Another race is joining Toronto’s already jam-packed running calendar — but this one’s for the ladies.

Nike’s women’s 15-kilometre race is coming to the city this summer — the only Canadian location in their popular global Nike Women’s Race Series. On Monday, the first wave of running hopefuls submitted entries for the race lottery.

“If you look at everything that’s happening this year in Canada and in Toronto . . . there’s the Pan Am Games, there’s the Women’s World Cup (soccer) . . . There really hasn’t been a better time to celebrate women’s sport,” said Claire Rankine, spokesperson for Nike Canada.

The much-anticipated leg in the 20-city series, which including San Francisco, Hong Kong and Paris, will be held June 14 on Toronto Island.

The date falls smack dab between the spate of spring and fall running races in Toronto, leading other race organizers to say they don’t feel threatened.

“Given the timing, the date and the location, we see it as an exciting addition to Toronto’s running calendar,” said Alan Brookes, race director for Canada Running Series, which organizes the annual fall

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

The atypical 15-km distance may also help break up overlap with the long list of annual Toronto-area runs — most races are five kilometres, 10 km, half or full marathons.

Toronto’s other popular 15-km race, A Midsummer Night’s Run, is reportedly cancelled this year. Organizers didn’t respond to the Star’s requests for comment on why the race, which also had distances of five and 30 km, been put on ice for this year although their website says it plans to return next year.

The Nike race generated excited chatter amongst Toronto runners on social media Monday, with some people anxious and confused about how to enter the draw, and others wanting to know more about the Tiffany & Co. finisher’s pendant.

But registration won’t come cheap.

The non-refundable and non-transferable registration cost is $120 for non-students and $100 for students. It includes a race kit, the finisher’s pendant and a return ferry ticket.

“It is on the high end of things,” said Brookes, adding that marathon registrations typically cost $100 and 10-km races cost $50.

Nike settled on the price after looking at other race costs in Toronto and in other cities in the Nike series, Rankine said.

Regardless of price, it’s the race experience that matters, Brookes said, noting that Nike is a “mega marketing machine.”

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“It’s better value than tickets for the Maple Leafs,” he said.

Nike expects the race — which is also open to men — to sell out its 15,000 spots by the end of the registration period, ending March 29. Organizers expect to confirm the random draw results the following week.