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Hurry! Already, over 28,000 runners have confirmed their participation. Each event has a cap to ensure a complete experience for everyone. Don’t wait and sign up now! Online registration closes on Wednesday, May 21. After that date, you can register at the Pfizer Health and Fitness Expo until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 (subject to availability). Go to the Pfizer Health and Fitness Expo from May 22 to 24 at Lansdowne Park. All changes are subject to availability. We do our best to minimize inconvenience due to road closures for the Race Weekend events. We appreciate your patience! Please Note that the Alcatel Sunday Bikedays, presented by the NCC, is cancelled on Colonel By Drive on Sunday, May 25. To find out more about the road closures, click here. This year, the Pfizer Health and Fitness Expo will be at Lansdowne Park’s Aberdeen Pavillion (1015 Bank Street). There is a paid parking, but why not take advantage of the free Race Weekend shuttle? The shuttle will take you from the Ottawa Marriot (100 Kent Street), make one stop on Lisgar Street (behind City Hall) and proceed to Lansdowne Park. Visit over 100 exhibitors, browse the Mizuno souvenir clothing booth and/or drop in to the speaker series located right next door in the Assembly Hall. The Pfizer Health and Fitness Expo hours of operation are: Thursday 4:00pm to 8:00pm: Friday 10:00am to 8:00pm and Saturday 9:00am to 4:00pm. The Race Weekend’s Speaker Series will be held at the Pfizer Health and Fitness Expo. Friday, May 23rd 2008 12 noon - 1:00 pm - Kaireen Patton, Mizuno Canada - Topic - Latest in equipment and technology 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - John Stanton, Running Room 2:00.- 3:00 p.m. - Greg McMillan - Colorado based coach - 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Jacqueline Gareau - 1980 Boston Marathon - Women's Champion & 1984 Canadian Olympian 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Frank Shorter - 1972 Olympic Marathon Champion/1976 Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist Saturday, May 24th 2008 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 pm - Dr. Douglas Stoddart - Discuss hydration and "Painful Food" - Avoiding the pitfalls endurace athletes make which leads to distress during their event 12:30-1:30 p.m. - Kaireen Patterson - Mizuno Canada 1:30-2:30 p.m. - John Stanton, Running Room Canada 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion - Frank Shorter, Greg McMillan, Jacqueline Gareau As you begin the final countdown, why not mingle with other racers and do some carbohydrate-loading at the MDS Nordion Pasta Dinner on Friday night or the Ottawa Race Weekend Pasta Dinner on Saturday? The ING Ottawa Marathon is excited to offer a new race day messaging service in partnership with Sportstats and BazuMedia. This service allows athletes and race spectators to receive cell phone text messages during the race as their favorite athlete passes by various race checkpoints. Want to keep your biggest fans appraised of your race progress in real time? We can help whether they're at the race site or anywhere else in the North America. This service is available to ALL events in the Ottawa Race Weekend. Messages will be received at the following checkpoints: The service is easy to use - simply sign up here, pay the registration fee of $4.00CND, and enter the cell phone numbers of your biggest fans. You can enter a combination of 5 names/cell phone numbers. During the race, we'll alert them about you as you travel the course. They've watched you train for months, now we want to help them watch you race. The Ottawa Race Weekend, in collaboration with Celebrate Ontario!, are proud to present David Wilcox live in concert! To be held a few minutes after the awards ceremonies for the MDS Nordion 5K and 10K (to be held at 8:00 p.m.), this free concert is sure to please everyone after a great race. David Wilcox is one of the hottest guitar players in the world and a renowned Canadian songwriter. The concert is open to everyone! Come and be a part of the Ottawa Race Weekend by supporting and encouraging our athletes. Meet new people and win great prizes. Check out our cheer zone locations here. PowerBar is pleased to be the official energy bar and energy gel of the ING Race Weekend. PowerBar Gel with C2Max will be available at select aid stations (Marathon - 17K - Stanley Street; 30K - Hog's Back Park Half Marathon - in front of the Museum of Civilization - 9.5K). Get the competitive edge with a PowerBar sample! PowerBar products give you the energy you need to perform best. Get complimentary POWERBAR System product samples when you register for the Nutrition Edge Newsletter or update your profile at