Register & Confirm
Register for 2020 — 100 Super Saver Discount spaces!
- Online Registration and Confirmation
- Entry Fees
- In Person Registration
- Packet Pickup & Late Registration
- Entry Policies, Transfers & Deferrals
- Souvenir Apparel & Medal Inserts
- Elite Hosting
- Where Do Your Fees Go?
- Food Bank Donations
Online Registration and Confirmation
Use promo code SUPERSAVER to get $25 Super Saver Rate!
Registration limited to 700 people, including all relay members.
Looking for the Volunteer sign-up? click here
Know someone who doesn't have online access at home? Tell them to drop by PaceSetter Athletic, or BMO Gibsons or Sechelt branch and they'll be happy to help them get signed up!
Entry Fees 2020
$2 discount for age 60+ or 19&U (age on race day).
BC Athletics members get a $3 discount (athlete memberships).
Half Marathon (Individual & Group Challenge)
- $25 Super Saver!! First 100 online by Dec 31
- $35 online by Dec 31
- $40 online Jan 1–Feb 29
- $45 online Mar 1–22
- $50 Mar 23–Apr 5
Relays: price per person
- $20 online by Dec 31
- $25 online Jan 1–Feb 29
- $30 online Mar 1–22
- $35 Mar 23–Apr 5
Souvenir shirt is an optional extra when registering ($20). We don't force one on you.
Personalized Finisher Medal Insert is another optional extra for $7.50.
Offline Registration
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Drop-Off — until 6pm Wed April 1. Drop off completed entry form with payment, payable to April Fool's Run, to:
- PaceSetter Athletic, 103 – 622 Hough Rd, Gibsons (Holy Crap building) / 604-886-0083
In Person Late Registration — Thu Apr 2, Sat/Sun Apr 4–5. See Package Pickup for times and locations.
Offline Entry Fees
- Individual (including Group Challenge members) — $38 by Dec 31, $43 by Feb 29, $48 by Mar 22, $50 Mar 23 to Apr 5.
- Relay (per person) — $23 by Dec 31, $28 by Feb 29, $33 by Mar 22, $35 Mar 23 to Apr 5.
BCA Athlete Members deduct $3 each.
$2 discount for race day age 60+ or 19&U (Individual & Group Challenge).
Entry Policies
- Only those officially registered may participate. Don't be a 'turkey'! You could cause errors in the recording of times and positions of those legitimately entered, and you won't be covered by event insurance.
- Do not allow another runner to use your number. A person running in your place who is of a different gender or a different age group can lead to errors in the results, and deny legitimate winners of their prizes. Also, in the event of an accident or medical condition, wrong information may have serious consequences. Use our official procedure (see below) to transfer your entry to another runner.
- Do not switch from the half to a relay or vice versa without officially requesting the change from us.
- Age Limit: 13 and older for the regular start half marathon; 8 and older for the early start half marathon (walking). No age limit for relays. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Article on children and distance running
Return & Substitution Policy
Entries are NON-REFUNDABLE.
If you have registered but cannot participate in the event due to injury or illness*, you have 2 options while online registration is still open (no transfers or deferrals after online registration is closed):
You can transfer your entry to another person for a charge of $10, up to February 29. From March 1 to April 3, the charge is $15**. If you volunteer for at least 1 hour at the Fool's Run in the current year, the charge is waived.
**RELAY TEAMS may substitute up to half the team free of charge. You must officially notify us of the changes, including the substitute's full name, email address, phone, gender, DOB, address, city, and medical information.
- You can defer your entry to the following year for a charge of $10, up to February 29. You will still be able to pick up any souvenir garments ordered. From March 1 to April 3, the charge is $15. If you volunteer for at least 1 hour at the Fool's Run in the current year, the charge is waived.
Only one of the above options may be used, and only ONCE per entry.
*You must show us a physio's or doctor's note proving that you are unable to participate due to injury or illness. A date-stamped photo of you in a body cast will also work. Other situations, such as an unexpected vacation, being invited to your cousin's wedding, attending a funeral (unless it's your own), moving, work, pregnancy, or winning tickets to see Lady Gaga on race weekend, will not be accepted as reasons for transfer or deferral. Don't even ask!
If you deferred your entry in 2019 and are wanting to sign up for 2020, please email for instructions.
Elite Hosting
Requests for complimentary entries for elite runners will be handled on a case-by-case basis. We will consider those who have run a half-marathon in the last 18 months under 1:12 (men) or under 1:23 (women), past top 3 winners and top 1 masters, as well as masters with half-marathon age-graded results of 85% or higher in the past 12 months.
Please email us no later than March 25, 2020, at with your name, age, gender, personal best performances, and recent 10k, Half marathon and marathon performances, plus all other mandatory fields as seen on the entry form. Note: we offer complimentary entries only; no other expenses can be covered (go for the prize money!). Billeting may be available. Serious enquiries only please. We will not respond to foreign athletes who request an invitation for the purpose of obtaining a visa.
Where Do Your Fees Go?
Only items that actually cost money are included here—a number of other services and items are provided by in-kind sponsorship.
Runner Services: School bus rental, water cups, Port-a-potty rental, safety pins for bib numbers, DJ, race announcer, truck rental, park rental and electricity use fees, community centre room rental fees, Mission Point House rental, medical attendant expenses, sound system at start line.
Online registration: processing surcharge paid to registration company is included in entry fees. Amount depends on total paid.
Timing and Results: Approximately $3 per person for chip timing and results.
Awards: Custom Finisher's medals with ribbons, approx $5.50 each; cash prizes totalling $1650, age group awards.
Marketing materials: Rack cards, posters, online, radio and print advertising.
Insurance and sanctioning: Through BC Athletics, sanctioning fee plus approx. $1.85 per person for non-BCA members.
Course Markers: materials to replace missing or damaged plywood signs or cones; new visi-vests as needed; materials to create our own supply of stop/slow paddles for marshals.
Miscellaneous expenses: ferry fares, envelopes and labels for race kits, postage, printer ink and paper, vehicle fuel, signage, folding tables for water stations & finish area (replacements and additions).
Website: Domain name registration and web hosting fees.
Charity donation: Any net proceeds to Mission Point Park improvements and/or local high school track & field and XC teams. This is separate from participant donations made specifically to the Food Bank.
