Registration for the 5th annual Fogo Island race weekend is opening up this week.
Julie Dwyer is one of the volunteer committee members and says this past year the race was renamed the Jeff Penton Memorial in honour of a well-known runner and community member who lost his battle with cancer.
She says last year after the race they did a presentation and donated a portion of the money towards cancer research.
The race weekend is completely volunteer coordinated and returns profits back into the community through fire departments, school teams, church groups and more.
The race is happening on August 22, 2020 and is comprised of 42.2 km marathon, a half marathon, a 10 km race and a free children’s race.
Registration officially opens on Wednesday, February 12th.