We host four races each year and one self-guided winter run. Each race raises significant funds for local charities. The races are Valentine's 5k in February, 12 Mile Creek trail half marathon/7k and the Niagara Ultra 50k, marathon, half marathon and 10k, both in June and Head for the Hills trail race in the fall. Details are below with the next upcoming race listed first.
Getting near the turn around!
2023 Twelve Mile Creek
Trail half marathon and 7k
We are excited to announce the 34th edition of this race! The date is Saturday, June 3, 2023. Registration is now open. The 7k race is back this year!
Here are the 2022 results:
From Lockhart Drive, St. Catharines
Runners start at 9 am, 7k runners at 9:30 and the half marathon walkers at 7:30 am at the end of Lockhart Drive in St. Catharines, near Brock. Map of start
You can find the half marathon route on the "RunGo" app, which lists each turn and gives runners excellent detail about the course. Just go to the App store and search for RunGo, then 12 Mile Creek Half Marathon.
This year proceeds from the race will go to support the Niagara Rankin Cancer run.
Race Highlights
* Field limited to 275 participants in total for all three events combined
- Long sleeve t-shirt guaranteed to pre-registered runners, on or before, Saturday, May 20th at midnight.
- Returning runners and walkers for the half-marathon can get their names on the back of the shirts.
- Out and back and looped section on multiple rolling hills.
- 80% hard-packed gravel on meandering and picturesque 12 Mile Creek Trail also known as the historic Merritt Trail, in St. Catharines, Ontario.
- 6 electrolyte and water stations.
- Climb Hydro Hill, part of the Niagara Escarpment, and find out why runners keep coming back.
- The "7 km run" will be approximately 7 km. The route will include the infamous Hydro Hill!
Questions? Email the Race Director garyadd@hotmail.com
We thank all our race sponsors: TransAm Properties, Central Service Auto Repair, All Art Designs and D. McMaster Investments.
Here are the 2019 results. Thanks to all the runners, walkers, volunteers and our Race Director, Gary Addison!
2019 Twelve Mile Creek Overall Results 2019_twelve_mile_creek_age_group_results.pdf
Excitement at the start!
2023 Niagara Ultra 50 km, marathon, half marathon & 10 km
Saturday, June 17, 2023 THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT!
Registration
Here are the 2022 race results: Use the drop down box to change race distances.
Please email ultra@niagarafallsmarathon.com if you have any questions about this event.
Here are all the race details: niagaraultra.ca/
Here are the 2019 race results: Follow the links for each race.
2023 "Head for the Hills" 5k or 10k trail race and 1k (kids) race. Plus the 1k Survivor walk.
Date coming soon.
whitemeadowsfarms.com/
We are running this event again at White Meadows Maple Farm on Effingham Road, west of St. Catharines. The new fall date will be posted here soon.
It will be a traditional trail race, mostly in Short Hills provincial park. The 1k route will be on White Meadows property. This event is held in collaboration with the Brain Injury Association of Niagara as in the past.
Here are the race results for 2022
All proceeds go to the Brain Injury Association of Niagara. This year the event raised $17,000 to support BIAN. Thanks to everyone who volunteered or participated and a big thanks to our new Race Director, Tony Pisano, and of course to Trianda and all the staff at BIAN who helped put on the event. On behalf of our club and BIAN we also express our gratitude to White Meadows Farm and all the other race sponsors (see below) and to the medical support team!
Click on the Facebook icon at the very bottom of this page to view over 200 photos from the 2022 races!
Read "Kerry's story" an excerpt from “Winds of Change” (a collection of stories written by survivors of brain injury).
2019 race results
Thank you to all these generous sponsors:
We are running this event again at White Meadows Maple Farm on Effingham Road, west of St. Catharines. The new fall date will be posted here soon.
It will be a traditional trail race, mostly in Short Hills provincial park. The 1k route will be on White Meadows property. This event is held in collaboration with the Brain Injury Association of Niagara as in the past.
Here are the race results for 2022
All proceeds go to the Brain Injury Association of Niagara. This year the event raised $17,000 to support BIAN. Thanks to everyone who volunteered or participated and a big thanks to our new Race Director, Tony Pisano, and of course to Trianda and all the staff at BIAN who helped put on the event. On behalf of our club and BIAN we also express our gratitude to White Meadows Farm and all the other race sponsors (see below) and to the medical support team!
Click on the Facebook icon at the very bottom of this page to view over 200 photos from the 2022 races!
Read "Kerry's story" an excerpt from “Winds of Change” (a collection of stories written by survivors of brain injury).
2019 race results
Thank you to all these generous sponsors:
Winter 12 Mile Creek Half Marathon (formerly the Fool Marathon)
Saturday, January 21, 2023
For those who are not familiar with this unofficial, self-guided run, it is quite different to any of the other club races. The course is the same as the Twelve Mile Creek Half Marathon held in June (see below) but there is no entry fee, no aid stations and also no marshals! It is self-navigated and self-timed, so it is important that you run with someone who knows the course if you are doing this event for the first time, or if you have not run the Twelve Mile Creek half.
The half marathon will begin at 9 am, and you are also welcome to run a 10k version starting at 10. (Just turn around after 5k.)
It will probably be cold and slippery in parts. We are holding a social event after at Cat's Caboose starting about 11:30 am. Nachos will be provided!
Here is the map link to the start: https://tinyurl.com/tarmxuo
2023 Valentine's 5k road race
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Runners on their way!
