celebrate the champions

The season is over.

Athletes celebrated.

Participants had so much fun.

Sponsors were so generous.

The Kingston Kids Running Series’ first season has concluded

The Kingston Kids Running Series was launched with the goal to encourage Kingston’s youngest runners to participate in as many races as they can, over the entire year. And participate, they did. Because of the Kids Series, registrations for all the Kids’ races were up. Sometimes signup for race events was triple the historic numbers.

The KKRS offered an end-of-year prize to any runner 5-12 yrs old, who ran at least six of the Series races. There were about a dozen kids who took on that challenge and succeeded. So many young runners achieved this goal, we decided to separate the Kids awards from the KRRA AGM. The decision turned out to be the best idea.

A ton ‘o fun at Conquer Training

Coach Che Elija volunteered his time to give the attendees a good workout and some fun games. This was followed by a talk by organizer Robby Breadner. The event finale was the presentation of prizes and framed photos of each of the Champion runners.

Thanks to our generous sponsors

Conquer Training stepped up to sponsor the event, by providing the venue.
Pam Mundell Financial Planning funded the framed photographs.
Kingston Junior Gaels donated one summer house league registration.
LaFarge Canada donated water bottles for all attendees.
Kingston Symphony donated tickets to upcoming music events.
Runners’ Choice donated a variety of running gear.
Kingston Kids Tri donated toward Runners’ Choice running gear purchase.
KRRA donated branded gloves.
Rick Royce donated running gear.
Lois Breadner donated fresh, baked goodies packages.
Napanee Heritage Mile donated a race entry.
Wolfe Island Classic donated race entries.
Beat Beethoven donated race entries.
Kingston Road Runner Race Directors generously donated: buffs, socks, race entries, shirts, and more.

As the event wrapped up, parents and athletes gave their thanks for putting on the Series and the Awards celebration; sharing their enthusiasm for participation in 2023.

If you would like to assist in the 2023 KKRS, please contact Robby at publisher@365ontario.info