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Bushtukah 2009 Canada Day Road Races

The Run Ottawa Club is proud to present the 2009 Canada Day Road Races in Kanata, Ontario on Wednesday, July 1. For race details, and to register on-line, visit the Events Online website.


No Frills 10-Miler and 11K Walk

The NCRA presents the 12th annual No Frills 10-Miler and 11K Walk in support of Friends of the Farm.

Click here for all the details, and to register online for either of the two events.

Last chance to sign up for the 2009 Utica Boilermaker 15K Road Race bus trip

The Utica Boilermaker 15K bus trip will take runners down to this event, one of the largest races in the Mid Atlantic region.  It departs the morning of Saturday, July 11th and will return on Sunday, July 12th after the race and famous post race party, arriving back in Ottawa by 6:00 p.m.
 
The cost is $165 for NCRA (okay, now called the Run Ottawa Club) members, $175 non members; this includes bus transport, hotel accommodations (double occupancy) and light snacks on the trip down.  IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ENTRY TO THE RACE.  You must do this onlie at http://www.boilermaker.com/registernow/index.html/
 
For more information,Click here.

NCRA merging with National Capital Marathon

The National Capital Runners' Association is merging with National Capital Marathon Incorporated to form Run Ottawa. The NCRA will have two board members on the new organization. Click here for details on how the members will be selected, and for information on how you can put your name forward as a candidate.

NCRA Training Nights

The NCRA organizes a weekly training session on Tuesday nights for its members. We use different locations around the city, including the Arboretum, the Canal, the Farm, Rockcliffe Park and Gatineau Park. Each season the runs will focus on different race distances. For more information, click here.

2009 Utica Bus Trip

The NCRA will be providing a bus trip down to the Utica Boilermaker race in July. Click here for details and to register.

Spring 2009 OTR now available

 Click here to download the latest edition of On The Run.

On the Run archive
Back issues of On the Run, the NCRA newsletter, are now available. Click here to go to the OTR archive.

NCRA on Facebook
The National Capital Runners' Association has created a space on Facebook. To join the NCRA Facebook group, you must first create a free Facebook account at www.facebook.com.  Once you have your own space, search "National Capital Runners' Association" under "Groups". At the NCRA site, click "Join this group". You'll be able to use this space to post race photos, discuss training tips, and share information about running, racing and training.

Use on-line registration to join the NCRA!
It just got a lot easier to join the NCRA. Click here to pay through our secure on-line registration service, or follow the link to "Join the NCRA" in the menu on the left. Renew your existing registration, or join for the first time. The site accepts Visa or MasterCard.

Where are you going?
Interactive maps of your favourite National Capital running routes are now available on this site. Click here to open the main map, then click in the blue highlighted area where you'd like to run, and a detailed map will open showing routes and mileage.

Updated May 28, 2009

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