Ottawa Race Weekend (NCM) - May 25-27, 2007

[LadyV]

...gulp....

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon

bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon


Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both

[mcshame]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon

bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon


Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both

Nice LadyV !! I heard you

[bunsontherun]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon

bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon


Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both

[RA.]

bicycle.boy isn't in.... I asked him about it today at skating.

[Ken B]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon

bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon
tortoise - half-marathon

Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both
_________________
Professional Hugger.

[La]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon

bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon
tortoise - half-marathon

Extreme Maybe
La (I'm 50/50 at this point. I might have another commitment that weekend. If I'm in, I'll be doing the half.)

Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both

[tmd]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon
tmd - Half Marathon


bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon
tortoise - half-marathon


Extreme Maybe
La (I'm 50/50 at this point. I might have another commitment that weekend. If I'm in, I'll be doing the half.)

Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both

[mayhem]

I had my heart on this run as I love going to Ottawa but think my budget might not include and I will run in London instead

hmmmm.....so many maniacs though

YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!

[Cattitude]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)
Cattitude-Marathon
Cattitude Crazy-Marathon

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon
tmd - Half Marathon


bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon
tortoise - half-marathon


Extreme Maybe
La (I'm 50/50 at this point. I might have another commitment that weekend. If I'm in, I'll be doing the half.)

Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both

[The Donald]

Nope, can't make it!!!

[waynerdog]

Holy smokes! This is HUGE! We are definitely going to have to do one of those group photos - you know, like the hockey teams do after they win a championship? We just need a trophy to gather around. Maybe Jo-Jo can bring C-Moss and we can put a RM shirt on C-Moss and gather around? She wouldn't be a "trophy"; more like a mascot...

[RayMan]

Yeah it's going to be a massive gathering.

I am really looking forward to it. Oddly enough, there was not much interest in a M&G the night before the race last year. I am hoping we can have one this year.

[HCcD]

Holy smokes! This is HUGE! We are definitely going to have to do one of those group photos - you know, like the hockey teams do after they win a championship? We just need a trophy to gather around. Maybe Jo-Jo can bring C-Moss and we can put a RM shirt on C-Moss and gather around? She wouldn't be a "trophy"; more like a mascot...

On behalf of C-Moss .... Umm, No ..... way too embarrassing to her, in the past, according to her previous reports ...

[dgrant]

Yeah it's going to be a massive gathering.

I am really looking forward to it. Oddly enough, there was not much interest in a M&G the night before the race last year. I am hoping we can have one this year.

Maybe we can co-ordinate something so we all get out to watch the Saturday night 10K runners, then hit some nearby spot for pasta.

Or...

The 10K starts at 6:30, so maybe we could find a restaurant near the course for say 5pm, then file out to cheer on Claudie and Rob and the others after that. Just an idea to bat around...

[scrumhalfgirl]

The 10K starts at 6:30, so maybe we could find a restaurant near the course for say 5pm, then file out to cheer on Claudie and Rob and the others after that. Just an idea to bat around...

I like this idea!

[fe.RMT]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)
Cattitude-Marathon
Cattitude Crazy-Marathon

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon
tmd - Half Marathon
sweetpea - Half Marathon


bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon
tortoise - half-marathon


Extreme Maybe
La (I'm 50/50 at this point. I might have another commitment that weekend. If I'm in, I'll be doing the half.)

Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both[/b]

[fe.RMT]

Yeah it's going to be a massive gathering.

I am really looking forward to it. Oddly enough, there was not much interest in a M&G the night before the race last year. I am hoping we can have one this year.

Maybe we can co-ordinate something so we all get out to watch the Saturday night 10K runners, then hit some nearby spot for pasta.

Or...

The 10K starts at 6:30, so maybe we could find a restaurant near the course for say 5pm, then file out to cheer on Claudie and Rob and the others after that. Just an idea to bat around...

I would also be up for this. I try to organize a family thing for after the half (the BF's family lives there) and we have a few other friends to visit, so a saturday thing would be GREAT for me.

[Jo-Jo]

Yeah it's going to be a massive gathering.

I am really looking forward to it. Oddly enough, there was not much interest in a M&G the night before the race last year. I am hoping we can have one this year.

Maybe we can co-ordinate something so we all get out to watch the Saturday night 10K runners, then hit some nearby spot for pasta.

Or...

The 10K starts at 6:30, so maybe we could find a restaurant near the course for say 5pm, then file out to cheer on Claudie and Rob and the others after that. Just an idea to bat around...

I would also be up for this. I try to organize a family thing for after the half (the BF's family lives there) and we have a few other friends to visit, so a saturday thing would be GREAT for me.

I like the idea of an early pasta dinner...and then going to cheer Claudie and Rob at the 10km

[Doonst]

Yeah it's going to be a massive gathering.

I am really looking forward to it. Oddly enough, there was not much interest in a M&G the night before the race last year. I am hoping we can have one this year.

