Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Ottawa Ontario

Join us for a fun and fitness day for everyone in the family at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum! More than 250 kids participated in the 2009 Turkey Trot, and they all seemed to enjoy it.

The 10th Annual Michael Ryan's Most Excellent Turkey Trot (1.0 Km) is great for kids up to 11 years of age. It is also a super way for schools and clubs to raise funds for their own activity programs. Best of all, kids can enter for just $10.

Everyone gets a souvenir shirt, a personalized bib number, a finisher's medal, refreshments, a participant kit, a timing chip, and a chance at one of the many draw prizes. Don't forget to bring Mom and Dad too, because you need a parent/guardian with you to enter!

The start time is set, so the mom's and dad's who want to jog-a-long with the kids can do that - and still have time to run in their your own race ( marathon runners excepted).

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school or club fundraising
Click here for some exciting information on how your club, group, or school can participate in the Turkey Trot and raise funds for your own or a community cause.

" fall half marathon for kids" - for home and/or school
We are pleased to announce a fall program to get kids (ages 8-12) running regularly in the month before Michael Ryan's Most Excellent Turkey Trot 1Km Run. The program is called the Somersault Fall Half Marathon for Kids, and is designed for use at home or school - monitored by parents and/or teachers. Kids will run and track their running program by October 9, and complete the last 1Km of the 21Km half marathon distance at Michael Ryan's Most Excellent Turkey Trot on October 10th, at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.

Click here to learn more about the program and to obtain your very own Fall Half Marathon Distance Log Book and get started.

event distance
1.0 Km Run/Jog/Walk on the roadway on the Museum grounds - traffic free - parents can jog-a-long for free.  

rules & regulations
Visit the Rules and Regs page.

entry fees

entry fee conditions
There are no refunds for any reason - this includes event cancellation or event changes. Credit cards are accepted for online entries only, up to Sunday October 3rd.  All entries received after Sunday October 3rd are $10 (Cash Only), and must be made at a Race Kit Pick Up time and location.

Souvenir shirts are included with your entry (up to Sunday October 3rd). Entries received after Sunday October 3rd are not eligible for the souvenir shirt.

drop off or mail in entries
To enter by hard copy entry form, please click on the ENTER NOW button print out and complete the entry form, enclose a cheque made payable to Somersault Promotions (no credit cards please), and mail it to or drop it at:

Somersault Promotions, 411 Lefebvre Way, Orleans, ON K1E 2W5

important deadlines

awards and prizes
All participants receive a souvenir shirt (if they enter on or by October 3rd), a personalized bib number, a finisher's medal, a chance at lots of draw prizes, and a post race meal.

official performance certificate
We are pleased to offer each race finisher, the opportunity to download and print an official certificate of their event performance. That's right, after each event you will be able go online to the event web site, punch in your race number and obtain a certificate that highlights your race, finish time and place in the race.

zoomphoto.ca photography
We are pleased to be able to offer a photo program for participants in the Michael Ryan Most Excellent Turkey Trot.  Zoomphoto will be offering you classy photos commemorating your participation.  Just go to http://www.somersault.ca/results.htm the day after the event for your photo

souvenir shirt
The entry fee includes a souvenir shirt if you enter on or by October 3rd. Those entering after Sunday October 3rd are not eligible to purchase the souvenir shirt. You are not eligible for the souvenir shirt if you do not pick up your participant race kit.

refreshments
Fruit , bagel, water, and Gatorade await the kids at the finish.

championchip timing - by sportstats
We use ChampionChip Timing at all Somersault races. This timing system requires that all participants wear a ChampionChip Bracelet on their ankle during the race. This bracelet contains a computer chip that allows the kids to be timed. 

The kids are responsible for obtaining their ChampionChip Bracelet on race morning from the timing people at the Sportstats Tent near the Finish Line.  Do this at least 30 minutes before their race - you will need their race number to obtain the chip. 

The ChampionChip Bracelet must be returned immediately after the kids cross the finish line.  You are responsible for the bracelet cost if it is not returned - and it is expensive.

results - age as december 31, 2010
The kids personal results will be posted very soon after they finish the race.  Please check the results as soon as you can, to be sure they are accurate.  If  there are discrepancies, go to the Sportstats Van near the Finish Line and provide them with the information you think is correct. 

Remember we use the participant's age at December 31, 2010 - not their race day age, for result purposes.

Results will be posted at http://www.somersault.ca/resultsrun.htm within 24 hours of the race and are available at www.RunnersWeb.com.

event day schedule - october 10

race kit pick up & late entry
It is highly recommended that you pick up your race kit at one of the pre-race opportunities, rather than on race day.  Race morning is very hectic and it can be wet or cold at our outdoor Race Day Race Pick Up site. 

Friday October 8th

CHIMO Hotel

3:00 -7:00 p.m.

1199 Joseph Cyr St.

Ottawa, Canada

Saturday October 9th
CHIMO Hotel
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1199 Joseph Cyr St.
Ottawa, Canada

October 10th
Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Old Montreal Rd. Cumberland Village
Ottawa, Canada

directions
Take the Queensway East past Orleans on Regional Road 174 to the Village of Cumberland. Turn South at the traffic lights on Cameron and make the next left onto Old Montreal Rd. Head East on Old Montreal Rd. until you reach the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum (approx. 2Km).

pay parking

The only parking available at the race site at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum is on the grounds of the Museum. There will be a charge for parking.  To avooid lineups on race morning, we urge yo tp purchase your parking pass at one of the pre-racce day Race Kit Pick Up times. More information on parking wil be provided to particpants closer to the event date.

course description 
Click here to view the course map. The runners start and run the whole race on the grounds of the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum. They complete one and one eighth loops of the ring road on the Museum grounds before crossing the Finish Line.

volunteers
A parent or adult supervisor must accompany all participants.  One adult may accompany several participants. You may be asked to assist at the event.

The Michael Ryan Turkey Trot 1Km Run is also a great opportunity for schools or clubs to raise some money by volunteering. It is a fun way to pick up a few hundred dollars. Email us at info@somersault.ca if your club/school/group would like us to make a donation in return for your providing 10 or more volunteers.