in both directions as far as the eye can see …
… young and younger …
These were participants in the 10k Ottawa Race Weekend.
West Side popular with active people
”’even onto the sidewalks …… and stretches in both directions as far as the eye can see …… young and younger …
Nice sequence of photos. The new course, and its tour of the villages, is a big hit with runners this year.
Agreed. Having run the 10K for 10+ years, and having cheered on the marathon for a long time, it was by far the best turn-out of cheering fans ever – even at 7:15 on Sunday morning, where my family rolled straight out of bed and walked a block and a half to our nearest cheering station. And bravo for highlighting the urban mainstreets of Ottawa!
The only down-side: the idiots who were trying to drive their way around the event by speeding through neighbourhoods. Two things will help that: 1) Ottawa Police speed traps (please) and 2) a few years of experience with the new route where most people will learn to either relax or get out of town for the weekend.
Eric, I think we both missed the Wheelchair marathoners on Sunday morning.
I was concerned that the chairs would have a hard time making the turn at the bottom of Nanny Goat hill onto Preston. I didn’t see any blood or broken bits of wheelchair so I guess they made it 🙂
I saw them go by on the full marathon on Sunday morning. I watched from the corner of Preston and Somerset, at the foot of the hill and 90 degree turn. A wheelchair went by fine; it looked dicey for a few seconds for a guy on a bike trike, but he made it too, and last I saw he was rolling down Preston at a fast clip.