www.powerbar.com Available in Canada only. Limit one (1) per household between April 21, 2008 - May 30, 2008 Runottawa.ca is your source throughout the weekend for up-to-the-minute news, race schedules and results. Get the photo finish of your race and frame your participation at this year’s Race Weekend thanks to Action Sports International. Again this year, ASI’s team will be on site to take a photo of every single one of you. You can register already for Saturday’s and Sunday’s events to be notified when your pictures will be ready or view your pictures from last year. On June 1st at 1:00 p.m. (EST), CBC Sports will present coverage of the ING Ottawa Marathon. Did you know that The Ottawa Hospital is the official local charity of Ottawa Race Weekend? Every year Ottawa residents rally together to raise funds for Canada’s largest acute care hospital as part of the MDS Nordion Ottawa Hospital Race Weekend Challenge. If you are raising funds this year, we encourage you to keep up the good work! If you raise $150 or more, your Race Fee will be reimbursed (visit www.ohfoundation.ca for more information). If you aren’t raising funds it’s not too late to support some of the many participants who are. After 25 years of marriage, Isabel and Flavio are putting their relationship to the ultimate test. The couple will be renewing their vows at The Ottawa Hospital Race Weekend Challenge Pavilion on race day, but not until they’ve completed the grueling 42.2km marathon course. In lieu of gifts, they are asking family, friends, and the community at large to help them reach their fundraising goal of $25,000 – a mere $1,000 for every year of marriage. Sponsor them now! Ottawa Hospital radiologist Matthew McInnes has two very important reasons for being involved in Race Weekend this year. As a physician at The Ottawa Hospital he recognizes first hand how money raised through this important fundraising challenge can impact the care of his patients, which is why he is encouraging family and friends to support him in his fundraising efforts for the MDS Nordion Ottawa Hospital Race Weekend Challenge. But the race itself is his true challenge. As a top Canadian marathoner, his race time could bring him one step closer to qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Games. Sponsor Matthew now! Here are some race day tips: · Bag for your race gear · Training shoes · Technical shorts to keep you dry and chafe -free · Cool max Shirt for comfort, wind and sun protection · Cool max cap · Cool max double layer socks · Body Glide prevents chafing insides of legs, under the arms, on woman’s bra line · Liquid bandage to cover any blister · Water bottle drink before, during and post race · Race number and a timing chip. The number is for photo identification the chip is for your official time · A smile for the finish line! · Things can happen that you do not expect and are out of your control. Deal with it. Stay relaxed and in control of your best performance.. Tapering is the fine art of rest. The more you rest the final week the better you will run on race day. Do all runs relaxed and easy. These runs are done to loosen up your legs with a couple of easy accelerations to remind you of how it feels to run fast. Use the anxiety of race day positively. You have passed your test during the miles of training, race day is graduation day. Positive self- talk works. · I am in control of my own thinking, my own focus, and my own life. · I control my own thoughts and emotions and direct the whole pattern of my performance, health and life. · I am fully capable of achieving the goals I set for myself today. They are within my control · I am strong, I am fit, I can do it.. I see myself crossing the finish line with a smile. · You are a marathon runner! You know that any time you set a goal train and work hard towards a goal, and dream of it you will eventually achieve it in reality. You know that the confidence you now have will help in accomplishing any challenge you set for yourself. Listen to your body and do what is right for you, your lifestyle and your aspirations. You can do it!The Pulse (May 2008)
Your Race Weekend: GET SET
If you haven’t signed up yet
If you want to make changes to your registration
2008 road closures
Your Race Weekend: GO!
Pick up your race kit
Learn more about running
Load up on carbs with the Race Weekend’s pasta dinners!
New live messaging service for Race participants!
Free live concert on Saturday MDS Nordion Race Day!
Cheer zones!
PowerBar - Official Energy Bar and Gel of Race weekend
After your Race Weekend
Commemorate your Race Weekend with a photo finish
Watch the ING Ottawa Marathon on CBC Sports
Run for a Reason
Isabel and Flavio’s Marathon Wedding
Hospital radiologist goes for gold
John Stanton’s Tips
Race Day Tips
Tapering
