On Monday, Run Ottawa revealed the headliners for the 2024 Canadian 10K Championships, which is a part of the Ottawa Marathon weekend on Might 25-26. This 12 months’s 10K race guarantees to be one to recollect, with two of Canada’s finest highway racers and upcoming Olympians gearing up for a head-to-head matchup on the banks of Ottawa’s Rideau Canal—Ben Flanagan and Rory Linkletter.
Flanagan, who holds the the Canadian 10K document, returns to Ottawa after lacking final 12 months’s epic showdown between Cam Levins and Moh Ahmed as a result of a scheduling battle. This will likely be Linkletter’s third consecutive 12 months competing within the Ottawa 10K. This time he’s coming off a marathon private finest 2:08:01 efficiency in Seville and in search of his first Canadian nationwide title.
“I like Ottawa race weekend and I feel the organizers and metropolis placed on a tremendous occasion, says Linkletter. “As long as it suits my schedule, I intend to make it a convention.”
Each Flanagan and Linkletter have certified to symbolize Canada on the Paris Olympics this summer time, and the Canadian 10K Championships at Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend is a chance for the 2 to face off within the lead-up to the Video games. Their final look collectively within the nation’s capital (the 2022 Canadian 10K Championships) noticed Flanagan run away with first in 28:40, Linkletter second in 29:02.
“I’m excited to compete towards Ben in Ottawa. He’s one in all Canada’s biggest distance runners—particularly on the 10K distance,” says Linkletter. “I might contemplate Ben one in all my biggest rivals and buddies in Canadian operating. It’s an honour any time we will compete face to face.”
For Canadian followers, seeing two of Canada’s Paris Olympians compete on house soil is a uncommon deal with. The Ottawa 10K, with its wealthy historical past and enthusiastic crowd, gives the proper stage for such a showdown. The ladies’s elite race kicks off at 6:15 p.m. ET, adopted by the lads’s begin at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Might 25.
For individuals who wish to be a part of the motion, registration is open to affix Canada’s quickest distance runners at this 12 months’s Canadian 10K Championships. As Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend celebrates its fiftieth 12 months of operating in 2024, don’t miss the possibility to be part of it!