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Ready for the start of the Valentine's race!
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Winners' medals are big!
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The Valentine's 5k, Sunday, February 12, 2023!
This is our longest established race and raises much needed funds for Gillian's Place supporting and empowering abused women in Niagara. Here are the overall results and age group results
And here are the official race photos Thanks to our race photographer and also an elite runner, Rob Lapensee!
Race location:
Port Dalhousie Lions Club, 201 Main St, St. Catharines. And new this year for the comfort and convenience of all participants, we will have the use of the Gracefield School gym (just by the race start) and changing rooms before and after the race!
Come out, run a great course and enjoy Niagara's best post-race party with the usual St. Catharines Road Runners' hospitality. All proceeds go to Gillian's Place. This race offers great value. Walkers are welcome. Again this year - chocolate finishers medals! You can find the race route here!
Couples must cross the finish line together! Youth aged 18 & under enjoy a $5 discount!
Registration fees
5k runners and walkers (individual) $50
5k runners and walkers (couple) $90
Event schedule
February 12 10:00 a.m. EST - Race Day Registration begins
February 12 11:00 a.m. EST - 5km Walkers Start
February 12 11:30 a.m. EST - 5km Run Start
Awards
Fastest Couple
First Female runner overall; first Male runner overall
Age Group Prizes for Runners (First in each age group, 10 year increments, no duplication of awards.)
(19 & under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over)
First Female walker overall, First Male walker overall
Thanks to all our generous sponsors! We are very grateful for your support!
Bodylab Recovery Science Central Service Auto Lynn Cayen Music Dependable Plumbing & Heating
Mariann Zorgel Peak Performers Realty Inc. Nature Girl Expeditions Hopkins Family Tim Hortons
Runners Edge Starbucks TrYForce Niagara Triathlon Club Pie Guys Pizzeria Cat's Caboose Restaurant
Walker Environmental Country Basket Garden Centre Giant Tiger: Smithville Vineland Estates Winery
Subs Plus: Welland Great Lakes Brewery Elite Spa Group
Event contacts: Rob Llord and Don Stoakley Email: scrrwmail@gmail.com
2020 final results
Race results for 2019
2019 Valentines 5k Overall Results Final
2019 Valentines 5k Couples Results latest
In 2020 our oldest race celebrated its 40th year! “Get Out There!” magazine calls it “a unique event” that offers “good value”, and said “It’s no wonder that people keep coming back year after year to this event.”
Watch the video
In 2018, thanks to the outstanding support of our participants and sponsors, we donated $4,000 and then another $3,600 in 2019. See below. The 2020 donation was $3,200.
This is our longest established race and raises much needed funds for Gillian's Place supporting and empowering abused women in Niagara. Here are the overall results and age group results
And here are the official race photos Thanks to our race photographer and also an elite runner, Rob Lapensee!
Race location:
Port Dalhousie Lions Club, 201 Main St, St. Catharines. And new this year for the comfort and convenience of all participants, we will have the use of the Gracefield School gym (just by the race start) and changing rooms before and after the race!
Come out, run a great course and enjoy Niagara's best post-race party with the usual St. Catharines Road Runners' hospitality. All proceeds go to Gillian's Place. This race offers great value. Walkers are welcome. Again this year - chocolate finishers medals! You can find the race route here!
Couples must cross the finish line together! Youth aged 18 & under enjoy a $5 discount!
Registration fees
5k runners and walkers (individual) $50
5k runners and walkers (couple) $90
Event schedule
February 12 10:00 a.m. EST - Race Day Registration begins
February 12 11:00 a.m. EST - 5km Walkers Start
February 12 11:30 a.m. EST - 5km Run Start
Awards
Fastest Couple
First Female runner overall; first Male runner overall
Age Group Prizes for Runners (First in each age group, 10 year increments, no duplication of awards.)
(19 & under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over)
First Female walker overall, First Male walker overall
Thanks to all our generous sponsors! We are very grateful for your support!
Bodylab Recovery Science Central Service Auto Lynn Cayen Music Dependable Plumbing & Heating
Mariann Zorgel Peak Performers Realty Inc. Nature Girl Expeditions Hopkins Family Tim Hortons
Runners Edge Starbucks TrYForce Niagara Triathlon Club Pie Guys Pizzeria Cat's Caboose Restaurant
Walker Environmental Country Basket Garden Centre Giant Tiger: Smithville Vineland Estates Winery
Subs Plus: Welland Great Lakes Brewery Elite Spa Group
Event contacts: Rob Llord and Don Stoakley Email: scrrwmail@gmail.com
2020 final results
Race results for 2019
2019 Valentines 5k Overall Results Final
2019 Valentines 5k Couples Results latest
In 2020 our oldest race celebrated its 40th year! “Get Out There!” magazine calls it “a unique event” that offers “good value”, and said “It’s no wonder that people keep coming back year after year to this event.”
Watch the video
In 2018, thanks to the outstanding support of our participants and sponsors, we donated $4,000 and then another $3,600 in 2019. See below. The 2020 donation was $3,200.
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Race photos
Click on the Past tab (under Runs and Races above) to check out all the 2020 Valentine's race photos!
They are displayed at the bottom of that page due to the space required.
Click on the Past tab (under Runs and Races above) to check out all the 2020 Valentine's race photos!
They are displayed at the bottom of that page due to the space required.