Welcome to the 1st Annual Canyon To Coast Marathon, 21K, 11K & 4k
We acknowledge that our event takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Stó:lō Coast Salish peoples.
Proudly Sponsored By:
Community, support and celebration this is what our events are all about. We believe that we can change peoples lives with those three elements. Join our races and new this year sign up for all three of our races as a series. Help us support local organizations that are doing amazing things for others!
On June 7, 2025 we are running to raise money for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and to showcase the incredible Fraser River, Cheam Mountain Range and Chilliwack's surrounding landscapes. It is a family friendly event! Your registration includes a finishers gift, a $5.00 donation to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, your event bib, finish line food and lots of fun!
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Canada is a free book gifting program devoted to inspiring a love of reading in young children. In partnership with local community partners, enrolled children receive monthly, a high quality, age-appropriate book in the mail, free of charge.
2025 goal: CAD$1500.00
HOW IT WORKS
Local Event: Join us at our local event starting and finishing at Island 22 Regional Park in Chilliwack on June 7th, 2025. Less than 5 km from Chilliwack’s historic downtown.
Registration Includes:
- A $5.00 donation to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library
- Your event bib
- Finish line food
- Aid stations
- Lots of fun!
- All participants receive a finisher’s medal!
- You choose to run a marathon, 21km, 11k or 4km distance.
- There is a limit of 200 participants for 2025
- Bring the family, we will have a reading picnic area!
Virtual Event:
If you do not live locally or cannot make it to the local event, then you can register for the Virtual Event and run your chosen distance or time wherever you live! All participants receive a finisher’s gift!
Your event package is mailed to you and will arrive before June 7, 2025. This gives you the option to help us raise money and awareness, run or hike where you live, (maybe create a group run with friends?!), and we can all run together around the world on the same day!
Your registration fee includes your bib number, a finishers medal, a $5.00 donation to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and shipping.
Important: Registration for our Virtual Runners closes April 1, 2025 so that we have time to mail your package to you before event day.
COURSE INFORMATION
Start and Finish Line:
Island 22 Regional Park - 44955 Cartmell Rd, Chilliwack, BC V2P 0C8
Main Beach Area
Island 22 Park and the Canyon to Coast Trail showcase the beautiful landscapes of Chilliwack. Our event routes are mainly flat with a mix of farm roads and urban style wide path trails. Our course is going to take you alongside the Fraser River, through farm lands and if your doing the marathon, all the way to the Agassiz Bridge. You are going to be looking at the Cheam Mountain Range while running east and north of us is Minto Island. Views to the southeast sweep across verdant farmland to the dramatic soaring Cascade Mountain range in the distance.
We have a Marathon 42km route, a Half Marathon 21k route, an 11km route and or a 4km route to choose from.
Marathon/42km Detials:
- INFO:
- Start Time: 8:00am
- 5 aid stations = 5.5k, 10.5k, 21k, 31.5, 37k
- Finishers gifts for all participants.
- The 42km route follows urban dike trails with about 7km total on farm roads. There is a total of 250m elevation gain and loss.
COST:
- $120.00 November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
- $130.00 February 1 - June 2, 2025
- Event day: $140.00
CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE VIA GAIA MAPS
21km Details:
- INFO:
- Start Time: 8:30am
- 3 aid stations = 5.5k, 10.5k, 16k
- Finishers gifts for all participants.
- The 21km route follows urban dike trails with about 4km total on farm roads. There is a total of 140m elevation gain and loss.
COST:
- $75.00 November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
- $85.00 February 1 - June 2, 2025
- Event day: $95.00
CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE VIA GAIA MAPS
11km:
- INFO:
- Start Time: 9:00am
- 1 aid station = 5.5k
- Finishers gifts for all participants.
- The 11km route follows urban dike trails with about 4km total on farm roads. There is a total of 100m elevation gain and loss.
COST:
- $60.00 November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
- $70.00 February 1 - June 2, 2025
- Event day: $80.00
CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE VIA GAIA MAPS
4km:
- INFO:
- Start Time: 9:30am
- Finishers gifts for all participants.
- The 4km route follows urban trails within the Island 22 Park. These are wide flat gravel paths. The route figure 8's providing views of the Fraser River and surrounding mountains.
