KRRA
about us
What is the KRRA?
Kingston Road Runners Association
The Heart of Kingston’s Running Community
The Kingston Road Runners Association (KRRA) is the original running club in the Kingston area, continually active since 1981. It has a constitution, elected board of directors and an active membership base. All our activities are managed by volunteers, both runners and non-runners.
KRRA’s main objective is to “encourage, foster, assist and promote middle and long distance running as a competitive and recreational sport, and as an activity which facilitates fun, fitness, and health”. One of our challenges is that unlike other sports such as soccer or hockey, we don’t have an easily identifiable home base which can facilitate relationships. Running is essentially an individual sport – you have to manage your individual schedule to put in the kilometers. It also has a social side – time a time to be with others to enjoy a run, a race, and catch up on news, maintaining connections through the adventures and changes in life. KRRA works hard to help with those connections, by providing information through our website and various web-based tools, like the messageboard, social media, and online race results. We hope to keep you up to date on upcoming workouts, training groups and long Sunday runs, as well as our races and other races. We believe that through running, both individually and with others, we help create a happier and healthier community.
KRRA co-ordinates a series of road and trail races each calendar year. KRRA members as of July 1 are eligible for series awards, recognized at the KRRA Annual General Meeting, which is held at the conclusion of the series in late November. A full description of the series is available here.
All KRRA events provide awards to the fastest three men and women as well as medals for top three male and female finishers in each age category. The age categories are: 19 and under; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69 and 70 plus.
The KRRA sponsors the following annual events:
- Resolution Run – 8 km race held on the Sunday closest to New Year’s Day
- Twosome Run – 5 km race held in mid February
- Limestone Race Weekend Half Marathon and 5 km Race – late April/early May
- Howe Island Hustle 8km – mid May
- Limestone Mile – Canada Day, July 1st
- Fort Henry 5KXC (trail run) – mid/late September.
- Anniversary Run 10km – first Sunday in November.
In addition, there are other externally-organized events in the Race Series, including:
- Napanee Heritage Classic 5k – mid May
- Wolfe Island Classic 5k & 10k – early July
- Wooly Bully 5k & 10k (Amherst Island) – third Sunday in August
- Glen Tay Race 15.7k (Perth ON) – late August
The KRRA also helps to sponsor other causes in the Kingston area. For full details, see our Who We Support page. We welcome members to the KRRA and this is a great bargain for both individuals and families. For details on how to join the KRRA, click here.
Introducing the KRRA Board:
The Constitution provides for up to sixteen members on the Board. There are three Executive positions, as well as special roles such as Webmaster and Archivist.
Our 2023 Board of Directors is:
- PJ Marshall – Meeting Chair, Member-at-large
- open position – President
- open position – Secretary
- Paul Cehan – Treasurer
- Al Cantlay – Coach, board member
- John Sadler – Statistician, Twosome Run race director
- Sarah McCarthy – Member-at-large
- Christina Cantlay – Membership
- Janet Shepherd – Member-at-large
- Joe Duvall – Member-at-large, Limestone Race Weekend race director
- Andrea Seaby – Anniversary Run race director
- Tara Burggraf – Member-at-large
- Robby Breadner – Marketing, Communications
- Peter Coughlin – archivist
- Peter Ellis – website content
If you would like to read meeting minutes from any of the 10 board meetings each year, please contact our Secretary.
Finally, if you would like to volunteer with the KRRA, please get in touch with our Volunteer Coordinator – we will be glad to hear from you.
