Thursday at midnight is the online registration deadline for the Landrex St. Albert Road Race on Sunday.
Runners can enter the 31st annual Tech Shop 10-miler and the second annual Sturgeon Valley Athletic Club 10-kilmometre and Active Physio Works five-km races through www.zone4.ca.
Registrations will also be accepted at the package pick-ups at the Tech Shop, 11611-104 Ave., on Friday between 4 and 8 p.m. and Saturday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at the St. Albert Curling Club, the race day venue headquarters, between 7:30 and 9 a.m. Cash payments are required to register at the package pick-up sites.
As of Monday, online registrations included 128 10-milers, 29 10 km and 26 five km runners for the road race, hosted by the St. Albert Road Runners and Triathlon Club.
Last year, 108 males and 131 females completed the 10-miler. The 10 km featured 32 male and 21 female finishers and the five km, which replaced the six-km race the previous two years, consisted of 29 males and 30 females.
The start time on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue in front of the curling club is 9:30 a.m. for the 10-miler and 9:35 a.m. for the 10 and five km races.
The 10 km, a shortened version of the north section of the 10-miler, and five km runners go the opposite direction than the 10-milers from the start line.
Last year’s male and female winners were Dusty Spiller (53 minutes and 17 seconds) of Red Deer and Emily Setlack (59:34, 10th overall) of Cold Lake in the 10-miler, Matt Setlack (32:37) of Cold Lake and Jodi Nesbitt (39:33, 10th overall) of Red Deer in the 10 km and Luke Hanson (16:47) and Abby Wilson (19:42, ninth overall) of St. Albert in the five km.
Spiller and Setlack will not be back to defend their 10-mile crowns.
The top three males and top three females in the 10-miler receive cash prizes of $500, $300 and $100 for first, second and third, respectively.
For more information on the road race, formerly known as the St. Albert 10-Mile Road Race, visit www.starrt.wildapricot.org.
Friday the St. Albert Storm host the Lloydminster Red Deer in midget spring football.
Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Riel Recreation Park.
Last weekend the Storm (0-3) lost 17-15 to the Millwoods Grizzlies (2-1) and Lloydminster (2-0) won 44-28 against the Edmonton Chargers (2-1).
The midget spring league consists of players in Grades 9, 10 and 11.