COST:
- $35.00 November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
- $45.00 February 1 - June 2, 2025
- Event day: $55.00
CLICK HERE FOR ROUTE VIA GAIA MAPS
We need volunteers to make this amazing event happen!
Is Volunteering for you?
There are many things to do to ensure a safe, fun and successful event. You don’t have to have any experience as an event volunteer just sign up and have fun!
Volunteer Positions
- Aid station crew
- First aid/medical staff
- On course marshals
- Start/Finish Line Prep
- Pre sweeping the course
- Post sweeping the course
- Package Pickup
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CUPLESS EVENT
We are a cupless event. We do not provide cups for water or electrolytes at the aid stations, you must bring your own and carry a reusable cup with you.
PARKING INFO
Please note there is limited parking at the park and we really like to encourage carpooling as much possible as this is also a public park where others will be enjoying the area.
CHIP TIMING
We focus on being present, our journeys to get to the start line and we challenge everyone to release the pressure we put on ourselves to run timed. We encourage all paces and abilities to look around and take in the whole experience. Thank you for being apart of that. We celebrate all finish lines no matter the time, therefore do not have chip timing, however we will be manually recording bib numbers and finish times as you come across the finish line.
2025 Group Training Runs TBA
AWARDS & SWAG
- All finishers will receive finishers medal.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd place overall for each distance receive a special medal.
- RLAG swag will be for sale at the event.
- All participants are eligible for our draw prizes in person at the event.
- Draw prizes from our event sponsors!
- Event merchandise is available for pre order.
For purchase during registration. Forest Green Crew 3/4 Zip Unisex Sweater.
Thank you Odyssey Medical Inc. for supporting our events!
Proudly Sponsored by:
TBA
Countdown to event
Registration fees Spots remaining: 239
42km Limited spots available
Price changes in 2 months 8 days-
The 42km route follows urban dike trails with about 7km total on farm roads. There is a total of 250m elevation gain and loss.
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ClosedNov 1 – Oct 31
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Register for 42kmCA$120.00
early bird
Now registering Nov 1 – Feb 1 -
CA$130.00
late bird
Feb 1 – Jun 2
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4k Limited spots available
Price changes in 2 months 8 days-
The 4km route follows urban trails within the Island 22 Park. These are wide flat gravel paths. The route figure 8's providing views of the Fraser River and surrounding mountains.
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ClosedNov 1 – Oct 31
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Register for 4kCA$35.00
early bird
Now registering Nov 1 – Feb 1 -
CA$45.00
late bird
Feb 1 – Jun 2
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21km Limited spots available
Price changes in 2 months 8 days-
The 21km route follows urban dike trails with about 4km total on farm roads. There is a total of 140m elevation gain and loss.
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ClosedNov 1 – Oct 31
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Register for 21kmCA$75.00
early bird
Now registering Nov 1 – Feb 1 -
CA$85.00
late bird
Feb 1 – Jun 2
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11km Limited spots available
Price changes in 2 months 8 days-
The 11km route follows urban dike trails with about 4km total on farm roads. There is a total of 100m elevation gain and loss.
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ClosedNov 1 – Oct 31
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Register for 11kmCA$55.00
early bird
Now registering Nov 1 – Feb 1 -
CA$65.00
late bird
Feb 1 – Jun 2
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VIRTUAL 11km Limited spots available
Your event package is mailed out to you before event day. On the day you choose to run where your bib number and off you go!
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Register for VIRTUAL 11kmCA$50.00Nov 1 - Jun 2
VIRTUAL 21km Limited spots available
Your event package is mailed out to you before event day. On the day you choose to run where your bib number and off you go!
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Register for VIRTUAL 21kmCA$50.00Nov 1 - Jun 2
VIRTUAL 42km Limited spots available
Your event package is mailed out to you before event day. On the day you choose to run where your bib number and off you go!
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Register for VIRTUAL 42kmCA$50.00Nov 1 - Jun 2
VIRTUAL 4km Limited spots available
Your event package is mailed out to you before event day. On the day you choose to run where your bib number and off you go!
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Register for VIRTUAL 4kmCA$50.00Nov 1 - Jun 2
1. Package pickup:
June 7, 2025 Event morning, 7:00am-9:00am at the start/finish line. Island 22 Regional Park, Chilliwack BC.
