I am pleased to report that we had a tremendously successful day, with approximately 450 participants and more than $42,000.00 raised for the Ontario Rett Syndrome Association.
Juliana was the driving force behind this event and did a wonderful job overseeing every major aspect and minor detail - let me tell you, there is so much more to think about than you can imagine, even for a relatively small event like this one. I tried to do my part by coordinating and managing the volunteers, but played a very small role on race day given that I had a marathon to run the next day. Thankfully my awesome sister April (who was also responsible for procuring the majority of donations for our race kits) stepped up to the plate and filled in for me.
Our volunteers were absolutely wonderful, many of whom are a part of our training group. Having runners behind the scenes makes such a big in pulling off a successful event. They know how things should work and realize how important it is that everything happens the way it is supposed to. A huge thank you goes out to everyone who volunteered - we couldn't have done it without you!
Everything went very smoothly and we have received plenty of positive feedback. It's so rewarding to see months and months of hard work come together, especially for such a good cause.
A few pics from the big day:
Showing my (colourful) volunteer spirit:
Bouncy Castle:
Start line:
Post-Race Food:
Hubs ran a 22:30 5K after a 30K/18.6mi (!!!) "warm-up"
Congratulations to all who were involved! See you next year!
27 comments:
First!! Hello!
Your hubs is non-stop - 30K warmup? Psh, no biggie....? ;) Wow!
I love that this event keeps getting bigger - $42,000 big, amazing!!
excellent!!
Sounds like a fun event! And your hubs - AMAZING!
Looks like you had a perfect day for the race! Can't believe Mark ran 30k then ran the 5k!
sounds like a great event.
i might have to put it on my race schedule...either as a participant or as a volunteer!
Sounds like an incredible event! Congratulations on such a great turnout and money raised!
It was an amazing event! You guys did a fantastic job.
The 5 year old had a fantastic time and is still talking about his first race. Definitely will be a whole family event next year!
Sounds like it was a great event. Congrats on raising so much for a great cause!
Nice work Marlene! Looks like a great event! And yay for {crazy} hubs!
WOW!! what a warm up! Good job hubby!
What a great event for a great cause! That is some massive money raised! Awesome!
Sounds like a great event for a great cause!
That is a lot of dough raised! Congrats!
And that post race food looks better than what I just had at my last marathon! Nice work!
YAY for a run with a GREAT cause.
LOVE the cap/skull cap/hat. awesome.
Wow..awesome job for both the event and the hubs.
Holy....
Sounds like such an awesome event! Way to raise so much $$$! That is truly amazing! :)
Good job Marlene! It takes alot to pull off an event like that, nevermind the day before a marathon.
Your husband is a beast! ;)
Great job, looks like loads of fun!
Wonderful work! It looks like it was a beautiful day!
Congrats to your amazing running machine hubbs. 30k warmup!
Great job! Love that you captured so much of it in pictures.
19 mile warm up? geesh, hubs. way to make us all look bad!
congrats on the successful race. and i love the "colorful" marlene!!
What a great event to be a part of!
How great that you are part of the behind the scenes for this wonderful event! You are amazing!
You hubs is pretty hardcore...wow!
What a wonderful event! Congrats to your hubs who rocked the 5k!!!
way to go to the hubs!! :)
Wonderful!!!!your event have done smoothly...and it seems it goes a very successful event...Congrats!!!
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