11 Reasons (& more!) to run the Jim Howe Memorial XC Race this Saturday
By: Sheila Kealey (2016/10/12)
XC Ottawa athletes have always loved the Jim Howe Memorial Cross Country Race! This year it’s part of a the Capital XC Challenge and has a new home at Mooney’s Bay. This 2-day event also features the Eastern Ontario Elementary School Cross Country Championships and another new series for local high school students.
Here’s how Karl describes racing the Jim Howe event . . .
A couple of things are for sure. When you finish, you are going to be tired. You will also be satisfied because you have just run with real abandon, which you probably haven’t done since you were either 12 years old, or when you ran last year at the Jim Howe event. If it is a particularly good year, you’ll come home with not only a smile on your face, but maybe a just a little dirt on your shoes.
11 other good reasons . . .
Not on pavement
Not flat
Not boring
Not too long
Not too hilly
Not too tricky
Not expensive
Easy to get there
No PBs
Nobody cares
You have been too soft since grade 9.
Come join us, or come cheer!
Here are the details for the events . . .
Date and Start Time
High School XC Challenge
Friday October 14
1:30 p.m.
Eastern Ontario Elementary Schools Championships
Saturday October 15
10:30 a.m.
Jim Howe Memorial Races
Saturday October 15
3:00 p.m.
Location
Terry Fox Athletic Facility
2960 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON K1V 8N4
More info here:
http://www.runottawa.ca/races-and-events/run-ottawa-series/jim-howe-memorial-cross-country-races-2
XC Ottawa Articles about the Jim Howe Memorial Cross Country Race
Jim Howe Run 2014
http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=2803
2012: XC Ottawa at the Annual Jim Howe Memorial Cross Country Race
http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=2506
2011: Jim Howe Memorial Cross Country Race this Sunday. We’ll be there....
http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=2306
2010: Jim Howe Memorial: “This is a cross country race, not a spa”
http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=2136
2008 - Pictures of XC Ottawa & Carleton U at Jim Howe Memorial Cross Country
http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=1134
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