Date Set for Annual Walter’s Run in West Roxbury

Registration is now open for the annual Walter’s Run, which is held every December in West Roxbury.

The race was renamed in 2004 in memory of  well-known Parkway Running Club member Walter Burgess, who assed away suddenly in November 2003 at the age of 40, shortly after having completed the Great Floridian Ironman Triathlon.

The race was originally known as the Santa Scamper 5k and began in  1994.  Some runners wear elf hats, others Christmas suits while others bundle up in winter gear, and some wear just shorts and a T-shirt.  Just like the outfits, the weather can vary too.  In 2010 it rained, and in 2011 it snowed.  Anything is expected. 

Registration can be done online, mailed into the YMCA, or done the day of race day.

The entry fee is $20 for runners who pre-register, and $25 on race day.  Signing up online adds a $2  fee.  

Printed  applications must be mailed or dropped off  at the YMCA by Dec. 7.

Proceeds from the race benefit the Boston Globe Santa fund, the YMCA Reach Out Campaign and the Walter Burgess Scholarship Fund. 

Running gloves and goodie bags will be given to the first 350 entrants.  

This year’s race will begin at the West Roxbury YMCA at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8.

There will also be a kid’s 1K race beginning at 10:40 a.m.

Register HERE.