Caps Off Run Club 6th Anniversary Bash

We're putting out the call to all running groups/clubs in the area! Come out and help us celebrate on September 13th for our sixth anniversary bash!

Caps Off Run Club was founded six years ago by a group of friends who believe that movement should be a fundamental part of everyone's lifestyle, regardless of your abilities, and that doing it together with friends is the key to turning a short term interest into a lifelong passion.

As with everything we do, we want to do this with friends too! That's why we would like to cordially invite you to join us for this free event. We'll have a food vendor, Caps Off will be releasing a new special beer (in collaboration with Backroads Hops - shh, its a surprise!), and of course for the main event, we'll go for a run!

Free Fascial Stretch Therapy Demo

Nathaniel from LYFstyle Health and Fitness will also be onsite offering free demos of fascial stretch therapy. LYFstyle is a local injury prevention clinic based here in St. Thomas specializing in fascial stretch therapy and exercise counseling. Fascial stretch therapy is a hands-on assisted stretching technique, designed to improve range of motion for all body types. Services are usually covered by physiotherapy or kinesiology benefits.

Event Day Activities

We love to brag about how great St. Thomas is for running, so our regulars will guide us down their four favourite routes - pick and choose your routes and do as little as you want, or finish them all for 21k! We'll offer multiple starting times to accommodate multiple paces, and a walking group for anyone who wishes to participate but wants something a little lower impact.

Registration includes a souvenir bib, and completing each route earns you a sticker for your bib. The stickers will be stashed in a secret spot along the route, scavenger hunt style. Each route sticker on your bib earns you a chance to win a prize. Caps Off Brewing will be the start and end point for every route, giving lots of opportunities for runners of differing paces/abilities to run together, and allowing everyone to wrap up their various distances by 2pm so we can enjoy some food and drinks together!

Option 1 - A La Carte Routes

Jamie will be leading groups for the following routes, departing from Caps Off:
11:00am - Lynhurst - 6k (Collect your route stickers on the back of the Lynhurst sign on your way down Woodland rd.)

11:50am - Stanley Hill Climb - 5k (Collect your route stickers from the front porch of the red brick house at the Northeast corner of Gladstone & Southwick)

12:40pm - Rail Trail - 5k (Collect your route stickers from the Little Free Library just South of Elm inside the "How to Run A Marathon" book)

1:30pm - Elevated Park - 5km (Collect your route stickers from the Little Free Library at the entrance to the Elevated Park, inside the "Complete Runner" book.)

Option 2 - The Grand Tour

Starting at 11:45am, Juan and Lisa B. will be leading a 5:30-6:00 pace group completing all of the above (plus a bonus loop around beautiful Lake Margaret and through Pinafore Park) for 21k with only one return back to Caps Off to join those doing the Elevated Park route. Please come prepared and bring appropriate hydration and nutrition if joining this group as there will be limited support along the route.

Option 3 - Walking Group

A walking group to the Elevated Park will begin at 1pm.