Registration System Online!
Happy New Year everyone! Was running the RPS Half-Marathon one of your New Year's Resolutions? Sign-up today. Online Registration began at 12 noon today!
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Update - December 19th, 2011
2012 Race Coming Up!
We are getting ready for 2012! In answer to your most-frequently asked questions:
Race date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - Online registration opens: January 1, 2012
Update - December 15th, 2011
New in 2012! We've made some changes!
In 2012, we want to help out several local charities by offering each a chance to run a water station and earn an honorarium. If your group would like to be one of those recipients, check out the list of responsibilities by clicking here. If your group fits the requirements, print the application form, fill it out and mail it back to us at RPS Half Marathon Committee, P.O. Box 196, Regina, SK, S4P 2Z8. We will screen the applications and, from the list of those that meet the requirements, we will choose the participating groups on an application-first-received basis.
We also have a new, improved route - View The Map.
We have a new Start/Finish at the Canada Games Athletic Complex.
And we have a new location for the Post-Race Brunch: the Delta Regina Hotel at 1919 Saskatchewan Drive, Regina. Learn more on our F.A.Q. Page..
Update - December 14th, 2011
Race Co-Chairs’ Message
Funny how, as the calendar year ends, the RPS Half Marathon Committee starts getting revved up. We are well into meetings for the 2012 Regina Police Service Half Marathon – our ninth year - and there are some new and different things to talk about for the 2012 race. The first change is the date: we opted to go a week later in April, so this year’s race is the Sunday the 29th of April. (In theory, that should mean the weather is better, but it IS Saskatchewan, after all!)
Another big change for us this year is the course itself. For 2012, our Start/Finish line is at the Canada Games Complex on Assiniboine Avenue…Douglas Park. There are very few road races where you don’t encounter some vehicle traffic but we want to maximize safety by using more pathway and less roadway. Don’t worry: the course will still take runners and walkers through beautiful Wascana Centre and around the University of Regina.
The 2012 edition of the Regina Police Service Half Marathon is going to be a bigger race…literally! We will accept 850 participants for the 2012 event, up from the 700-person limit of previous years. Even so, we still expect the race to sell out; remember, last year’s race was full in an unprecedented eight days. So, make your New Year’s resolutions, dust off your training plans, contact your fellow runners, walkers and relay team members and sign up online!
This year, we won’t have a waiting list, but we will offer a Facebook forum where those who are registered-but-cannot-run can get together with those who want-to-run-but-aren’t-registered. Direct and simple. Our only rules: if you sell your race registration, you cannot sell it for more than you paid. If you buy someone else’s race registration, you will not be able to compete for overall or age-class prizes. There are no changes in shirt sizes; every participant will accept the shirt size ordered at the time of online registration.
We will be holding our fabulous post-race Brunch at the Delta Regina Hotel this year and, as always, will be offering our participants a hearty buffet featuring scrambled eggs, pan-fried potatoes, crispy bacon, grilled sausage, fresh croissants, fruit Danish, muffins, fresh fruit and assorted juices, teas and coffee. And, why not? You will have worked up an appetite.
Also, in keeping with past tradition of “new year, new look”, we have a new design for the 2012 race website. We are happy to welcome aboard a new sponsor, RWS - ReginaWebsites.com. Right now, you are admiring their in-kind sponsorship. By the way, if you’d like to see your own running photos in our website header, contact us. We’d love to feature you and your running friends on our site.
The Regina Police Service Half Marathon came out of the belief that our Police Service employees are in a position to be positive role models and leaders. We wanted to demonstrate our commitment to wellness and encourage others to make good choices by putting on a running/walking event to celebrate fitness and healthy living. And since 2004, the RPS Half Marathon has been a hit, thanks to our many volunteers, sponsors, participants and organizers. We’re so proud to invite you to be part of this race: run or walk with friends around beautiful Wascana Centre and the University of Regina; enjoy a fabulous post-race meal, celebrate each others’ achievements and have fun. You’re going to love this year’s race! Okay, we don’t control the weather, but we will put into action everything we have learned from organizing (and running) many races to help you have the best experience possible.
Register early! Happy training…see you at package pickup and then on race day, April 29th!
Patti & Elizabeth
