Key Dates
June 21 - online registration closes on MONDAY
June 21 at Midnight. http://www.canadarunningseries.com/svhm/svhmREG.htm
June 25 & 26 - Expo & Packet Pickup. At the
Empire Landmark Hotel (1400 Robson Street), downstairs on street level
in the Coal Harbour Room. Pick up your race packet and get your tshirt
at the Runners' Expo.
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Friday June 25th, 11:00am to
7:00pm
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Saturday June 26th, 10:00am
to 5:00pm
Lost your confirmation email? Eventsonline registrants
check the online confirmation list - and follow the link at the top
to reprint your confirmation. http://www.eventsonline.ca/events/crs_vanhalf/confirm.htm
Active.com or Running Room registrations,
log into your accounts on those systems and reprint your confirmations.
Want to pickup for a friend? We strongly suggest /
recommend that each runner individually picks up their timing chip and
tshirt, to make sure their information is correct. AND each runner is
responsible for their own timing chip. Also support our sponsors at
the expo, that help make the event possible. If you are picking up for
a friend make sure you have a copy of the confirmation email, and a
one liner giving you permission to pick it up.
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Join the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5k FACEBOOK Group
- It's your turn to share your story, training tips, why you are running,
promote your fundraising and why the cause is important to you! Click
here for the page. Use us to promote your cause, your fundraising!
Share you photos with us post race through Facebook, as
a reward we will be giving away 6 packages of Ever
Bamboo shoe deodorizers. We will do a random draw of everyone that
posts a photo from the race on Facebook in the 7 days following the
run!
Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge
Charity news:
Have you registered to support the charity of your choice?
It's a two step process, register for the run and then register to
raise your funds. Follow this link -
http://www.canadarunningseries.com/svhm/svhmCHARITY.htm
And choose one of our 29 charities, follow the links
through and register to support their community iniative.
Doing a little, can mean doing alot! There are $16,000
in additional charity prizing from Scotiabank that will go to our
top supported charities! Plus if every runner just donated a little
it will add up to more than you can dream.
Do it today!
Sign-up online to raise funds as part of the Scotiabank
Group Charity Challenge: follow these 4 easy steps for one of 29 local
charities!
- Register online* for
the the half-marathon or 5k run / walk. This is the easiest way to
enter and you will receive an instant confirmation by email.
*Online registration closes midnight PST, Monday,
June 21st.
- Once you have successfully registered you will receive a confirmation
email of your entry from Eventsonline or Active and be directed to
the online fundraising program. You can then create your own personal
fundraising page and start collecting pledges for one of our 27+
charitable partners. Each of the 25 charities has an online pledging
system setup in support of the event!
- Follow the steps in the Fundraising section and click on 'Sign Up'
and choose how you would like to fundraise. You can:
- Fundraise as an Individual — Sign up
as an individual. You can create or join a fundraising team later
if you want to.
- Create a Fundraising Team — Team Captains
can create their teams by entering their team name & description.
- Join an existing Fundraising Team — Enter
the name of the team you want to join or retrieve a list of registered
teams by searching by the team captain's first or last name.
- Enter your fundraising contact information, create
a username and password, and choose the charity you want to
fundraise for. Your username and password allows you to log
onto the fundraising website whenever you want to send solicitation
emails or check your fundraising results. Your username and log in
information will be sent to you in a new confirmation email. Keep
this email for easy access back to your fundraising site.
Now you're ready to start fundraising. Once you're
registered, you can start sending emails to family and friends asking
for their support.
Clif's Notes
Dear Fellow Runners,
It's hectic, but exciting. Our numbers are up in both events
and growing steadily. Register today, online (your last day online)
to guarantee your registration.
We will be announcing some walk up caps on both
events this week. If you register today online, your in. If you
are waiting until the expo to register in person, you will pay more and
we will be announcing a cap so you may be disappointed. We have to balance
the numbers with the supply, the number of medals, the number of shirts
and the food we have onsite. We want to ensure that the runners at the
back of the pack, get treated as well as the front and don't miss out
on any of the excitement or perks.
Here are some great race week tips from
our friend Mike at the Peak
Centre for Human Performance -
Race Week
1) Don’t cram – training isn’t like studying
– cramming doesn’t work! Running 20k the weekend before the race just
to see if you can will leave you fatigued and will hurt your performance
on race day. Instead, do 2-3 short easy runs of 20-40 minutes maximum
with some short race pace intervals through the week.
2) Stick with what you know. By all means
take advantage of all of the great deals you’ll find at the race expo
but save anything new to try after the race. You don’t want any surprises
out there so make sure you race in familiar clothing, shoes and socks
and use nutrition that you’ve been training with.
3) Take care of yourself. Try and get some
extra sleep, make sure you eat well and do whatever you can to keep your
stress level down during the week of the race.
4) Don’t eat anything new or unusual the day before
the race. Stick to foods you eat regularly that aren’t too spicy,
salty or too heavy.
Mike has 12 tips in total for you - read
more online at - http://www.canadarunningseries.com/newsletter/2010/images/10-SVHM-RaceWeekTips.pdf
Overall, keep it simple, stress free and run for the fun
of it.
Keep it on the roads,
Clif
Clifton Cunningham
Western Director
Canada Running Series
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