The annual spring running festival in Canada\u0027s capital featured 2\u002D, 5\u002D and 10\u002Dkilometre events on Day 1 … plus an unofficial world record.
Rejeanne Fairhead, 96, had good reason to smile after completing the five-kilometre course in a time of 51 minutes 9.1 seconds, which was an unofficial world record for women age 95 and more.The annual running extravaganza known as Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend started off again on Saturday with a “kids marathon” and races of two, five and 10 kilometres.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYExclusive articles from Elizabeth Payne, David Pugliese, Andrew Duffy, Bruce Deachman and others.
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