The event was celebrating its 40th anniversary and many records where broken during the weekend.
Mary Keitany (Kenya) broke the women’s record on the §race_link(20330) in 31:21:7. The previous record of 31:24 was set in 2005.
Yemane Tsegay (Ethiopia) won the Marathon race in 2:06:54, setting a new course record (previous record set in 2013 in 2:08:04) as well as a new fastest marathon run in Canada. The previous record was set in Toronto in 2013 with a time of 2:07:05.
And finally, Tigist Tufa also from Ethiopia won the women’s race and set a new course record with a time of 2:24:31. The previous record was set last year in 2:25:30.
A total of 47,500 participants had registered for all the races of the weekend. This is also a new record.
Complete results for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend 2014
Marathon Results
Top 10 Men
| 1 | Yemane | Tsegay | Ethiopia | 02:06:54 |
| 2 | Mulugeta | Wami | Ethiopia | 02:08:18 |
| 3 | Chemtan | Ishhimael Bushendich | Kenya | 02:08:35 |
| 4 | Wesley | Korir | Kenya | 02:09:17 |
| 5 | Milton | Rotich | Kenya | 02:10:48 |
| 6 | Rachid | Kisri | Morocco | 02:10:54 |
| 7 | Abderrahime | Bouramdane | Morocco | 02:12:00 |
| 8 | Eric | Gillis | Canada | 02:13:47 |
| 9 | Shume | Legese | USA | 02:14:17 |
| 10 | Rob | Watson | Canada | 02:16:38 |
Top 10 Ladies
| 1 | Tigist | Tufa | Ethiopia | 02:24:30 |
| 2 | Meseret | Tolwak | Ethiopia | 02:27:25 |
| 3 | Agnes | Kiprop | Kenya | 02:28:04 |
| 4 | Etalemahu | Kidane | Ethiopia | 02:28:59 |
| 5 | Makda | Harun | Ethiopia | 02:29:29 |
| 6 | Makida | Abdela | Ethiopia | 02:29:42 |
| 7 | Ruth | Wanjiru | Kenya | 02:31:39 |
| 8 | Alexandra | Blake | USA | 02:41:19 |
| 9 | Rhiannon | Johns | Canada | 02:47:11 |
| 10 | Maria | Morales | Argentina | 02:47:16 |
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