[Triumf-running] lunch runs and a couple upcoming races

Fri Jul 4 09:42:32 PDT 2025

Hi Everyone,

With the great weather, it would be fun to get 
some group lunch runs going. I plan to organize a 
few myself, and I encourage others to do so as 
well. Typically we leave from outside the badge 
room at noon and return by 12:45pm. Once I get my 
act together, I'll announce runs via this list.

I'd also like to mention a couple of upcoming race 
events.

Next weekend is the Pride Run in Stanley Park, 
with 5k and 10k options. It's a great event and 
there is a TRIUMF team (and discount) to join. 
I've copied the relevant details for how to sign 
up below.

And in the evening of Friday, August 8, the 
Vancouver Falcons (of which I'm a member) are 
organizing a track meet at UBC. There are 400m, 
800m, mile, 3000m and kids' options. The event is 
meant to be very accessible - you don't need to 
have any experience on the track, regular running 
shoes are allowed, and we typically have 
participants spanning a very broad range of ages 
and paces.

Cheers,

David

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As you know, June is Pride Month! Want to know an 
easy way to participate? Join the TRIUMF Pride Run 
team, and/or donate to the TRIUMF team! The run is 
open to everyone, and can be done as a 5 km run or 
walk, or a 10 km run. Please see below for more 
specific information from the original 
announcement email, and contact Ben Davis-Purcell 
(bdavispurcell at triumf.ca 
<mailto:bdavispurcell at triumf.ca>) to register. 
Registration remains open until the week of the 
run (July 9 deadline). As a reminder, TRIUMF staff 
and students will receive $15 off their 
registration if they register through Ben thanks 
to funding from the TRIUMF Recreation Club and the 
TRIUMF Student and Education fund. Our team is 
currently an impressive 20 members and counting!

If you are unable to participate, please consider 
making a donation to the team – all fundraising 
directly benefits 1 of 4 awesome Vancouver 
Pride-related organizations. Our team has 
currently raised almost $500, and we have just 
under a month to reach our goal of $1000! To 
donate, simply follow this 
link:https://raceroster.com/events/2025/101202/vancouver-pride-run-and-walk-2025/pledge/team/810728 
<https://raceroster.com/events/2025/101202/vancouver-pride-run-and-walk-2025/pledge/team/810728>.

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TheVancouver Pride Run & Walk 
<https://raceroster.com/events/2025/101202/vancouver-pride-run-and-walk-2025>is 
back for another year, and for the second year in 
a row, we are organizing a TRIUMF team!*ThePride 
Run isa 10 km or 5 kmrunor walk around the Stanley 
Park seawall, taking place the morning of Sunday, 
July 13 (8 am).*It is a fun, officially timed race 
for those interested in something similar to the 
Sun Run, but in a much less crowded, more relaxed 
environment. It is also very welcoming to anyone 
wanting to join for the community aspect more than 
the race, as it is as much a celebration and fun 
morning as it is a race.

In order to encourage TRIUMF Staff and Students to 
sign up and join the team, we are very happy to be 
supported by both the TRIUMF Recreation Club and 
the TRIUMF Student and Education team.*The TRIUMF 
Recreation club is providing $15 off the race 
registration fee to the first 10 TRIUMF Staff 
members who register. The Student and Education 
fund is providing $15 off to all TRIUMF students 
and postdocs, including co-op students.*The 
reduced registration cost including fees is $32.18.

*In order to receive this reduced cost, please 
email or send a Teams message to the race team 
organizer, Ben Davis-Purcell 
(bdavispurcell at triumf.ca 
<mailto:bdavispurcell at triumf.ca>) as soon as you 
can confirm your participation*. He will then 
confirm that you plan on registering and will send 
you the discount code to use when you register and 
the very simple registration instructions. Please 
follow up with Ben if you have any questions 
related to this or the run in general.

ThePrideRunis a volunteer-runcharity event, 
raising money for four greatPride-related 
organizations:ARC Foundation 
<https://www.arcfoundation.ca/>,Out 
In Schools 
<https://outonscreen.com/out-in-schools/>,Rainbow 
Refugee 
<https://www.rainbowrefugee.com/>, 
andRoss Aoki House 
<https://atira.bc.ca/>. 
TRIUMF team members are encouraged to donate to 
one of these charities, if able to do so, and to 
fundraise as well! Last year, the TRIUMF team had 
16 members and raised over $600 for charity. Let’s 
try to beat both of those numbers this year! If 
you are unable to join for therunbut would still 
like to support the team and these organizations, 
you can donate simply by following this 
link:https://raceroster.com/events/2025/101202/vancouver-pride-run-and-walk-2025/teams 
<https://raceroster.com/events/2025/101202/vancouver-pride-run-and-walk-2025/teams>, 
searching for the “TRIUMF” team and clicking 
“Donate” in the TRIUMF team row.

More details about team planning will be shared 
closer to the event. We hope to see you in Stanley 
Park in July!

-- 
David Morrissey
Theory Group
TRIUMF
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3
Canada
604-222-7697
dmorri at triumf.ca
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