Can a person in a wheelchair take part in the SaskCentral Queen City Marathon?
Our Full Marathon event currently allows standard push-rim racing wheelchairs, as well as hand-cycles. At the moment, both types (push-rim and hand-cycles) participate in the same category. We strongly recommend that all wheelchair participants wear bicycle helmets for their own safety. The course surface is primarily paved pathways, with some residential streets and small sections of crushed-stone pathway. There are some curbs present where pathways merge with streets and vice-versa. There are also some wooden, two-way-single-file pedestrian bridges and some hills. We regret that some parts of the course are not as wheelchair friendly as we might wish. The course starts at an elevation of 579 meters (1,900 feet). The lowest point is 545 meters (1,788 feet) near the 16km mark. The highest point is 617 meters (2,024 feet) near the 28km mark, at the crest of a little hill we call “Mount Milos”, in honour of long-time participant/ volunteer/World IronMan Champion, Milos Kostic. (Photo cou
