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Limestone Race Weekend

Date/Time

Date(s) - Saturday, April 26, 2025 - Sunday, April 27, 2025
All Day


The Kingston Road Runners Association invites you to beautiful Downtown Kingston for the city’s largest annual running event. Choose from the 5K, Waterfront 10K or the Historic Half Marathon race. There’s even a 2K Tom Compton Memorial Run for kids.  It’s the original, all-volunteer community event.

Register by April 9th for shirts (5K, 10K & Half) & medal (Half).
Online registration will close at 11:59 April 24th. Late registrations will be accepted at race kit pickup, location at Runners’ Choice on Friday, April 26th.

Absolutely NO race day registrations.

KRRA supports many local charities.  Proceeds from the Limestone Race Weekend will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club South East and Start2Finish Running and Reading Program.

If you would like to volunteer for Limestone Race Weekend, CLICK HERE, register and then select the day and function you wish to volunteer for.

Event Details

Please note that race kit pickup, race sites and routes are subject to change.  Please check this site regularly, after February 25, 2025 for event updates.

Races will take place on the weekend of April 26/27th, 2025. The Waterfront 10K and the Tom Compton Memorial Run (2K) for kids will take place on Saturday, April 26th. The 5K & Historic Half Marathon will be on Sunday, April 27th.

Saturday, April 26th

2pm-5pm at MacDonald Park (9 King St E)
MacDonald Park is the start/finish location for the Tom Compton 2K and Waterfront 10K

Sunday, April 27th – Confederation Park (Ontario St. & Market St.), across from Kingston City Hall
9:30 am   – Historic Half Marathon
10:00 am – 5K

Please Note

Obtaining approval on permits, from different agencies, are required to host an in-person running event. This event will not be issuing refunds or deferrals of any kind. Many of the costs of putting on a race are incurred well before the event. Registration fees directly cover these costs. We appreciate your understanding of why we are not able to accommodate refunds and appreciate your support.

Registration

Registration opens January 1st, 2025.

Register Here

Please NOTE: There are no refunds provided for these events.

Awards & Prizes

Age Categories – 5K, 10K & Half marathon

5K

  • 14 and under
  • 15-19 Years
  • 20-29 Years
  • 30-39 Years
  • 40-49 Years
  • 50-59 Years
  • 60-69 Years
  • 70-79 Years
  • 80 Plus

10K

  • 14-19 Years
  • 20-29
  • 30-39
  • 40-49
  • 50-59
  • 60-69
  • 70-79
  • 80+

Half Marathon

  • 16-19 Years
  • 20-29
  • 30-39
  • 40-49
  • 50-59
  • 60-69
  • 70-79
  • 80+

Finishers in the half marathon are also awarded our uniquely designed Limestone Race Weekend medal.

Cash Prizes:

Male and female, 5K, 10K, Half Marathon

5K

  • 1st – $150
  • 2nd – $100
  • 3rd – $ 50

10K

  • 1st – $200
  • 2nd – $150
  • 3rd – $100

Half Marathon

  • 1st – $300
  • 2nd – $200
  • 3rd -$100

$500 for breaking the male or female Half Marathon course record

Men – Blair Morgan (2024) – 1:07:35; Women – Branna MacDougall (2022) 1:13:36

Pace Leaders Wanted

We are recruiting  Awesome Pacers for Limestone Race Weekend for 10k and half marathon.  Are you interested? We will put you at a pace that is comfortable, so you can help others to their race goals and have a lot of fun doing it.  Spots range from 45 to 65 in 10k and from 1:40 to 2:30 in the half.  Contact us at kingstonpacer@gmail.com

Race Kit Pick Up

Friday April 25th 4pm-7pm at Runners’ Choice (56 Brock St.)

Saturday April 26th
2pm-5pm at MacDonald Park (9 King St E)
MacDonald Park is the start/finish location for the Tom Compton 2K and Waterfront 10K

Sunday April 27th
8:30am-9:30am at Confederation Park (Ontario St. & Market St.)
Confederation Park is the start/finish location for the 5K and Historic Half Marathon

Race Results

There will be race day timing with a chip time start and finish process.  Race results will be posted at the event on race day & will be added to this page after each day’s races.  Timing is via the KRRA’s newly acquired RACE RESULT timing system and software and our timing team.

Contacts

For More Information please email the organizer:
Joe Du Vall
lrwrd@gmail.com

Volunteer

Be part of the team to make this event a splash: set-up crew, course marshals, kit distribution, medal handouts, water & food wranglers, pace bunnies. We need you. Click here to sign up.

About Our Races

Tommy Compton Memorial Run

This is a 2K distance, fun run for kids ages 5-12 years old. It is an out-and-back course along Kingston’s waterfront path, beginning and ending at MacDonald Park. 

Tom Compton was an active runner and biker who worked in the elementary education system. His focus was to help students achieve their goals, not only in the classroom, but also in sports and physical activities.  We are proud to host this event, with the support of his family, in his honour.

Waterfront 10K

This is an out-and-back along Kingston’s waterfront beginning and ending at Macdonald Park.

Historic Half Marathon and 5K

Over the course of these two events, participants pass along many of Kingston’s Historic sites while also taking in the natural beauty of the city’s incredible waterfront on Lake Ontario. This is the same course as 2022. The Historic Half and 5K are both out-and-backs.

Aid Stations

There are 3 water stations for the half marathon that are on the out and back course (go past each one twice).
1. Portsmouth Olympic Harbour- 4K
2. Lake Ontario Park- 6K
3. Harold Harvey Arena- 9K

ONLY water is available at these stations.

Porta Potties will be available as well at the 6K water station as you exit Lake Ontario Park.

Community Supporters

The KRRA wishes to acknowledge our community supporters who make this event possible.

  • City of Kingston
  • Community Police Volunteers of Kingston


Traditional Road Race Location

City Hall, 216 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ont.

Record Holders and Past Results

  • Half Marathon Course Record Holders: Male Blair Morgan (2024) – 1:07:35, Female Branna MacDougall 1:13:36.58 (2022)
  • 10K Course Record Holders: Male Roman Mironov 31:41.04 (2022), Female Emily Chilton 38:15 (2024)
  • 5K Course Record Holders: Male Dylan Wykes 14:37 (2007), Female Courtney Babcock 16:26 (2006)

Check out the results from previous Limestone Race Weekends.



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