This is it...

And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us


* Bib/Kilt Pickup 1:30pm-4pm (with limited staff for late pickup) @Crystal Palace
* CBC interviews 11am-1pm, CBC National race coverage 3pm-8pm  
* Cogeco TV race coverage 5pm...
* New IRN-BRU post race alternative to our excellent beer suppliers (Perth Brewing and Highlander!). Scotlands top selling unique softdrink (free while supplies last)
* New - PRE-race massage by Perth Best Western (Crystal Palace area) (free)
* Don't miss the Famous Grouse Scotch tasting @Crystal Palace (free)
* Don't miss to enter your shortbread before 4pm at the Stewart Park judging tent! (free)
*Don't miss to throw the Haggis at the Stewart Park Millenial Gates from 2pm-5pm (free)
* Don't miss caber toss at 5pm (free)
*Don't miss Braveheart style face painting (free)
*Don't miss Order of Dragon medieval camp (free)
*Don't miss the great pre-race music!!! two stages from 2:30pm (free)
* Don't miss kid race @ 4:30pm
*Don't miss runners march to start....start to assemble at Stewart Park Band Stand around 5:30pm
* And especially don't miss your race...march to the start underway by 5:55pm, shotgun start at 6:15pm
* And don't miss your chance to win the "one-year" wide age groups (39vs39yrs, etc)
* Don't miss our special 500th, 1000th, and 1,500th place awards.
* Don't miss our post race music & Contra dancing
* And especially don't miss of Runner Grand Prize ... a trip to Perth, Scotland to run in their August 10, 2013 attempt to break our largest kilt run record.!  (must be able to make trip on date specified-no other cash prize/alternate, must be in attendance to win, must have completed the 2013 8K race distance, must meet all travel requiremens including passport...) The awarding expecting between 8:45pm-9:15pm, June 22, 2013.

                                   Sincerely Lord Darnley, on behalf of the rest of the 2013 Perth Kilt Run committee: the Duke of Richmond, Lady Sue, and Queen Mary. And the rest of our Perth Running Goats executive..the Earl of Paisley, and Sir Brian.
                                    With thanks to our hard working Team Captains (What other race has Team Captains with titles such as "Keeper of the Kilts", "Haggis Hagarian", Captain of the Pipers, Captain of Shortbread, Captain of Fun Things, Captain of the Warriors, Director of Roads, Captain of Cheering Stations, Captain of the Cleanup!, and more and more. Thank you to get us this far. To the volunteers on the day - we cannot start without you.
                                   And to the runners..it is your race. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. We are pulling for you - we are all in this together!    
                                    Darnley, over and out.