Ready, set, emoji! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨🎉

Running a race is always an adventure. Whether you’re chasing a PB, soaking in the race-day energy, or just hoping to make it to the finish line in one piece, every run has its own story. And now, sharing your race story could score you a free entry to an upcoming Run Waterloo event!

We’re giving away free race entries, and entering is easy—just join the fun in the comments!

How to Enter

• Describe your last race experience using only emojis or a gif! Was it all smiles and sunshine? A struggle but worth it? Maybe it involved some unexpected surprises? Whatever your race-day journey looked like, drop your best emoji summary or gif!
• There are three places to enter, in the comments of: this blog, on any contest post on the Run Waterloo instagram, or any contest post on the My Next KW Home instagram.

  We’ll randomly select winners from the comments, so get creative and tell us your story the emoji way! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨🎉

  Contest Rules
  Contest closes online April 10, 2025, and five lucky winners will be announced shortly after. Winners will get to pick one race from the following races – Baden Running Races, Lakeside Laps, Waterloo Classic or The Runway.

  Upcoming contests:
  

  Free Entry Contests 2025

  Contest	Contest open	Contest close at 10pm (draw to follow)	Prizes	Winners
  Winter contest for spring races	Feb 4	Online, February 10	4 winners for your choice of: cone5togo, endurrace, Baden Running Races	Erin, Kelly, Samantha, Ujwal
  Spring contest for summer races	Apr 1	Online, April 10	5 winners for your choice of: Baden Running Races, Lakeside Laps, Waterloo Classic, Runway	Janice, Mike, Monique, Shara, Stephanie
  Summer contest for fall races	Jun 5	Draw live at Waterloo 10 KM Classic June 15 (contest open until draw)	8 winners for your choice of: Fall Classic, Trick or Trot, RememberRun, Santa Pur-suit	TBA
  Special contest for memberships	Aug 15	Online, August 24	2 memberships for Run Waterloo 2026	TBA
  Fall contest for winter races	Oct 1	Online, October 10	5 winners for your choice of: Jingle Bell, Re-Fridgee-Eighter 2026, cone5togo 2026	TBA

  
  Congrats to Erin, Kelly, Samantha, and Ujwal for playing and winning the first contest. We’ll be seeing you out there this spring at your FREE events!

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