Ted's Run for Literacy

🏃‍♀️Tag your running buddy! 🏃‍♂️

💫The one who keeps you going when your legs say “stop.”
💫The one who never lets you skip race day.
💫The one who’s always down for “just one easy run” (that somehow turns into 10K 😅).

👇 Tag them below and let them know they’re your favorite pace partner!

Big thank you to David Thompson Home Selling System for supporting Ted’s Run for Literacy this year. The David Thompson Home Selling System is a trusted Winnipeg real estate team with nearly 40 years of experience, and a proud supporter of LiteracyWORKS—helping strengthen our community both on and off the course.

Visit them at www.davidthompson.net

Here’s the #1 mistake beginner runners make: starting too fast.

You feel great at the start line. The energy is high, everyone takes off, and so do you. Then 800 metres in, you’re gasping, your legs are done, and you’re wondering why running is so hard.

It’s not hard. You just started too fast.

The fix is called the talk test. Run at a pace where you can hold a full conversation. Slow enough to say a complete sentence without stopping for air. It’ll feel almost too easy at first.

That’s the pace that gets you to the finish line.

Ted’s Run has 2K, 5K, and 10K options this October 4, all beginner-friendly, all at Kildonan Park.

Register at tedsrunforliteracy.com. Link in bio.

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Some stories begin with a first step. Others begin before that.

For over 40 years, running has been more than a sport. It’s been a source of purpose, friendships, and unforgettable memories.

What’s your reason to run? 👟❤️

Join us, make new memories, and discover why every finish line is just the beginning.

Who doesn’t love post race cake?!?

Chocolate cake with vanilla icing 🍫🤍
or
Vanilla cake with chocolate icing 🤍🍫

Choose wisely… this says a lot about you 😏

Join us on October 4th and treat yo self!
Registration link in bio ☝️

Registration for Ted’s Run 2026 is open!! We’d love to see you at the start line. 🧡

Every year, hundreds of Winnipeggers gather at Kildonan Park for one of the most meaningful mornings of the fall. Some are chasing a personal best. Some are running their very first 2K. All of them show up for the same reason — because literacy changes lives, and Ted believed that with everything he had.

This October 4, we run again. Three distances. One incredible community. A cause that matters right here in Manitoba.

📍 Kildonan Park · Winnipeg
🗓 Sunday, October 4, 2026
🏃 2K · 5K · 10K

Visit tedsrunforliteracy.com for race day info, route maps, and to register. Link in bio.

Every race registration helps support Inspire | Hope | Lead | Mentor and Lit Works

Your participation does more than get you to the finish line. It helps provide students with the tools, support, and opportunities they need to succeed.

🏃A $20 donation can provide school supplies for a student for the year, reading and writing support for a day, or healthy snacks for an entire class for a week.

🏃A $50 donation can support a student’s literacy learning for a week, provide supplies for two students, or keep a classroom stocked with healthy snacks for a month.

🏃A $100 donation can fund a month of literacy support, provide supplies for five students, or add books and other learning resources to the classroom.

🏃A $500 donation can help support a student’s learning for six months, fund school supplies for 25 students, provide classroom technology support, enhance literacy programming, and make educational field trips possible.

🏃A $1,000 donation can support a student for an entire school year, help upgrade classroom technology, provide employability and computer literacy training, expand access to online learning tools, and support programs that benefit dozens of learners.

That’s the impact behind every registration.

That’s what your race fee helps make possible.

📍 Kildonan Park · tedsrunforliteracy.com

Registration link in bio ☝️

Meet Michael Michael Bennett 👋

He is TRL’s Race Director, and one of the people who makes sure race day actually happens.

Michael is a founding member of Ted’s Run for Literacy (the little race that could). Eighteen years ago he agreed to direct TRL for ONE year until a “real race director” could be found”.  Here he is, almost two decades later, still pretending to be a race director! Michael’s induction into the MRA Hall of Fame in 2018 was a humbling experience for which he is eternally grateful. Michael reminds us that “it’s a good day to be alive”.

We couldn’t do this without Michael!. October 4 is going to be a great day, in part because of people like him.

📍 Kildonan Park · tedsrunforliteracy.com

Registration link in bio ☝️

🚨 TEAM MODE IS BACK — with a twist! 🚨
This year, squad up! Bring a team of 10+ and everyone on your team scores an extra entry into our BIG prize draw 👀

More teammates = more entries = better odds. So who’s in your crew?

📋 More details dropping soon — stay tuned
🔞 Must be 18+ to enter the draw

Tag your team below and start planning your squad 👇

Registration link in bio
tedsrunforliteracy.com/register/

Some of us run for clarity. Some run for the people we miss. Some run because the kid we used to be needed someone to keep going.

Why do you run? 👇

We’ll share favorites later this month — anonymous if you want.