Actually, everyone has to pay a fee to run in an event such as Ottawa Fall Colours Run. Some members of the Federation of Ottawa Chinese Community Organizations are volunteering their time to organize a team for this event. The fee of $24 goes to the organizer of the event, Sommersault. For more details, please see below.
This is an event organized by an organization called Somersault (
Somersault Events). The Ottawa Fall Colours Run has been an annual event for many years and is one of the best-known local runs in Ottawa.
Time: Sunday Oct. 11 2009, 5 K start time: 9:55 am.
Fee: The regular fee is $37 for 5K (for food, refreshments, organizing expenses, and fundraising for local charities identified by Somersault); FOCCO (Federation of Ottawa Chinese Community Organizations) is organizing a team, as a team we get a discounted fee of $24.
Location: Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Old Montreal Road, Cumberland Village. For more information, see below or
Somersault Events - Fall Colours
Why participate?
- get fit! get active! get involved!
Here are also some other event highlights:
- training and running tips provided by the organizer prior to the run
- everyone gets a completion medal
- completion certificate
- souvenir T-shirt
- volunteering opportunities (good for your CV to show community participation and extra-curricular interests!)
If interested, please send your name and personal information (age, gender) in an email to
xiaobei_chen@carleton.ca or
xu@focco.org by August 31. If there is sufficient interest, we will organize a training session in early September.
Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
Old Montreal Rd. Cumberland Village
Ottawa, Canada
how to get there
Click here to use the course and site map for directions to the event site. Click on Hybrid or Map, and then use the Zoom Out function on the map, to find your route.
Take Regional Road 174 or Highway 17 East - 5 minutes East of 10th Line exit- At a set of lights turn right on Cameron St.. This intersection is the Cumberland /Masson Ferry crossing. At the stop sign turn left onto Old Montreal Road and follow Old Montreal Road East to the Museum which is about 2Km down the road.
course maps & how to view
Somersault event maps are featured through the Google Maps service. Participants may easily view course maps using your Explorer or Firefox browsers.
Click here for instructions on how to best view the course maps
Click here for a map of all courses.
The starts of the 1Km, 5Km, 21.1Km, and 42.2Km races are on the Museum grounds (see site map below).
The 5Km Course is loop course that snakes through the Pierrette subdivision.Runners exit the Museum turning right onto Old Montreal Rd. They then turn right off Old Montreal Rd. onto Pierrette Dr, turn left on Des Trembles Ave., turn right onto Pierrette Dr., turn left again onto Lockwood Lane, turn left onto Pierrette and then turn right onto the 2nd intersection with Ernside Cr. From here, runners then turn left onto Pierrette, and finally they turn left onto Old Montreal Rd. and head back to the Museum finish line.