Maybe we can co-ordinate something so we all get out to watch the Saturday night 10K runners, then hit some nearby spot for pasta.

Or...

The 10K starts at 6:30, so maybe we could find a restaurant near the course for say 5pm, then file out to cheer on Claudie and Rob and the others after that. Just an idea to bat around...

I would also be up for this. I try to organize a family thing for after the half (the BF's family lives there) and we have a few other friends to visit, so a saturday thing would be GREAT for me.

I like the idea of an early pasta dinner...and then going to cheer Claudie and Rob at the 10km

Also running in the 10 K:

Boston marathon champ to run in Ottawa 10k Martin Cleary, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Four-time Boston Marathon women's champion Catherine Ndereba will make her Canadian race debut May 26, when she competes in the MDS Nordion 10-kilometre race during the 2007 Ottawa Race Weekend. Ndereba, the marathon gold medallist at the 2003 world championships and runner-up at the 2004 Summer Olympics, will be challenged by defending Nordion 10-kilometre champion Tatyana Hladyr of Ukraine. In their last meeting, Hladyr edged Ndereba for second place at the ING New York City Marathon with respective times of two hours, 26 minutes and five seconds to 2:26:58. Runner's World named the Kenyan resident its Road Runner of the Year in 1996, 1998 and 1999. Ndereba, 34, was the first female to run the marathon under 2:19, when she set a world best and African record of 2:18:47 at the 2001 Chicago Marathon. Ndereba won the Boston Marathon in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005.

This was sent to me by big brother in Ottawa who will that day be doing his first 10 K in over 20 years, thanks to my encouragement! Maybe a NYC brother as well, he has just done two 4-5 mile races for the first time.

[waynerdog]

Also running in the 10 K:

Boston marathon champ to run in Ottawa 10k Martin Cleary, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Four-time Boston Marathon women's champion Catherine Ndereba will make her Canadian race debut May 26, when she competes in the MDS Nordion 10-kilometre race during the 2007 Ottawa Race Weekend. Ndereba, the marathon gold medallist at the 2003 world championships and runner-up at the 2004 Summer Olympics, will be challenged by defending Nordion 10-kilometre champion Tatyana Hladyr of Ukraine. In their last meeting, Hladyr edged Ndereba for second place at the ING New York City Marathon with respective times of two hours, 26 minutes and five seconds to 2:26:58. Runner's World named the Kenyan resident its Road Runner of the Year in 1996, 1998 and 1999. Ndereba, 34, was the first female to run the marathon under 2:19, when she set a world best and African record of 2:18:47 at the 2001 Chicago Marathon. Ndereba won the Boston Marathon in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005.

Do you think she'd join us for pasta on Saturday?

[da]

The 10K starts at 6:30, so maybe we could find a restaurant near the course for say 5pm, then file out to cheer on Claudie and Rob and the others after that. Just an idea to bat around...

I like this idea!

This is what we did in '05.

[Tori]

Yes
BaldGuy - Marathon
dgrant - Marathon
dmchardie - Marathon
Doonst - Marathon (1st!)
JFRunner - Marathon (1st!)
JSmitty - Marathon
mcshame - Marathon (1st!)
QuickChick - Marathon
RayMan - Marathon
RunningMan - Marathon
Ed Fizz - Marathon
Lightning-Marathon
ChrisL - Marathon
Run26.2 - 7th NCM marathon in a row...bring it on!!!!!
Marg - Marathon (1st)
LadyV (1st BQ attempt - did I say that out loud?)
Cattitude-Marathon
Cattitude Crazy-Marathon

deerdree - Half-Marathon
lovethehills - Half Marathon
randi - half-marathon (1st)
Jo-Jo - Half Marathon
Bunsontherun - Half Marathon
tmd - Half Marathon
sweetpea - Half Marathon
Tori - Half Marathon

bicycle.boy - 10K (1st!)
OttawaRob - 10K
Kelodie - 10K (1st!)


Maybe
waynerdog - Marathon
scrumhalfgirl - Half Marathon
anners - half-marathon
tortoise - half-marathon


Extreme Maybe
La (I'm 50/50 at this point. I might have another commitment that weekend. If I'm in, I'll be doing the half.)

Cheering or Volunteering
msdesigner - likely both[/b]

[IronColl]

This is huge! We need something like this out west...although Blackfoot is getting big.

[waynerdog]

This is huge! We need something like this out west...although Blackfoot is getting big.

Problem is that Blackfoot and NCM are the SAME WEEKEND!

There is always ING Edmonton or the Calgary Marathon...

[dgrant]

This is huge! We need something like this out west...although Blackfoot is getting big.

Problem is that Blackfoot and NCM are the SAME WEEKEND!

And Cabot Trail Relay! I think the three biggest RM jamborees will be on the same weekend.