Robbie Burns Day 8km Road Race

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Registration and Kit Pick Up

Advanced Race Kit and Bib Pickup will be available at two locations on Saturday, January 21, 2023.

1. Running Room Store in Burlington from 11am to 5pm - located @ 3300 Fairview St, Burlington, ON L7N 3N7

2. Kingsway Running Room Store in Etobicoke from 11am to 5pm - located @ 3065 Bloor St W, Etobicoke, ON M8X 1C6

Race Day Registration

Race Day Registration will be available through RaceRoster. You can register using RaceRoster (payment online) right until 8:00am the morning of the race. You will then need to come to the Bib Pickup table and get your Race Kit and Bib. There will not be any payments (cash, cheque, etc.) accepted on site.

Race Day Bib Pick Up

Race Day Bib pickup will be available on site at the race venue - the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Pickup on site the morning of the race, January 22, 2023, will begin at 7:00am. Cut-off time for Race Kits and Bib Pickup will be approx. 8:15am.

Parking

Please do not park at the No Frills Plaza.

Free parking, about 400 spots, is available at the municipal parking garage on Locust Street next to the the Burlington Performing Arts Center (BPAC).

Additional free parking is available at municipal lots #7 and #8 north of BPAC on Locust St., at Municipal lot #3 behind the No Frills Plaza on Brant St..

Do not park on Elgin Street next to BPAC, this is the start/finish area closed to traffic.

Parking on weekends at city lots is free.

Racers are strongly encouraged to carpool to help ease parking congestion.

Burlington Downtown Special Events Parking Map.

Interactive parking map.

Note the parking lot directly across Locust Street from BPAC is NOT a city lot and is NOT free on weekends.

Sustainable Transportation

Driving is not the only way to arrive. All participants are encouraged to consider using public transportation or even winter cycling.

www.Burlingtontransit.ca

Burlington Cycling Map

Bag Check

Bag check will be available on site at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Please bring your own bag.

We are pleased to bring back the Burlington Track and Field Club to staff the Bag Check. If you have prepaid for the bag check on RaceRoster, please proceed to the Race Kit and Bib Pickup and get your bib first. Then, visit the bag check and use the tear off strip from the race bib to check your bag.

If you have not prepaid for a bag check (using RaceRoster) when you signed up for the race, please pick up your bib first. Then, visit the bag check, pay your donation (minimum $2 cash), and use the tear off strip from the race bib to check your bag.

Race Route

Participants must be able to complete the 8km course in 85 minutes.

After 85 minutes participants will be asked to continue unsupervised on the sidewalk.

This is to allow traffic cones to be removed ASAP and minimizes traffic impact.

Click here for route map.

Please note that the certified race route will have slightly different start/finish line position then noted above. As well the Baldwin Street 180 degree turn is not exactly shown on the map.

• The start/finish is on Elgin Street next to the race venue, The Burlington Performing Arts Center.
• After running north on Locust street and turning LEFT on Baldwin street west there is a short out and back before a 180 degree turn to head back west on Baldwin St. to Brant Street.
• Participants have 85 minutes to complete the 8km distance, after that the race course will be re-open to traffic and participants must continue from the sidewalk.

• The race route will continue to travel clockwise, with major routes being Locust Street, Brant Street, Fairview Street, Guelph Line and Lakeshore Drive.
• Runners are expected to stay within the coned portion of the course and not stray into the car traffic lanes.

Accreditation

The 8km race route is certified by Athletics Canada.

We are pleased to announce we are again part of the Athletics Ontario / Ontario Masters Association Trillium Running Series

Course Safety Procedures

This race is run on the city streets of Burlington and while the course is marked with pylons, racers are responsible for using good judgement and for looking out for themselves. Marshals and/or police are stationed at all major intersections and entry ways but there are hundreds of unmonitored driveways along the route.

Runners are also strongly discouraged from wearing headphones or earbuds during this event. Runners must be able to hear passing runners, course marshals and safety staff during the event and it's really hard to do this when you’re wearing headphones.

Runners must, at all times, stay within the marked course. Runners who run outside the course will be warned; if they continue to run outside the course they may be disqualified or asked to leave the race entirely. We share the roads with cars, we don’t own the roads and when you’re off course you are outside the race's insurance coverage.

Course Etiquette

First and foremost, we’re all here for fun and we all want to go home safely when we're done the event so that should guide every interaction you have and action you take while racing.

Second, the race is on open city streets so there should be plenty of room for everyone. Runners are asked to run no more than 2 abreast to the right to ensure others can pass them if needed.

Passing runners are asked to call out their plans (“passing on the left”) politely.

Refund Policy

We will not be issuing refunds of any kind. If the event is cancelled from our end, you will automatically be transferred to the 2024 Robbie Burns Race. We will accept email requests (robbieburns@burlingtonrunners.com) to transfer to another 2023 Burlington Runners Club Race. Select distances at the Good Friday Race at the Waterfront and the Sulphur Springs Trail Race will be available. There will be no refunds or differences in pricing returned.

Many of the costs of putting on a race are incurred well before the event. Registration fees directly cover these costs. We appreciate your understanding of why we are not able to accommodate refunds, and appreciate your continued support.

Thank you for your understanding and for doing your part to keep our running community safe.