Canada Day Monday

Just a reminder that as Canada Day this year falls on Saturday, Monday the 3rd of July will be a holiday.

As such, our class will be moved to Wednesday July 5th.

Have a great Canada Day weekend.

The Arthritis Society 5K

There is a run and walk on July 16th starting at 0900 at Rotary Park pavilion along the Ajax Waterfront. I hope you are able to participate. It’s a 10K and 5K distance, and your can run or walk either distance. The runners start at 0900 and the walkers start at 0930. There is also a 1K kids fun run starting at 1030.

Rotary Park has a fully accessible splash pad and playground for the kids.
There will be lots of port-a-potties, benches, and garbage cans for your convenience and comfort.

See this link to register online via the Running Room site. Please send the site along to other runners who may be interested in a great family day.

There will also be nutritious post-race food and water stations.
Brochures are available at the Pickering and Whitby Running Room stores.
Race kits can be picked up at the Pickering Running Room (see this link for dates and times of pick up). If you are unable to pick up your race kit prior to the event, please email me and I will ensure a pick for you on race day.


I encourage you all to take part in this run for a great cause. For more information on my friend Cassandra's funraising efforts, take a look here.

Additional races

For those of you who are up to the challenge there is another fairly local 5K race you could take part in in Whitby on July 7th. One week before our planned race.

Check out the Ultima 5K details here if you are interested.

Team Registration is done

We have entered our team registration for the Nissan foundation 5K. You can see the confirmation page here.

If you still want to run this event you can sign up individually.

As always, I encourage you to sign up and commit to a run, this way you will have a much better chance of completing your training.

Sign up for the Nissan Foundation 5K

For those of you who want to take advantage of the team signup for the Nissan Foundation 5K at the Docks, the cut off will be next Monday, June 12th so please bring your payment of $30 (cash or cheque) to the next class.

Committing to the run is a great way to motivate yourself to continue training and get the most out of the program.

The race itself is a great one for beginners. It's dead flat and has people of all abilities taking part including many walkers so don't worry if you think you are too slow to do a 'race'.

Also the venue is great because after the race there is a post race party with music and bar.

Remember, if you are consistent with your training you will be able to complete this run fairly easily.

For the entry fee you also receive a technical t-shirt and there are free shuttle busses running from Union Station to The Docks.

Running together - Update

Some of the SickKids runners are getting together Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:30 just outside by Shoppers Drug Mart for their regular training runs.

All are welcome.