RACE INFORMATION

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

HALF MARATHON
This certified race course and is an out and back route marked with mile markers throughout and kilometer markers at 5, 10 and 15 KM. The race begins at St. Vital Park (near the Duck Pond) at 8am. From the Duck Pond, runners continue on Parameter Road to the park’s exit gate and turn south on River Road toward Bishop Grandin. Before reaching the street, runners turn right and follow the bike path along the Red River on the south side of Bishop Grandin. Runners then make the loop to follow the path over the bridge to the west side of the Red River and onto Darcy Drive. Runners continue to Thatcher Drive leading to University Crescent. Runners turn left on University Crescent and left again onto Sifton Road. Runners will follow Sifton to Saunders and then to Freedman, and turn left on Kings Drive. Runners then turn right onto Kilkenny Drive and continue to the Perimeter Highway. At this point, runners cross the bike path going west along Cloutier Drive to the turnaround point, make a slight left from the bike path to the left lane of Cloutier Drive and retrace the course back to the park. Racecourse marshals and volunteers (in yellow T-shirts) will be available all along the course for guidance.

5K FUN RUN
The Fun Run will start shortly after the Half Marathon and is a 2 Lap (5 Km) course around St. Vital Park (Perimeter Road). The Fun Run is open to all ages and we encourage families, friends, or groups to participate and join the fun!

Race Kit Pick Up

Saturday, September 21
At Kenaston Running Room
Kenaston Village Mall
1875 Grant Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3N 1Z2

CAUSES

Our first project is to support additional vocational programming through the Knowles Centre. We want to provide graduating students with either the ability to continue their training elsewhere, or to find employment.  Current support for Knowles graduates ends at the age of 18, but these at-risk adolescents lack sufficient skills to become contributing members of society.  For more information about Knowles Centre, visit knowlescentre.ca

Our second project is to support the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre. The Centre is a long-term, residential treatment centre for adult males suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. It provides addiction treatment as well as the resources and skills necessary to successfully re-enter society. For more information about the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, visit bruceoakerecoverycentre.ca/

SPONSORS

Silver Sponsors

5K Run and Prize Sponsors

Nutrition Sponsors

Water Station Sponsors

Additional Sponsors

ABOUT ROTARY

Rotary International

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarian members, in more than 29,000 clubs in 162 countries. Founded by Paul Harris, a young lawyer from Chicago, on February 25, 1905. This average club size is approximately 45 members. The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a worthy enterprise, at the same time encouraging and fostering the following four avenues of service, around which club activities are carried out.

Fort Garry Rotary Club

At the Fort Garry Rotary Club we pride ourselves on our ability to create an atmosphere of fun and fellowship while maintaining a commitment to local and international communities. With the help of our families and friends, our goal is to reach beyond our neighborhood and to better understand the people we serve and to make contributions that change our lives and those of the people we meet.