The annual running extravaganza known as Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend started off again on Saturday with a “kids marathon” and races of two, five and 10 kilometres.
The 42.195-kilometre marathon and half-marathon are scheduled to start early Sunday morning.
One of the highlights on Saturday was an unofficial world record for Rejeanne Fairhead, 96, who established what would be a new 5K standard for women in the 95-plus age category by covering that distance in 51 minutes 9.1 seconds.
A year ago, Fairhead had established a previous Canadian record for 95-plus by walking the five-kilometre course in 58:52.
Saturday race winners included:
Kids Marathon — Male, Dalu Ezeigweneme, 3:45.1; Female, Zoe Adelaide, 3:54.1; Non-Binary, Logan Sampson-Scott, 4:53.1.
5K — Male, Noah El Rimawi-Fine, 15:42.1; Female, Maia Watson, 18:16.1; Non-Binary, Mar Khorkhordina, 32:55.1.
The Ottawa 10K, which is also the Canadian road race championship for that distance, was scheduled for Saturday evening.
Total entries for all race weekend events was expected to surpass 27,000.
