The Vancouver Sun Run is Canada’s largest 10K road race. Run through a beautiful scenic course that highlights Vancouver’s downtown core at Burrard Street and Georgia Street, the world famous Stanley Park, and Cambie Street Bridge for the final stretch across the bridge to the finish line. Your Vancouver Sun Run experience does not end just outside our host venue, BC Place Stadium; you are encouraged to enter the stadium to enjoy the wrap party along with your family and friends. Celebrate your achievement with live entertainment, the Kids’ Zone, an awards’ ceremony and refreshments.
Canadian Western Bank Team Division
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Youth Team Challenge
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Shaw 2.5K Mini Sun Run
If you prefer a shorter course than the 10K, or if you’d like to get the whole family out together, then the Shaw 2.5K Mini Sun Run is the perfect route to take! Show your kids that fitness is fun by signing them up for one of Vancouver’s premier family events.
Your Vancouver Sun Run experience does not end just outside our host venue, BC Place Stadium; you are encouraged to enter the stadium to enjoy the wrap party along with your family and friends. At the wrap party you can celebrate your achievement with live entertainment, check out the Kids’ Zone, watch the awards’ ceremony for the top finishers and enjoy free fruit, bagels and refreshments provided by our generous sponsors.
The 10K route is sprinkled with gentle, undulating hills making it both fun and enjoyable, while providing breathtaking scenery which includes the snow-capped mountains along Georgia Straight, water views along English Bay and False Creek. The course truly showcases all the beauty of this wonderful city. As typical of other road races, the roads used are completely closed to vehicular traffic and streams of observers watch and cheer from the along the sidewalks. Water stations are provided at numerous locations along the course as well as music entertainment in the form of bands.
Due to the large number of participants in this event, the Vancouver Sun Run has a “Wave Start” to begin the event. This type of start is used to stagger the start in order to maintain control of the crowd and ensure the course does not become too crowded.
All participants must provide an estimated finish time on their entry forms. Entrants of similar ability are grouped in time zones and start the race in a series of short timed intervals.
If no estimated finish time is provided, you will be assigned a 1:46+ minute bib for the Walker’s Division. To run or walk in the same time zone as your friends, family or team members, you must select the same estimated finish time on all the entry forms. If you are at different ability levels, you must choose the zone that’s suitable for the slowest participant.
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Terrible organization
This race prides itself on the amount of participants ( 41k this year), but doesn't account for safety or organization. The route was beautiful but the first water station didn't … MORE
This race prides itself on the amount of participants ( 41k this year), but doesn’t account for safety or organization. The route was beautiful but the first water station didn’t have enough water because volunteers were trying to pour water from portable coolers which don’t pour fast enough. No medals at the finish line, no water or food, instead you have to walk into the nearby stadium and stand in line for an additional 30 minutes to get a banana and another line to get a bagel. The route is beautiful but I will never run the race again.
Canada's largest 10k
This 10K race has a large crowd but lacks organization. The course has changed a little bit over the years. Corral placements can be challenging for fast times. Consider a … MORE
This 10K race has a large crowd but lacks organization. The course has changed a little bit over the years. Corral placements can be challenging for fast times. Consider a different 10K race.