Events

5km race car share

5km race car share

Join MEC Halifax for a trail race with beautiful scapes, tons of fun people, and just a few hills! One of the best deals in town for a chip timed race. Great combination of crusher dust, fields, trees, and coastal air which will help you go for your new personal best. - - -

Join MEC HALIFAX for a super fast super flat race! Old railway bed with great views and tons of fresh air. This is where you can push it for your new personal best. Also one of the best deals in town for a chip timed race, and afterward you can pop over to the local farmers market or brave a dip in the ocean. -

MEC Halifax invites you to come run with us in the DARK!!! Dig out your headlamp, pick up some glow sticks, and dress colorfully for this fun run at night. This course will be sure to challenge your legs and eyes! - There will also be 5 small hidden MEC Turtle Lights out on the trail. Find one and win an MEC gift card! -

A new ride for 2016: kick your cycling season off with a beautiful 70 or 110km ride…and pancakes! 

The classic is back for a third edition! Amazing roads, a stunning setting and incredible food from Alice’s Village Café, what could be better?! 55K, 100K, 160K ($35) 

Wowzer! The hardest marathon and half around, join MEC at this wildly popular event, now with a 5km race in 2016! 5K ($15), Half ($20), Full ($25) 

The big one! A festival of trail running, races over a variety of distances from 11km to 50km (with two HUGE climbs). 11K ($15), 20K ($20), 30K and 50K ($25) 

5k, 10k, 10mile running race on Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway, Ottawa. 

A trail race suitable for all, a gentle 3k for kids and beginners, a 5k with a nasty sting in its tail, or a frankly brutal 9k!

The father’s day classic – rural roads, a “killer hill”, this race has it all, including a free banana at the finish line! 5k, 10k, ($15) HALF ($20)

Welcome to the 2018 MEC Ottawa Gatineau Park Marathon, Half Marathon and 5km race. - MEC Ottawa presents THE 2018 must do, bucket list, tell your friends about it for months afterwards, road race in the Ottawa/Gatineau region. Choose between a full 42.2km Marathon ($25), a 21.1km Half Marathon ($20) or 5km ($15). - All courses are certified for accurate distance by Athletics Canada, sanctioned by Athletics Quebec. The Marathon is a Boston Qualification course. All races are timed by Sportstats. -

The Spring Flyer returns in 2018 with the Cocoa Camino Kids 2km, 5km, 10km, or race a Half Marathon on this scenic, flat and fast course along the Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Rockliffe) Parkway. Sunday, April 15, 2018 Start time: 8:45am -

This father's day race in Carp is a classic! - Join us to run 5 or 10K on beautiful rolling country roads, starting and finishing with a loop of the famous Carp Agricultural Society Fairgrounds. -

The Spring Flyer returns in 2018 with the Cocoa Camino Kids 2km, 5km, 10km, and new this year - race a Half Marathon on this scenic, flat and fast course along the Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Rockliffe) Parkway. Sunday, April 15, 2018 Start time: 8:45am

Meet your local snowsports clubs, get a great deal on your ski pass, learn to wax your skis!

MEC Ottawa brings its no frills approach to racing to Triathlon! Join us at this stunning location for the best value race around! Sprint ($40)

It's back! Presented in association with The Parks of the St Lawrence, this value packed weekend will provide everything a triathlete needs, ideal as your first event, a training race or as your goal for the season. Welcome to the second edition of the MEC Island Hop Sprint Triathlon. - Situated just over an hour south of Ottawa, and 1hr 30minutes west of Montreal, beautiful Mille Roches Island Beach on the Long Sault Parkway provides a stunning, unique race location. - Event entry allows triathletes to take part in just the race; or you can race, camp, and enjoy our delicious carbo loading pasta dinner the evening before. -

With the start/finish situated in Carp (west of Ottawa), enjoy these fully featured rides throughout the stunning Ontario countryside in Lanark County - the Maple Syrup Capital of Ontario.

For a charge of only $45*, you can choose between three ride options: 50km, 100km, and new this year - an 80km* adventure gravel grind (Please note that the gravel ride is unsupported, and more of an adventure ride on backcountry roads, access roads, gravel, with a dash of asphalt). All rides end with a tasty feast and cold beer courtesy of Alice's Village Cafe and Covered Bridge Brewing.

Want to ride for a great cause? MEC Ottawa is very excited to partner up The Foundation Fighting Blindness as the official fundraising event for Cycle For Sight Ottawa 2018. This is a unique opportunity to ride alongside low-vision and non-sighted riders on tandem bikes.