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Photo: Tara Quinn-Smith in the 2009 MDS Nordion 10K in Ottawa May 23rd. Photo courtesy of RunnersWeb.com.

Emilie’s Run – The Emilie Mondor Memorial 5K Race for Women will be run on June 19th from the Aviation Museum in Ottawa. Emilie’s Run is a women’s only 5K road race named after Emilie Mondor who was killed in a car accident in September of 2006.

Emilie’s Run is certainly one of, if not the fastest women’s 5k races in Canada. Last year 33 women ran under 20:00. By comparison, the recent Toronto Women’s 5K had 3 women out of 417 finishers run under 20 minutes and the Ottawa Race Weekend 5K had 4567 women finishers out of which 11 broke 20 minutes.

While there is over $7700 in prize money for the top individuals and teams, the race is open to all women and is designed to be a
celebration of women’s running in memory of a Canadian Olympian.

There is also a 1K run for children 12 and under and they will receive free admission to the Aviation Museum

The course record of 16:15.7 was set by Tara Quinn-Smith in 2009. In 2008 Paula Wiltse of Kingston set a Canadian Masters (40+) record of 17:02.0 while placing second overall to Nicole Stevenson’s 16:57.6.

The 2009 race delivered six of the top ten fastest Open women’s 5K times and the TOP 5 Master’s times in Ontario .

The race offers several unique features to enhance the participants’ experience such as timing mats at each kilometer and the race numbers 1 through 50 designate runners who placed 1 through 50 in the previous year’s race. There are $100 primes for the leader at each of the first four kilometres.

The race is sanctioned by the Ontario Track and Field Association and the distance is certified. The course was repaved last summer.

CHEO – the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, is the official charity of the event.

The race is sponsored by the Runner’s Web (www.runnersweb.com), the Ottawa Citizen, Majic100, New Balance Ottawa, iRun Magazine, eLoad, RunningSkirts.com, Booster Juice, Zoom Photo, Taste of Nature, Vitamin Water, Goodlife Fitness Clubs, Bagel Bagel and Ottawa Outdoors Magazine and is organized by Somersault Promotions (www.somersault.ca).

Emilie’s Run is part of the Champions Challenge Series and the Road Warrior Series. More than 500 women are expected for this year’s race. Last year 364 women completes the 5K run with 143 finishing the 1K run for children 12 and under.

Last year the Running Skirts Team from Toronto won the team championship with Dana Buchanan of the Ottawa Lions the top local finisher in 17:48.6.

Online registration is available through the race website at: www.EmiliesRun.com. Online registration will close at Midnight on June 13, 2010. All entries received after Sunday June 13th, must be made at a Race Kit Pick Up and must be paid in cash. Race Kit Pick Up – Friday June 18th 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 19th 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m at Canada Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe & Aviation Parkways, Ottawa.

About Emilie’s Run
In 2006 the Runner’s Web founded the RunnersWeb5K.com Race for Women, Canada’s only women’s-only race at the time. In 2007 the race was renamed Emilie’s Run – The Emilie Mondor Memorial 5K Race for Women in memory of Emilie Mondor, a pioneer in women’s running in Canada and the first Canadian woman to run sub 15:00 for 5K. Emilie was an Athens Olympian. She had moved to Ottawa to start training for the marathon with the goal of going to the Beijing Olympics in that event.

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