Run for Recovery - Find Your Anchor

Onoway, Canada • 28 Aug 2025

Run For Recovery – Find Your Anchor is a timed trail race held at Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area near Onoway, Alberta. It offers 12K, 6K, 3K trail runs/walks, plus a 1.2K Kids Fun Run and a Virtual option. The event is described as organized and family-friendly, open to runners and walkers of all abilities.

The 12K course blends technical single-track with rolling Nordic trails and about 350 m of elevation; 6K is 100% rolling Nordic; 3K is flat on double-wide trails; the Kids Run is flat and treed. All registrations include an event-branded trucker hat. Proceeds benefit Our House Addiction Recovery Centre and McDougall House, with 100% of fundraising donations going to those organizations. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Race information

12 km
350 m+
12k Trail Run
6 km
6k Trail Run/walk
3k Trail Run/walk
1.2k Kid's Fun Run
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
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