(Photos courtesy SaskCentral QCM Volunteers & Regina Leader-Post)
Please join us in a HUGE round of applause to ALL the local companies and community groups who volunteered their time and
energy to host aid stations at our 2009 event!
(Listed below in order of appearance and approximate course location).
First half of the course
Second half of the course
Following the race, participants vote online for their favourite aid stations on both the first half and second half of the course, and the top two aid station groups (on both the first and second half) receive prizes.
Congratulations to the winners of our 2009 Favourite Aid Station voting:
If your group or company is interested in hosting an aid station, please email us ASAP at runqcm@hotmail.com.
Where are the aid stations located? What do they provide?
There will be 14 separate aid station locations on the course. Aid stations are spaced approximately every 2 km to 3.5 km apart, and their locations are partially dictated by how best they can be integrated into their surrounding neighbourhoods. A few of those locations on the second half of the course are “out and back stations”, meaning you will run by them once going one way (out) and once going the other way (back).
A full marathoner will pass by an aid station 17 times. A half marathoner will pass by an aid station (let’s see…carry the one…divide by the square root…when in doubt “X” equal eight…) a half marathoner will run by an aid station 7 times. The Mini Marathon course has one aid station location.
Aid stations are located at approximately:
The aid stations serve Nimbus filtered water and Gatorade. Three aid stations (at approximately the 15.5km, 22km and 37km marks) will also offer PowerBar Gels and petroleum jelly. One of those things you eat and one of those you don't. We assume you'll figure it out.
Why do some aid stations offer Vaseline on sticks? Are you guys just kinky or am I supposed to eat that stuff?
Yes, hearing an aid station volunteer shouting “Vaseline!” can come as a shock to a first-time participant. Tongue depressors dipped in petroleum jelly are handed out at the several aid stations along the course. Runners put this Vaseline on their chest, their inner thighs and where their arms rub their sides. It’s done to prevent chafing. And because it just feels good. Hey, runners do strange things in public, what can we say?
I normally wear a "camelback" water container when I run. Will I be allowed to wear this during the race?
There is no problem with you wearing a "camelback" when you run. As long as you're not towing a wheeled water trailer behind you, you’re fine. Oh and please leave the actual camel at home.
If I carry my own water bottle during the race, can I get it refilled at the aid stations?
Of course you can. Just stop at any aid station and politely ask the aid station volunteers to refill your water bottles with Nimbus water or Gatorade. The volunteers who are actually handing out cups of water and Gatorade will likely be very busy, so it’s best to ask the volunteers doing the pouring right at the aid station tables. Please be patient, since their priority will naturally be on getting water and Gatorade out to the hundred and hundreds of participants who are gulping it by the cupful. “Please” and “thank you” go a long way.
I prefer to re-hydrate with my own special blend of replacement fluids. Can you pre-place my own special fluid bottles at each of the aid stations before the race and then just have the volunteers hand me my own special bottles when I pass by?
I am afraid not. If you wish to re-hydrate using your own unique fluid replacement, you are certainly most welcome to do so. However, it is your responsibility to arrange for your own support personnel to supply you along the course by bringing your special fluids to the aid station location and waiting for you. It is not the responsibility of the event volunteers.
Are there any “unofficial” refreshment stations on the course?
There is always the possibility that enthusiastic residents might set up their own “front yard aid stations”, offering food and fluids to participants. Enjoy this kind community support, but please exercise common sense about taking food and drink from strangers along the course.
The SaskCentral Queen City Marathon does not assume any responsibility for any consequences stemming from consuming food or liquids on the course. So, if you DO decide to take a big swig of whatever the crazy old guy in the bathrobe and bunny slippers is serving from his front porch, you do so at your own risk.
Then do me a big favour and tell my Dad to please go back in the house and put some clothes on…he’s embarrassing Mom.
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