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Lace up for New Years Day Pitt Meadows Generation Run

The run takes place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, and is open to everyone who wants to participate
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Depending on the weather the Generation Run can see more than 100 participants, said Eric Muller, who organizes the run with his wife Lorie.

A run for the generations is taking place on New Years Day.

The Generation Run has been taking place for close to two decades and will be taking place again this year, starting and ending in Osprey Village. 

Eric Muller, who organizes the race with his wife Lorie, noted they called it the Generation Run to let people know it's inclusive of everybody.

"All Generations like little kids, parents, grandparents. We want to make sure people realize, it's not a race," he said. 

And, he added, you can bring your dog as well. 

Typically, depending on the weather, they get between 70 to more than 100 people participate. 

In previous years, said Muller, they have had well over 100 people, although, they don't keep an accurate count. 

The Mullers started the run because they wanted to raise money for Childhood Cancer Family Support, (CCFS),  formerly called British Columbia Childhood Cancer Parents’ Association. It is an organization that helps families who have children with cancer and who are struggling financially with financial assistance for day-to-day expenses. Money can be for cases where need is determined to be imminent, or on a confidential basis, where families can make decisions on what to put the money towards, allowing them to preserve their independence and dignity.

"It's just so stressful with the expenses of when a child is in cancer treatment that we wanted to do what we can," he said. 

There are no registration fees for the run. They will be collecting donations the day of the race. 

The run will be taking place at 10 a.m. at the south end of Barnston View Road, in Osprey Village, on Wednesday, Jan. 1. 

There is a two kilometre, five kilometre, and a 10 kilometre marked and measured route for people to choose from.

Starting at 9:30 a.m. participants can sign in and make a donation. 

The Mullers will be handing out running swag until they run out. 

"It's super casual. It's a low key event," Muller said. 

"We like to start the year doing something healthy," Muller said of his family.

"This is the neat thing. People that we don't know make it their annual family thing to start the new year. I think the key really is to do something that's healthy for you and you know is going to help families who are struggling."

For more about CCFS go to: https://ccfsupport.com/.

 

 

 



Colleen Flanagan

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