Grab Your Running Shoes for the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon

Always a big hit with runners from across the country, the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon will have some special significance when it takes place on October 8.
 
This year the marathon has been selected as official event of Canada 150 - so not only will this fun event raise a tonne of much-needed funds for worthy charities – it will also celebrate all that is great about Canada.
 

Fundraising

For the fourth year CHEK News will be the title sponsor of the marathon’s Charity Pledge Program (CPP). Since 2006 CPP has raised over $1.7 million by fundraising and donations. The charities raise awareness and funds by encouraging individuals to run or walk for their individual causes.
 
Eleven charities will take part in the program this year: Autism Speaks Canada, BC Cancer Foundation, Cerebral Palsy BC, Greater Victoria Housing Society, KidSport Victoria, Lifetime Networks, MOVE Adapted Fitness & Rehabilitation Society of BC, NEED 2, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Special Olympics BC, and Victoria Hospitals Foundation.
 
The marathon also has three Official Charities: KidSport Greater Victoria, GoodLife Kids Foundation and the Pacific Autism Family Network.
 

New Course

The 8K Road Race will see a course change this year. Now in its 31st year, the route will start at Humboldt and Government, in front of the Fairmont Empress and will follow the Marathon and Half-Marathon course to Beacon Hill, returning along Dallas Road to the finish line on Belleville.
 
This means that the 8K runners will have the same experience as the marathoners and half-marathoners, and benefit from the crowd support on the route.
 
With the Marathon, Half-Marathon and 8K Road Race selling out last year, the caps have been raised to 1,500 (Marathon), 3,500 (Half-Marathon) and 2,750 (8K). The Marathon Relay can have 60 teams of two to five people. The Thrifty Foods Kids Run cap is 1,150.
 

Registration

The current registration fee for the Marathon is $100, the Half Marathon is $75, 8K Road Race is $35, the Marathon Relay is $300/team and the Thrifty Foods Kids Run is $18.
 
If you’re looking for a great hotel in Victoria during the marathon, The Days Inn Victoria Uptown is the perfect option. Offering breathtaking views of the Gorge Waterway by day and the sparkling lights of the BC Legislature Building by night, the hotel is a fantastic accommodation option for a long weekend getaway on Vancouver Island this fall.
 
 

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