Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rainforest Trail Run organizing commitee has cancelled this year's event, scheduled for September 27th 2020.
The 2021 Rainforest Trail Run is tentatively scheduled for September 26, 2021.
Thank you for your understanding, and please stay safe and healthy.
Sincerely,
-The Rainforest Trail Run Team
The 4th edition of the Rainforest Trail Run, is a 5 km fun run through the scenic trails of popular Central Park in Burnaby. It is set for September 24, 2023 on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish People, It was conceived by the Vancouver Sun Run founders as a way to help stimulate physical activity among people in local Indigenous communities.
All runners are encouraged to take part, but a special focus of the organizers, the Achilles International Track and Field Society, will be on training Indigenous coaches and leaders to promote participation, either through running or walking, within their communities.
The run’s location offers a somewhat unique setting, blending the well-preserved temperate rainforest ecosystem of the 90-hectare park with vistas of Burnaby’s ever rising cityscape. The start/finish inside Swangard Stadium will also feature an accompanying public event that will celebrate the heritage of Canada’s Indigenous culture.
"This event provides an opportunity for a greater understanding of our Indigenous culture through the sharing of art and music in a festival-like atmosphere,” - Marek Jedrzejek, president of the Achilles Society.