{"id":15983,"date":"2016-12-01T17:04:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T22:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=15983"},"modified":"2016-12-01T17:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T22:04:41","slug":"run-for-southlake-heads-north-to-newmarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/run-for-southlake-heads-north-to-newmarket\/","title":{"rendered":"Run for Southlake heads north to Newmarket"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been a long-standing Aurora tradition for over a decade, founded in honour of the late Aurora councillor Bob Hartwell, but now the annual Run for Southlake is moving to Newmarket.
\nThe Run, formally dubbed the Hartwell Challenge in memory of the avid runner who died doing what he loved to do best, will unfold next year on Davis Drive, giving Southlake Regional Health Centre \u2013 and its staff, patients and volunteers \u2013 a front row seat to the action.
\nAccording to Steve Hinder, a member of the Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation, there have recently been challenges in Aurora. Past events have taken place each spring at the Aurora Community Centre but made the move two years ago to the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex with the run taking place on Wellington Street East and north on Leslie Street.
\n\u201cWe have struggled with routes in Aurora because we have had to constantly change,\u201d says Mr. Hinder. \u201cNow, Leslie Street was going to be under construction for a period of time and now that [Davis Drive] construction is done\u2026we wanted there to be a permanent route.
\n\u201cOnce the hospital became the beneficiary of the run, which has been over the last eight or nine years, the long-term goal has always been to incorporate the hospital. We have tried all kinds of different options in terms of half-marathon, the 10K, and it and it has turned out that the 5K is, in fact, the most popular. The 5k is an event that not only allows families to participate \u2013 and it is a fundraiser we\u2019re providing for the hospital. To allow the participants to run in front of the hospital a couple of times and have patients out on the bridge over Davis Drive. The fact Davis Drive has been under construction for a number of years is the reason we didn\u2019t do it sooner.\u201d
\nLast year, the number of participants enrolled for the Run for Southlake was lower than at previous events, says Mr. Hinder. The weather worked against them, there was construction along the route, and there were other \u201cChallenges\u201d that had to be addressed.
\n\u201cIt was difficult for them to even get to the site,\u201d says Mr. Hinder. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t through lack of effort from any of the planning group or whatnot, it is because the community is changing \u2013 and Davis Drive is not changing. Once you do it once, you have a route established. If you look at any of the big races and runs anywhere else, they have the same route every year, people know what to expect, and it does help grow the event and increase the numbers. It is a fundraiser and that is the goal.\u201d
\nAs a colleague of Mr. Hartwell at Council, Mr. Hinder says Bob would be \u201cthrilled\u201d to see the event move to Southlake because it \u201cbenefits the greater population that supports the hospital and\u2026its patients on an ongoing sustainable basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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