Considered one of Canada’s greatest marathon stars might be taking to the beginning line on the 2025 Tartan Ottawa Worldwide Marathon on Might 25. Canadian Olympian and a pair of:08 marathoner Rory Linkletter will headline the boys’s marathon discipline alongside beforehand introduced American athlete CJ Albertson.
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This might be Linkletter’s first time working the Ottawa Marathon, regardless of racing the championship 10K on the Saturday of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend for the previous three years.
“I’ve been in Ottawa for Tamarack Race Weekend the previous three years and it’s develop into a spotlight of every yr,” says Linkletter. “This might be my first time stepping as much as the marathon distance [in Ottawa], and it’ll be my first marathon on Canadian soil in three years. I can’t wait to relish this chance.”
Linkletter is coming off the perfect season of his profession, setting private bests from the mile to the marathon. Final August, the 28-year-old achieved a lifetime objective by competing for his nation on the Paris Olympics, the place he positioned forty seventh in 2:13:09.
In an interview with Canadian Working final fall, Linkletter described Paris as a mixture of pleasure and disappointment. “I used to be proud to symbolize the pink and white at an occasion I had at all times dreamed about competing in, however felt my race was underwhelming,” he mentioned.
Canada’s second-fastest male marathoner has had a improbable begin to his 2025 season, setting a private better of 60:57 on the Marugame Half-Marathon in early February, adopted by a win on the Phoenix-Mesa Half Marathon simply six days later.
Ottawa received’t be the one marathon for Linkletter this spring; he will even compete within the males’s elite discipline on the 129th Boston Marathon on April 21. Beforehand introduced American headliner Albertson will even double up on Boston and Ottawa, that are solely 5 weeks aside. Final fall, Albertson raced three marathons over eight weeks, working beneath 2:11:00 at every one, together with his PB of two:08:17 in Chicago.
It’s been three years since Linkletter final raced a marathon on Canadian soil, however he’s excited to have the chance to run one among Canada’s high races. The Tartan Ottawa Worldwide Marathon is famend for its scenic course by means of Canada’s capital and vibrant racing ambiance. This yr, members will compete on a newly designed, flatter, and quicker course spanning each Ontario and Quebec (final yr’s race remained within the nation’s capital), with the added bonus of serving as a Boston Marathon qualifier.
For extra data or to register for the 2025 Tartan Ottawa Worldwide Marathon, go to www.runottawa.ca.