Wednesday is Nationwide Women and Girls in Sports activities Day, and Run to Empower has introduced enhancements to its elite women-only race, the Quickest Girls 5K, previously generally known as Emilie’s Run. The occasion, with the intention to have a good time girls’s operating, is about for Could 3, and can characteristic a $5,000 improve to its earlier prize purse and a brand new label as an official Athletics Canada street race occasion.
The race was previously named after the late Canadian 5K file holder Emilie Mondor, who died tragically in 2006. Her mark of 15:16 has stood since 2004.
Registration is open to people aged 12 and up who’ve achieved the 5K time customary of 20 minutes and who establish as feminine. “We’re excited to welcome a few of Canada’s quickest girls to Ottawa for this occasion,” stated Run Ottawa’s elite co-ordinator Stephen Andersen. “The occasion is the proper alternative to arrange for Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend in addition to the upcoming monitor season. Could is really an thrilling time for followers to look at distance operating in Ottawa.”
Registration necessities and prizes
Whereas registration prices $20 every for athletes who’ve run a sub-20 minute 5K for the reason that begin of 2024, those that have run 18:30 or faster will obtain free entry.
The highest seven runners general will take residence money prizes, with first, second and third place incomes $1,500, $1,200 and $900, respectively. The rostrum finishers for the 5K masters (40+) class will win $300, $200 and $100 prizes, respectively, whereas the winner of the U19 class will earn a Garmin smartwatch.
Runners who break Rachel Hannah’s course file of 15:57.5 (set in 2014) will obtain a bonus of $500, and runners efficiently beating Mondor’s Canadian 5K file will take residence a $2,000 bonus.
Final 12 months’s winner was Westport, Ont.’s Kara Blair, who clocked 17:19.
Open 5K will kick off with stroller wave
Run to Empower may even host an open class 5K and youngsters 1K (aged 12 and underneath). The open race will start with a stroller wave, which permits mother and father to compete safely even with younger kids.
This 12 months’s occasion will elevate funds for Canadian charity Quick and Feminine, which works to empower younger ladies in sport and training; final 12 months, $4,000 was donated to Ottawa Rape Disaster Centre. Throughout registration, runners can go for the “Inexperienced Bib” to donate a portion of their registration payment in lieu of a race medal.