7000 cross the Around the Bay finish line road race Sunday

By Staff

March 31^st, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

About 7,000 runners crossed the finish line in Hamilton’s annual Around the Bay road race Sunday.  They ran in four events — 30 km, 15 km, 10 km and five km — along a new route that started and ended at Liuna Station on James Street N.

There were different starting points for some of the races.

Race director Anna Lewis said she felt “a sense of gratitude to the participants for showing up on a rainy day,” and to the organizers and roughly 500 volunteers who made the event possible.

It was wet and cold

Hamilton Harbour is circled by the runners.

Hamilton experienced rain and near-zero temperatures Sunday morning, but in much of southern Ontario, freezing rain caused power outages and dangerous driving conditions.

About 10,000 people registered to run, but Lewis told CBC Hamilton some decided not to attend because of the ice storm. “Weather always plays a role in turnout,” said Race director Anna Lewis     .

This year’s 30-km race took runners north from Liuna Station to loop around Hamilton Harbour. At the 26-km mark runners went through Dundurn Castle and back to Liuna Station. Participants in the 10-km and 15-km routes ran along the same route but took shuttle buses to different starting lines.

Full race result can be found HERE