Saturday 4 October · Harbor Point Park

Run the harbour. Fill a table.

A flat, fast 5K along the water — and every entry puts a week of meals on a neighbour’s table. Walk it, run it, or push a stroller the whole way.

Register for the race The route & the cause

Last year, together

1,430: Runners and walkers
$96K: Raised for the food bank
18,200: Meals funded
41: Company teams

It takes two minutes

How race day works

No timing chip to collect, no queue at 6am. Register, turn up, run.

Register online

Pick your race and your shirt size. You will get your bib number by email the week before.

Arrive by 7:30

Bag drop, coffee and a warm-up in the park. The 5K starts at 8:00, the family walk at 8:15.

Finish on the pier

Medal, pancakes and a live band. Stay for the 10am prizegiving if you can.

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Why we run

One in seven families in this city skips meals by the end of the month. The Harbor Food Bank feeds them — and does it on a shoestring, out of a warehouse two streets from the finish line.

Every entry to this race is a week of groceries for one family. Not a slice of a marketing budget, not an administrative fee. A week of dinners, bought locally, handed over by people your neighbours already know.

More about the food bank

Four ways to take part

Everyone finishes on the same pier.

5K timed

Chip-timed and certified flat. Course record is 14:52 — it has stood for three years.

5K fun run

Same route, no clock. Costumes strongly encouraged and frequently excellent.

1 mile family walk

Out to the lighthouse and back. Strollers, wheelchairs and slow dogs all welcome.

Virtual

Run it wherever you are that weekend and send us a photo. Shirt and medal posted to you.

From the start line

“I signed up to make up the numbers for my daughter’s school team and ended up doing it four years running. The pancakes are worth the 5K on their own.”

Marisol Reyes

Ran the 5K, 2022–2025

“We brought nine people from the office the first year and thirty-one last year. It is the only team-building thing anybody actually asks to do again.”

Daniel Okonjo

Northbeam Logistics

“A week of meals per runner is not a slogan. I pack those boxes on a Tuesday. You can see the race in our shelves for months.”

Grace Whitfield

Volunteer, Harbor Food Bank

Before you sign up

What does it cost? +

Thirty dollars for the 5K, fifteen for the family walk, and free for under-12s. All of it goes to the food bank — the race itself is covered by our sponsors.

Is the course really flat? +

Genuinely. It runs along the harbour wall and back, with one gentle rise onto the pier at the end. No steps, no trail, no surprises.

Can I walk the 5K? +

Yes, and hundreds do. The course stays open for two hours and the water station stays until the last person is through.

Can I bring my dog? +

On the family walk, yes, on a short lead. Not on the timed 5K, for everyone’s ankles.

What if it rains? +

We run. It is only cancelled for lightning or a harbour closure, and if that happens your entry rolls to the virtual race automatically.

Where does the money actually go? +

To the Harbor Food Bank, who publish what every race has raised and what it bought. Last year: $96,412, which is 18,200 meals.

Four weeks to race day

Registration closes when we hit 1,600 runners, and it has sold out three years running.

Sign up now