8:00am: YMCA opens, change rooms with showers are available for Boing Day entrants. Lockers are available in the change rooms, runners please bring your own lock and towel. The main gymnasium opens at 10:00am.
PARKING, Free Parking on Boxing Day is available on City Streets and at City Hall (one block west of the YMCA on Jackson Street). The lots across from the YMCA are pay lots. See the close map below. GO Transit: The Hamilton Station is next to the start line. See if you can save the drive.
Hamilton Runner's Den will be setting up to sell some merchandise in the gym. I am sure there will be some good Boxing Day deals.
Media Coverage: Get Out There Magazine, Michigan Runner and Trek and Run will all be doing race reviews of the run. Snapd Hamilton will be taking pictures. The Hamilton Spectator, CHCH television and Canadian Running Magazine have all been contacted to cover the run.
10:00am: Race Day Registration opens in the YMCA main gymnasium, race bib and race wear pickup opens for runners who registered in advance. You can register on Boxing Day $70.00 cash only (no baseball cap). Spectators are welcome in the gymnasium. Pets are not allowed in the YMCA or on the race course. Service animals are welcome and they should wear identification and must be leashed at all times. The Running Room is providing us with GU gels. They will be in the gym at bib pickup.
HEADSETS, EARBUDS and HEADPHONES -- We strongly discourage wearing devices that interfere with hearing. There is traffic on the road and runners who will be passing you; all of your senses should be focused on your event.
Wear your race bib with chip on your front on the outside of your clothes to receive a time.
Washrooms: There are several washroom locations in the YMCA including the change rooms, main hallway and fitness centre. The GO Station on Hunter Street close to the start line also has large washrooms available.
Weather: The average temperature is around freezing. In 2018 it was sunny and +7C, in 2017 it was windy and -15C. Plan your run based on the weather of the day. We are fortunate that before and after the run we have use of the YMCA. Hamilton Weather
NOON: Runners and Walkers start on Hughson Street next to the YMCA. Walkers please start at the back of the pack. Our course has large sections of out and back, so please stay to the right to avoid issues. There are fast 10 mile runners who will be overtaking slower 4 mile runners and walkers in the last mile, so please stay to the right.
Notice: Race wear not picked up by the start of the race become Property of the Harriers.
12:20pm: First 4 mile finishers arrive on Hughson Street one block north of the Tim Hortons. The finish for 2019 is further north on Hughson due to the road closure for the construction. Getting to the finish, walk north on Hughson Street to King William Street. Come and cheer on the more than 800 participants as they cross the finish line, receive their snowman finishers medal and a fleece blanket to stay warm, then head back shower, refreshments and awards.
2:00pm: Race Awards in the Main Gymnasium where spectators are welcome. $3,000 in cash awards for overall winners, plus snowman belt buckles for age group winners.
2:30pm: Race Course Closes.
Post Race Social at the Pheasant Plucker and Augusta House Pubs. Bring your race number for a beer courtesy of Shawn and Ed Brewery. Walk through the GO Station then turn right at Augusta Street, the Pubs are across the road from each other.
3:00pm: Gym is closed and returns to YMCA use
Plan to run the Boxing Day One Century Run. You can sign up this year and get a free t-shirt now. $50.00 cash save the tax and online fees (shirt picture below). The 2020 inclusion will be a neck buff with 100 snowmen on it. You can also order a polar fleece pullover. We will have the fleece pullover samples on Boxing Day so that you can order the size you want. $40.00 cash save the tax and online fees. (pictures coming soon)
Gold finisher medal
10 mile, males under 60 minutes, females under 70 minutes
4 mile. males under 24 minutes, females under 28 minutes
White finisher medal All finishers
PARKING, Free Parking on Boxing Day is available on City Streets and at City Hall (one block west of the YMCA on Jackson Street). The lots across from the YMCA are pay lots. See the close map below. GO Transit: The Hamilton Station is next to the start line. See if you can save the drive.
Hamilton Runner's Den will be setting up to sell some merchandise in the gym. I am sure there will be some good Boxing Day deals.
Media Coverage: Get Out There Magazine, Michigan Runner and Trek and Run will all be doing race reviews of the run. Snapd Hamilton will be taking pictures. The Hamilton Spectator, CHCH television and Canadian Running Magazine have all been contacted to cover the run.
10:00am: Race Day Registration opens in the YMCA main gymnasium, race bib and race wear pickup opens for runners who registered in advance. You can register on Boxing Day $70.00 cash only (no baseball cap). Spectators are welcome in the gymnasium. Pets are not allowed in the YMCA or on the race course. Service animals are welcome and they should wear identification and must be leashed at all times. The Running Room is providing us with GU gels. They will be in the gym at bib pickup.
HEADSETS, EARBUDS and HEADPHONES -- We strongly discourage wearing devices that interfere with hearing. There is traffic on the road and runners who will be passing you; all of your senses should be focused on your event.
Wear your race bib with chip on your front on the outside of your clothes to receive a time.
Washrooms: There are several washroom locations in the YMCA including the change rooms, main hallway and fitness centre. The GO Station on Hunter Street close to the start line also has large washrooms available.
Weather: The average temperature is around freezing. In 2018 it was sunny and +7C, in 2017 it was windy and -15C. Plan your run based on the weather of the day. We are fortunate that before and after the run we have use of the YMCA. Hamilton Weather
NOON: Runners and Walkers start on Hughson Street next to the YMCA. Walkers please start at the back of the pack. Our course has large sections of out and back, so please stay to the right to avoid issues. There are fast 10 mile runners who will be overtaking slower 4 mile runners and walkers in the last mile, so please stay to the right.
Notice: Race wear not picked up by the start of the race become Property of the Harriers.
12:20pm: First 4 mile finishers arrive on Hughson Street one block north of the Tim Hortons. The finish for 2019 is further north on Hughson due to the road closure for the construction. Getting to the finish, walk north on Hughson Street to King William Street. Come and cheer on the more than 800 participants as they cross the finish line, receive their snowman finishers medal and a fleece blanket to stay warm, then head back shower, refreshments and awards.
2:00pm: Race Awards in the Main Gymnasium where spectators are welcome. $3,000 in cash awards for overall winners, plus snowman belt buckles for age group winners.
2:30pm: Race Course Closes.
Post Race Social at the Pheasant Plucker and Augusta House Pubs. Bring your race number for a beer courtesy of Shawn and Ed Brewery. Walk through the GO Station then turn right at Augusta Street, the Pubs are across the road from each other.
3:00pm: Gym is closed and returns to YMCA use
Plan to run the Boxing Day One Century Run. You can sign up this year and get a free t-shirt now. $50.00 cash save the tax and online fees (shirt picture below). The 2020 inclusion will be a neck buff with 100 snowmen on it. You can also order a polar fleece pullover. We will have the fleece pullover samples on Boxing Day so that you can order the size you want. $40.00 cash save the tax and online fees. (pictures coming soon)
Gold finisher medal
10 mile, males under 60 minutes, females under 70 minutes
4 mile. males under 24 minutes, females under 28 minutes
White finisher medal All finishers
All pre-entrants will receive an embroidered cotton baseball cap at bib pickup.
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Enter the 100th Boxing Day Run at the race and get a free shirt.
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Title sponsor of our event since 2012.