VIRTUAL Run for Your Life: Race Day Details 

​Thank you for supporting the Help Center’s 6th annual VIRTUAL Run For Your Life. While this year looks a little different, we are still coming together to support the Help Center and suicide prevention. The Help Center, serving 13 counties in Southwest Montana, has been in Bozeman since 1971. Available 24/7 by calling (406) 586-3333. 

Please read through thoroughly:

Packet Pick-Up

• Drive-through packet pick-up will be on Friday, Oct. 30th, from 10a-6p at The Springs at Bozeman (2632 Catron St., behind Target). Please enter parking lot from the Catron St. entrance, and drive up towards the overhang where volunteers will greet you. Exit through the parking lot towards 27th St. 
• You will get all your race swag (shirt-for those that registered by 10/15-, capes and treats for the kids, running in honor of buttons, $5 Lot G coupons, and bib pins) all while staying in your vehicle! We will have a limited number of extra race and running in honor of bibs. See below how to print at home.
• We will just need the names of those registered when you check in. You can pick-up for others if you wish.
• All volunteers will be wearing masks and gloves (when possible).
• If you chose the shipping option during check-out, you will receive your shirts/capes after the 31st, we apologize for the inconvenience.

Race Date

• Our race date is Saturday, Oct. 31st. Let's run/walk (virtually) together ON HALLOWEEN to support suicide prevention and the Help Center.  You pick the time!
• Can't do it on the 31st? Run/walk anytime between now and the 31st if you choose and submit your time (see instructions below).

Course

• You pick your course this year! Here are some ideas:
  • MSU Stadium/Southside (similar to our in-person route): 5k or 1k
  • Bozeman Public Library: 5k or 1k
  • Gallatin County Regional Park: 5k or 1k
  • Belgrade: 5k or 1k
• You can also create an inspirational word or someone's name on your own or with a group. Learn more about how to create and how to win a prize!
• You can also complete from a treadmill, bike, or any way that gets you moving!

Costume Contest & Prizes

• ​We will be hosting our popular Costume Contest online this year. We also have two NEW ways to win prizes, including Running in Honor of photos and Inspirational Course photos
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Trunk or Treat

• Because we appreciate you so much, we are hosting an EXCLUSIVE drive-through Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 31st from 11 am-1 pm at the Billion Auto lot (corner of Huffine & Cottonwood) for our participants. Pack up the kids (young or old) in their costumes and stop by for some candy and healthy treats (pre-packaged), all from the comfort of your car.
• All volunteers will be wearing masks and gloves.

Submit your time

• Anyone who submits their time online anytime before 4pm on the 31st, will be entered into a drawing!
• Instructions to log:
  ​CLICK HERE FOR SCREENSHOTS

1. Go to RunSignUp Results Page & choose “Submit Virtual Results" button
2. Lookup your registration with your name OR email/DOB
3. Choose "Submit Virtual Results" under the event (5k or 1k)
4. 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
5. Enter your time. You can also upload GPX, FIT or TCX files

• SHORTCUT if you know your login:
  1. Log In
  2. Choose Profile in upper right (either a picture or gray person)
  3. Find Run for Your Life and choose "Submit Virtual Results" 

Run/Walk Bibs

• You can print your bibs at home this year! This was included in your confirmation email. You can also find by logging into your RunSignUp account.  
  1. Log In 
  2. Choose Profile in upper right (either your picture or gray person)
  3. Find Run for Your Life and choose "View Digital Bib" 
• We will have bib pins at packet pick-up
• We will have a limited number of extra bibs at packet pick up.

In Honor Of Bibs

• If you are running/walking in honor of someone, you can PRINT THESE BIBS AT HOME.
• We will have a limited number of extra bibs at packet pick up.
• You can be entered to win a $200 gift card to a local tattoo shop when you share your experience of running/walking in honor of someone! LEARN MORE>

Share Your Experience

• Since we cannot gather in person, please help us create community and share your experience online!
• Follow us to see what people are sharing! Instagram & Facebook 
• To be considered for prizes, please view this page to learn more and how to submit  
• Social Media: Share on social and use #run4yourlifemt and/or tag us @bozemanhelpcenter
• Run Site: ​Submit a photo on the Run for Your Life website. You can also upload after you submit your run/walk results. 

Join our Online Community

• Since we cannot be together to experience the energy of Run for Your Life, join our Facebook Group to connect with other participants. This is where we will be posting a lot of encouragement, sharing race-day photos, costume contest submissions and winners. 

Safety

• We have switched to a virtual event this year for the safety of our community. We are sad to not gather in person and understand if you are sharing in this sadness. However, we need your help to keep it safe!
• Please follow the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) guidance on the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, including, but not limited to, social distancing and wearing masks when unable to socially distance while participating in any Run for Your Life activities.
• Follow all local and state guidance put in place in the location you will be participating in.
• If you participate, please know Run for Your Life organizers will not be providing any support or security measures where you are participating. Follow all pedestrian safety ordinances and follow the rules of the road.
• For our drive-through events (packet pick-up and Trunk or Treat), all volunteers will be wearing masks, gloves when possible, and sanitizing.

Volunteers & Sponsors

• Run for Your Life is made up of a mostly volunteer planning committee in addition to volunteers that help with packet pick-up and Trunk or Treat. Please thank them when you see them!
• Please thank and support our amazing SPONSORS who have made this event possible, in a very difficult year.

Enjoy a playlist made JUST for you!

• Party People Events has been providing great tunes and sound at our in-person event for many years. Since they can't join us in person, they have made this great Run for Your Life Playlist! 

Questions?

• Email us. We will be checking email frequently on packet pick-up and race day. This is the best way to reach us immediately. Please DO NOT call the Help Center, in order to keep the crisis lines open.