This is a wonderful community event and is a welcoming event for those new to running events. The organizers do a great job putting it all together with lots of … MORE
This is a wonderful community event and is a welcoming event for those new to running events.
The organizers do a great job putting it all together with lots of friendly dedicated volunteers.
The race swag is a little bit basic but the entry fee is low and entrants also get a $35 coupon to use at Sporting Life and you can always find some good shoes on sale. Everything from bag check to post race celebrations went smoothly and were top-notch.
It’s really cool to run down hill along Yonge St, from uptown, through the city core and then across the Lakeshore to the Exhibition grounds. Yonge St. is one of the busiest streets in Canada and is the longest street in the world and there’s something cool about running along it and then the Lakeshore which is always super-busy, to just outside the beautiful exhibition grounds, that makes for a lovely course and a great post-race celebration.
Getting out of there is also easy with transit. Only problem is you kinda need to arrive early at the start or get dropped off as the race starts before the subway starts running.
This event will be enjoyable for runners of all levels. However, if you are an elite runner, you may want to make sure you’re up at the front because it can get crowded in spots and many beginner runners don’t corral themselves properly and walk 4-across blocking the road almost intentionally.
I’ve now done this race 3 times and intend to continue this enjoyable event which also supports Campfire Circle, a worthy charity that provides medically-supervised summer camp experience for children undergoing cancer treatment. ❤️
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This is a wonderful community event and is a welcoming event for those new to running events. The organizers do a great job putting it all together with lots of … MORE
This is a wonderful community event and is a welcoming event for those new to running events.
The organizers do a great job putting it all together with lots of friendly dedicated volunteers.
The race swag is a little bit basic but the entry fee is low and entrants also get a $35 coupon to use at Sporting Life and you can always find some good shoes on sale. Everything from bag check to post race celebrations went smoothly and were top-notch.
It’s really cool to run down hill along Yonge St, from uptown, through the city core and then across the Lakeshore to the Exhibition grounds. Yonge St. is one of the busiest streets in Canada and is the longest street in the world and there’s something cool about running along it and then the Lakeshore which is always super-busy, to just outside the beautiful exhibition grounds, that makes for a lovely course and a great post-race celebration.
Getting out of there is also easy with transit. Only problem is you kinda need to arrive early at the start or get dropped off as the race starts before the subway starts running.
This event will be enjoyable for runners of all levels. However, if you are an elite runner, you may want to make sure you’re up at the front because it can get crowded in spots and many beginner runners don’t corral themselves properly and walk 4-across blocking the road almost intentionally.
I’ve now done this race 3 times and intend to continue this enjoyable event which also supports Campfire Circle, a worthy charity that provides medically-supervised summer camp experience for children undergoing cancer treatment. ❤️
Fun event
This was a really fun event for a great cause and it was very well supported by Sporting Life with lots of perks, friendly staff and volunteers and a beautiful … MORE
This was a really fun event for a great cause and it was very well supported by Sporting Life with lots of perks, friendly staff and volunteers and a beautiful downhill course
excellent value if you register early
If you registered at the earliest tier, the race was $45, but includes a $35 gift certificate to Sporting Life shops. There are no conditions on the certificate, except that … MORE
If you registered at the earliest tier, the race was $45, but includes a $35 gift certificate to Sporting Life shops. There are no conditions on the certificate, except that any unspent amount will not be credited or refunded, so as long as you buy something priced at $35 or more, the race is really only $10.
The route is the same fast, downhill course as the Toronto Yonge Street 10k (TYS10K), but this production had some differences:
– there are 27,000 runners, compared to 6,000 for TYS10K
– very convenient and flexible kit pick up times at their North York store; you could pick up your kit during their open hours which are M-F 9:30 – 9 and Saturday 10-6
– not enough porta-potties at the start line, but strangely, there was lots and lots of them at the party site (edit: it turns out that there were many porta-potties at the start line, but instead of being grouped together, they were spread out over multiple locations – my suggestion to the RD is to have them grouped together as they were at TYS10K so that runners need not dash from queue to queue in order to assesss which lines are the shortest)
– there are no pacers (there were pacers for every 3 minutes at TYS10K)
– there are no live bands (there were 4 bands at TYS10k)
– post-race food included only water, a banana, and a plain bagel (there was better food and more variety at TYS10K)
– the kit included only the tech shirt and bib, but I can’t complain since I used my certificate to get $35 worth of running stuff of my own choice
– many free shuttles to the nearest subway station after the race
– there were challenges with getting photos because the numbers on the bibs were very small which caused a delay in indexing
This event is excellent value for a great cause, especially if you register early enough to get the store certificate.