NOT a Boston Qualifier this year.

How hard is our course? Well to start, it's 42.2km, so pretty darn hard! If you really want to know exactly what to expect along our picturesque course, here are the details:

Full Marathon - 42.2km

NEW COURSE

Runners will turn right on 55th Street heading west and turn right on 45th Avenue and follow it to the 67th Street bridge ramp. Take the ramp up to 67th Street and take a right heading over the Red Deer River. Once over the bridge runners will take the ramp to the right and follow it to Riverside Drive. Cross over Riverside Drive and turn left on the North Bank Trail. Continue towards Three Mile Bend Park. Once at the park the trail turns into the Three Mile Bend Trail. Follow it and cross the footbridge and turn right and go through Discovery Canyon to Riverbend Drive. Shortly after passing the parking lot runners will make a left and head towards the Riverbend Loop then back to cross the footbridge. Follow the North Bank Trail all the way to 49th Ave bridge and follow it over the Red Deer River and loop to the South Bank Trail. Follow it east. Runners will cross 45th Ave just past the Waskasoo Boat Launch parking lot. Runners will then run on the trail beside 45th Ave and follow the trail towards the right side of Parkland Community Centre. A few hundred meters past runners will turn left towards Kerrywood Nature Reserve. Continue through the parking lot and head to Mackenzie Trails to the north loop and follow back towards 67th Street bridge. Runners will then take the ramp up to 67th Street then head right(west) over the Red Deer River then repeat the first loop until you get to the tee shortly past Parkland School. Follow the Waskasoo Trail which veers to the right towards Michener Hill (actually Ash Hill) and down 55th Street to the finish line!

Half Marathon - 21.1km

NEW COURSE

Runners will turn right on 55th Street heading west and turn right on 45th Avenue and follow it to the 67th Street bridge ramp. Take the ramp up to 67th Street and take a right heading over the Red Deer River. Once over the bridge runners will take the ramp to the right and follow it to Riverside Drive. Cross over Riverside Drive and turn left on the North Bank Trail. Continue towards Three Mile Bend Park. Once at the park the trail turns into the Three Mile Bend Trail. Follow it and cross the footbridge and turn right and go through Discovery Canyon to Riverbend Drive. Shortly after passing the parking lot runners will make a left and head towards the Riverbend Loop then back to cross the footbridge. Follow the North Bank Trail all the way to 49th Ave bridge and follow it over the Red Deer River and loop to the South Bank Trail. Follow it east. Runners will cross 45th Ave just past the Waskasoo Boat Launch parking lot. Runners will then run on the trail beside 45th Ave and follow the trail towards the right side of Parkland Community Centre. Follow the Waskasoo Trail which veers to the right towards Michener Hill (actually Ash Hill) and down 55th Street to the finish line!

10km

NEW COURSE

Runners will turn right on 55th Street heading west and turn right on 45th Avenue. They will follow this road towards Mackenzie Trails and loop around Mackenzie Ponds back towards 67th Street. Runners will then take the ramp up to 67th Street then head right(west) over the Red Deer River. Once over the bridge runners will take the ramp to the right and follow it to Riverside Drive. Runners will then cross the street and turn right. Follow Riverside Drive (North Bank Trail) all the way to 49th Ave bridge and follow it over the Red Deer River and loop to the South Bank Trail. Follow it east. Runners will cross 45th Ave just past the Waskasoo Boat Launch parking lot. Runners will then run on the trail beside 45th Ave and follow the trail towards the right side of Parkland Community Centre. Follow the Waskasoo Trail which veers to the right towards Michener Hill (actually Ash Hill) and down 55th Street to the finish line!