- we strongly encourage you to pick up your event packages this night to avoid a busy line before the start of the event
2. Additional info:
AWARDS & SWAG
- All finishers will receive a finishers medal.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd place overall for each distance receive a special medal.
- RLAG swag will be for sale at the event.
- All participants are eligible for our draw prizes.
- Draw prizes from our event sponsors!
- Our event merchandise is available for pre order.
CUPLESS EVENT
We are a cupless event. We do not provide cups for water or electrolytes at the aid stations, you must bring your own and carry a reusable cup with you.
CARPOOLING/ EVENT PARKING
In order to have a successful event day for everyone and to comply with the parks parking requirements we would appreciate carpooling as much as possible.
CHIP TIMING
We focus on being present, our journeys to get to the start line and we challenge everyone to release the pressure we put on ourselves to run timed. We encourage all paces and abilities to look around and take in the whole experience. Thank you for being apart of that. We celebrate all finish lines no matter the time, therefore do not have chip timing, we record finish times via bib number manually.
REFUND/TRANSFER POLICY
- Your registration fee is non refundable as this is a fundraiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Proceeds from your registration fee are being donated.
4. TRAIL ETIQUETTE
- We highly encourage you to throw out a HIGH FIVE, a WAY TO GO, GOOD JOB, or a PAT ON THE BACK to other runners!
- Majority of this course is an out and back.
- We also highly recommend that you give a high five and a thanks to all of our volunteers, this event wouldn't be possible without them!
- We have a leave no trace policy, no garbage or any items that we have brought in are to be left behind.
- We are all out there giving it our all and supporting each other!
- If you wish to listen to music while running please only put in one ear or keep your music low, you need to be able to hear others around you for your and others safety.
- Island 22 Regional Park and the Canyon to Coast Trail is a popular destination for trail users. We ask that you respectfully share the trail with all users.
- We are sharing the trails with bikes, walkers, runners and possibly horseback riders.
- Dogs are allowed in the park on leash, or in the large off leash dog area. This is strictly enforced. Dogs are not allowed to participate or run with you on the trails during this event.
We cannot wait to see all of you out there!! Thank you so much for your support! Please email info@runlikeagirl.ca if you have any questions or concerns!
Also visit our website www.runlikeagirl.ca for more information.
Thank you,
TEAM RLAG.
Our registration, event cancelation and transfer policy is as follows:
– We do not offer bib transfers, if you can no longer make our local event then we like to offer the virtual option.
– If you have registered as a local participant and can no longer make it you can transfer your event status to virtual and we will mail your package, you are responsible for paying for the shipping.
– Our policy includes no bib transfers to following event years or to other people. If you are switching to a shorter distance we do not offer refunds on the price change. If you are moving up in distance then you are to pay for the difference.
– We do not offer refunds on registrations, we apologize for this but our event is a fundraiser.
– In the event of cancellation of the event for reasons including, but not limited to, weather, forest fires, acts of nature, war, strikes or other extenuating circumstances, Run Like A Girl Adventures Inc. will provide the following:
The option to convert registration to a virtual runner, there are no extra costs associated with this. Your event package is mailed to you and you can run where you live, track your run and upload results online;
AND
Early access to registration for the same event for the following year only; a 25% discount on registration for any distance in the same event for the following year only;
AND
A 25% discount in our online store along with early access for the same event registration for the following year only;
In addition: the option for a full refund on any event merchandise that has been purchased; and the option to receive the event shirt, purchased event merchandise or any other produced event items, for the cost of shipping.
** Deferrals (with the 25% discount) are only applicable for one calendar year from the race you transfer out of (meaning the event entry can be deferred to any OTHER event, but not the same event one year later). Entries can only be deferred a single time, to a single event. – If you have extenuating personal circumstances please email info@runlikeagirl.ca
Event schedule
- Sat, June 7, 2025 7:00 AM - Event Day Package Pickup
- Sat, June 7, 2025 8:00 AM - 42km Start
- Sat, June 7, 2025 8:30 AM - 21km Start
- Sat, June 7, 2025 9:00 AM - 11km Start
- Sat, June 7, 2025 9:30 AM - 4km Start
Contact information
- Event contact
- Run Like A Girl Adventures Inc.
- info@runlikeagirl.ca
- Website
- Visit website
