Registrations for the eighth annual Leading Edge Physiotherapy RunWild are ahead of last year’s pace by 350 runners and walkers.
Monday’s total of 1,525 includes 600 for the 1.3-kilometre WildOnes Kids MaraFun and 300 for the 10-km walk/run.
Both events are maxed out for online registrations, which end tonight at 11:59 p.m. at www.zone4.ca.
Registrations are still being accepted for the 21.1-kilometre half-marathon run/walk and five-km walk/run.
The registration breakdown is as follows: 354 for five-km run, 75 for five-km walk, 268 for 10-km run, 32 for 10-km walk, 189 for half-marathon run and seven for half-marathon walk.
The goal is to hit the 2,000 mark for St. Albert’s largest sporting event of the year on Sunday.
Late registrations for the half-marathon, 10 km, five km and MaraFun will be accepted in person Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. Albert Seniors Association at Red Willow Place.
However, organizers can’t guarantee a T-shirt, finisher medal or timed bib pending the number of registrations.
The RunWild website is www.runwild.ca.
Sunday’s start times are 8 a.m. for the half-marathon, 8:50 a.m. for the 10 km and 9 a.m. for the five km on St. Anne Street in front of St. Albert Place.
The Marafun consists of three races at 11:30 a.m. (pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Grade 1) 11:45 a.m. (grades 2 and 3) and 12 noon (grades 4 to 6). The start area is located in the race village at Lions Park, which is also the Victory Lane finish line for the half-marathon, 10 km and five km.
The race village is also the site for the live entertainment, food, kids’ fun zone and the popular beer gardens.
The number of finishers last year was 204 in the half-marathon, 194 in the 10 km, 305 in the five km and 534 in the MaraFun, which is designed for youths to complete their own marathon that started by running or walking one km at a time at their schools leading up to RunWild.
Paul Kane High School athletic director Marc Meunier was the half-marathon winner in one hour, 22 minutes and 28 seconds and Colette Agnew of Edmonton was the fastest female at 1:33:15 for sixth place overall.
Jon Bakker of Edmonton was the top 10-km finisher at 39:58 and Glynis Milne of Edmonton placed first in the five km at 19:27.
Medals will be awarded to all the finishers in the half-marathon, five km and 10 km.
RunWild has also raised more than $400,000 for the Zebra Child Protection Centre and St. Albert Seniors Association and this year’s fundraising target is $100,000.
