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Kelowna Running Club Pub Relay

A fun relay where teams compete for best costume and fastest relay times

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Welcome to the Kelowna Running Club Pub Relay! This annual event invites runners to team up and don their finest costumes in a race throughout the city, with plenty of fun to be had along the way! Each year, groups of 6 runners compete in a race between some of our finest drinking establishments. We have prizes aplenty thanks to our local sponsors. Prizes are awarded for most accurate predicted finishing time, best costumes, and the fastest drinker. We also have a ton of door prizes so there's a good chance that you'll walk away with a few mementos. In addition, any proceeds from the race will be donated to a local charity (charity TBD)

The route will take runners across the city, stopping off at some of our best pubs, breweries and bars along the way. Each runner is assigned a leg segment of the route which will end at a pub where a drink (could be a nonalcoholic drink) will be waiting for them. Once the glass is empty, the next runner starts their leg… and so on until the relay is complete. The legs will be of varying difficulty (expect at least one hilly leg!) and length but will generally be around 5-8km.

Teams are encouraged to follow their costume clad runners as they sprint through the streets of Kelowna so it’s a great opportunity to hoot, holler, and let off some steam at the end of another great running season. The relay will end with everyone together at our chosen location in downtown Kelowna where there will be food, more refreshments, prizes, and the awards ceremony.

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time: Race Package Pickup 9:30 - 10:15 am. Staggered starts begin at 10:30.
Speeches, awards and presentations are anticipated to be held around 3pm and we expect everything to be done around 4 or 5pm.
Place: Start/Finish will be at Red Bird Brewing (1080 Richter St.)

Details:

Once registered, the Team Captain will receive an email with a descriptions and maps of the 6 relay legs for team members to pick from. Team waiver forms will also be emailed to the Team Captain. Start times are staggered and based on the Team Captain's predicted average pace when registering. This is not a race of speed, as the winners are the team that are closest to their predicted pace time :) Team captains are responsible for organizing their teams and for passing on information.

Race Day - All teams will meet at Red Bird Brewing (1080 Richter St.) prior to their assigned start time to pick up their race package envelope. The envelope will contain your team bib numbers, detailed information about the relay route, the host pubs, pub relay sponsors, and other goodies.

Need a team?

If you are a solo runner looking to join a team, then we have a post on our Facebook page to help people connect (https://www.facebook.com/kelownarunningclub) or you can send us an email at kelownarunningclub@gmail.com and we will do our best to match you up with some other runners!


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Registration fees

Prices are inclusive of mandatory charges, items, and fees

Kelowna Running Club Pub Relay Closed

Captain registers the team. Waiver forms for the 6 legs will be emailed to the Captain. Signed waiver forms are to be submitted either by email to cindyrhodes57@gmail.com OR may be handed in at team race package pickup on October 21st at 9:30 am.

  1. CA$200.00

    (This includes one beer at each pub along the way for the leg runner and drink and food tickets for the post event party)

    Sep 20 - Oct 19

Contact information

Event contact
Cindy Rhodes
Email
cindyrhodes57@gmail.com
Phone
250 870 2906
Website
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