Free Entry Contests from My Next KW Home in 2025
Our favourite Realtor has been giving away free race entries monthly for almost ten years (!!) and 2024 was the biggest year yet! We’ve got some big changes for 2025 but first, a recap of a great year. Mike and Laura were there every step of the way with fun contests and lots of free […]
Run Pure + Simple 2025 calendar released
Run Pure + Simple is back with a fresh lineup for 2025. The no-frills series of events that you know and love has four events on the 2025 calendar. These events are free to Run Waterloo members and a great value. Registration is now open for all of these events in our event calendar. May […]
Winter event updates for the 2025 season
If you’re reading this, you care about the details, and we love you for it! Here are some differences that you are going to notice at Run Waterloo events in 2025. Pricing looks different Not just for Run Waterloo, but all events you’re signing up for on the Race Roster platform are having pricing updates. […]
VolRUNteer program open for 2025!
As our 2025 calendar fills out (save the dates!), we are thrilled to bring back our VolRUNteer program to match! All of our events are done in partnership with hundreds of volunteers in thousands of roles. If you like to give back – no matter now much – we would love to hear from you. […]
Memberships now available for 2025
Back for 2025 is the program you know and love: RW Membership 2025. This program packs savings with great swag and exclusive competitions and perks. Join now! We say this every year because it’s always true: this program will be bigger and offer more rewards than ever. It easily pays itself back through events, and […]
Six Event Bonanza
We are finally ready to open six more events for summer and fall. Enter this week, save, and win! This week we are running a Bonanza giveaway, opening one event every day for six days: Opened: Run at Ribfest, July 21 Opened: GrandWay 5k, August 1 Opened today: The RunWay, August 29 Opening Wednesday: Fall […]
Spring updates to Run Waterloo events
You’ve noticed us fine-tuning our events over the past six months. Lots has changed since we came back in 2022 and we’re always trying to find ways to improve your event experience and the value of your entry fee. We thought we would collect all the changes in one convenient spot! Categories and awards We […]
April is Member Appreciation Month
The Run Waterloo Membership program is back and bigger than ever, starting with our first Member Appreciation Month this April. What does that mean? 1. Member bibs are back! We last printed custom member bibs in 2019, but lost our access to tyvek early in 2020 due to the PPE materials supply chain. (Tyvek is […]
Swag updates for 2024: Re-Fridgee-Eighter
We’ve got a new process lining up for swag in 2024. For races with t-shirts and finisher medals, we are unifying our swag options this year! You can expect: – A fun and varied medal design – A consistent t-shirt design – A free and limited edition sticker We know that swag is an important […]
Winter races now open: Re-Fridgee-Eighter and cone5togo
We are excited to kick of 2024 with two winter races: Re-Fridgee-Eighter : a winter test of fitness. The ‘Fridgee-Eighter’ 8 Mile race started in the 1970s and ceased in the 1980s. It was run out of the YMCA on Lincoln Road in Waterloo. Run Waterloo ‘Re’-cycled, ‘Re’-used, ‘Re’-juvinated, ‘Re’-introduced, ‘Re’-covered The ‘Fridgee-Eighter’ in 1998, […]
