Born to Run: the first female marathoners - Run Ottawa
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Back in 2016, 25,766 women were pounding the pavement at Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, sweating their way to the finish line. The kilometres ahead the only thing standing between them and
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Ottawa Race Weekend: Canadian Malindi Elmore second among women
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Canada's Rory Linkletter sets personal-best time, earns Olympic marathon standard in Spain
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No one knew Boilermaker would become a very big deal
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Canadian trio achieves personal-best times in Houston Marathon
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Ottawa Marathon 2022: Start time, map, weather, starting/finish line
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Boston Bound 2018: Jesse Blondin — Athletes for Yoga — Performance
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Photo Gallery: Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend
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Kiptum wins London Marathon in 2nd fastest time
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Mile2Marathon Personal Coaching & Group Workouts for Runners
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Merga vs Makau over 10km - Ottawa prepares itself for a world
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Born to run: Community servant shares marathon experience