Run for Your Life 5k & Kid's Run/Walk

VIRTUAL Run for Your Life: Race Day Details 
Run, Walk, or Roll: Anytime between Oct. 22-28

​Thank you for supporting the Help Center’s 9th Annual Run For Your Life and participating in our Virtual event! We appreciate your support in coming together, from near and far, for the Help Center and suicide prevention. The Help Center, serving 13 counties in Southwest Montana, has been in Bozeman serving our area for over 51 years, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Available 24/7 by calling (406) 586-3333. 

Please read the following details thoroughly:

Packet Pick-Up:

• If you DID NOT choose to have your race shirt shipped, please plan to pick up your race gear on Friday, Oct. 27th from 11a-6:30pm at The Springs (2632 Catron St.).
• ALL Packet Pick-Up details can be found HERE.

Packet Shipping

• If you chose the shipping option during check-out, you will receive your shirts/capes and any merchandise you purchased. This year, we will be mailing these out AFTER the 28th. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Date

• Run, walk or roll Run for Your Life ANYTIME between Oct. 22-28. You choose the distance, when, and where!

Course

• You pick your course where you are! If you are in the Bozeman/Belgrade area, here are some ideas:
  • MSU Stadium/Southside (similar to our in-person route): 5k or 1k
  • In-Person 5k Route: You can do our race route on your own, just do not complete on Oct. 28th between 7am-1pm when the in-person event is happening. 5k and Kid's Run routes.
  • Bozeman Public Library: 5k or 1k
  • Gallatin County Regional Park: 5k or 1k
  • Belgrade: 5k or 1k
• You can also complete from a treadmill, bike, or any way that gets you moving!

Virtual Participant Prizes

• We have some great prizes JUST for our Virtual Participants!
• Ways to Win:
  • Submit your time:  Anyone who submits their time online will be entered into a raffle to win a gift card. See below how to submit time.
  • Share a photo:
    • You can enter in one of 2 ways. Submit no later than 5pm on Oct. 28th ​
      • Post on social media: Post on Instagram -OR- Facebook and use #run4yourlifemt and/or tag the Help Center @bozemanhelpcenter.
        IMPORTANT: Be sure your settings are set to public so that we can search for your photos AND be able to message you after the race if you won.​
        ​​​​-OR-
      • Email a photo along with your first and last name to r4yl@bozemanhelpcenter.org

Submit your Results

1. Submit your time or that you completed the event anytime before Oct. 28th at 5pm. 
2. Go to our RunSignUp Results Page & choose “Submit Virtual Results" button
3. Lookup your registration with your name OR email/DOB
4. Choose "Submit Virtual Results" under the event
5. If you are not signed in, it will ask to validate by email or last 4 digits of your phone. NOTE: It will not send you an email or text, only used to verify
6. Enter your time or select "I finished, but did not time my run". You can also upload GPX, FIT or TCX files
    

In Honor Of Bibs

• If you are running/walking in honor of someone, you can email us at r4yl@bozemanhelpcenter.org and we will email you some bibs you can print at home.
• We will also have Running in Honor of buttons and bibs at packet pick up.

Share Your Experience

• Since we won't see you in person, we would love to have you share your Run for Your Life experience!
• Social Media: Share on social and use #run4yourlifemt and/or tag us @bozemanhelpcenter. (IMPORTANT: Be sure your settings are set to public if you want us to see it).
• Follow the Help Center to see what fellow virtual participants are sharing and see photos from our in-person event! Instagram & Facebook
• Run Site: ​Submit a photo on the Run for Your Life website. You can also upload after you submit your run/walk results.
• Please note that by sharing your photo you are giving us permission to re-share and use in future marketing.

Questions? Email us at r4yl@bozemanhelpcenter.org. This is the best way to reach us and we strive to answer within 8 hours. Please DO NOT call the Help Center, in order to keep the crisis lines open.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!