Run Details

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Run Day Schedule

Start Time 8:00am

6:30am–7:40am Baggage Check, on Yonge Street at Sheldrake
6:30am–7:30am Run day Packet Pickup for out of towners, Sporting Life Main Store
8:00am SPORTING LIFE 10k Start, south of Sporting Life store @ Yonge & Castlefield
8:10am Fitness Walkers Start, south of Sporting Life store @ Yonge & Castlefield
9:45am Awards Ceremony @ Roundhouse Park

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Packet Pickup & Run Week New Registration

IMPORTANT! Industry Challenge Runners, please see Industry Challenge page for packet pick-up, registration, and race details.

All other runners:

  • Thursday and Friday, May 1st & 2nd, 10:00am–8:30pm; and Saturday, May 3rd 10:00am–5:30pm; at the Sporting Life store at 2665 Yonge St (East side of Yonge St. just south of Blythwood).
  • IMPORTANT! Please bring a printout of your registration email confirmation OR a piece of photo ID to packet pickup.
  • If someone is picking up for you, they will need a letter of permission from you plus your email confirmation (if your email confirmation is not available, check to make sure your name is on the online confirmation list, then all your friend needs is the letter of permission).
  • Run day kit pick-up is limited to those living outside 416/647 area code. Pick-up will be in the Sporting Life parking lot, 2665 Yonge St., 1 hour and 30 minutes before start time to 30 minutes before start time.

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ChampionChip© Timing & Results by SportStats.ca

You must have a chip in order to have a recorded time.
NO CHIP = NO TIME, No exceptions!

Your timing chip will be provided with your race bib. The chip will go on your shoe laces using a small twist tie provided. Take note that all timing chips must be returned following the event; there is a $50 charge for each timing chip that is not returned.

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Getting There & Parking

Arrive EARLY! Plan for at least one hour prior to run start. This is the largest run in Toronto and an experience like no other!

  • Carpool, cab it or take the TTC Yonge Bus! There is limited parking on the side streets surrounding Sporting Life.
  • We recommend parking near SkyDome and taking a cab with runners to the start area.
  • Or, park near the Eglinton Station and then walk up to the Start. Carry a subway token in your shorts or checked-bag, and take the subway back from Union after the run—then your car is right there!
  • Or, take the TTC to Eglinton or Lawrence Subway stations then jog or walk to the start area as a warm-up and run back as a cool-down.

Remember TTC Sunday Subway service starts at 9:00 am, but buses operate on street level—see www.ttc.ca for more information.

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Entertainment and Cheering Centres and Post-race Party

We have SIX Entertainment Centres on the course culminating in a great Post-run party at Roundhouse Park! Details here

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Race Course Description & Map

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10k Course

Canada's EASIEST and one of the fastest downhill 10k's, it runs right down the middle of Canada's most famous street—Yonge Street!

Whether you are a novice looking for the easiest course around to complete your first 10k or a seasoned veteran setting that new PB, this is the event for you! Sign up today and join 10,000+ fitness enthusiasts in the dash down Yonge Street.

Course details: The start line is four blocks south of Sporting Life (at Yonge & Castlefield). From there, the course heads south on Yonge Street all the way to Adelaide Street. It then turns east on Adelaide, south on Sherbourne to Lakeshore. The course then goes west along Lakeshore, north on York, west on Bremner, finishing at Grand Trunk Blvd. just east of Roundhouse Park, with the Sky Dome and CN Tower as the backdrop.

  • ALL lanes of Yonge Street open to runners from Start to Adelaide
  • Finisher's Medals!

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Course restrictions / limitations

Owing to the popularity and large numbers of participants in the Sporting Life 10K, we regret that Baby Joggers, strollers, rollerblades and pets are not allowed in the run, as they are not safe for fellow participants.

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Fitness Walkers Welcome — 8:10am Start time

Due to course restrictions, all fitness walkers must be able to complete the 10K in 1 hour 40 minutes (10 minutes per kilometre).

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Aid Stations / Water & Gatorade

Water & Gatorade will be available at the race party area, near the finish line and registration area, and at the 4k (St. Clair) and 7k (Shuter) Aid Stations. Canadian Ski Patrol will also be on-site at the 7k aid station, on-course and at the finish line.

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Baggage Check until 20 minutes before start time!

You can check your bag at the start for a cost of $2 per bag (all proceeds from baggage go to Camp Oochigeas), and will be transported to the finish. If you paid when you registered or picked up your kit, please present your bib with the paid stamp on it to the volunteers at baggage check.

Baggage check available on Yonge Street at Sheldrake from 1 hour and 30 minutes before start time to 20 minutes before start time. Baggage will then be transported to the finish area at Roundhouse Park for pickup. Baggage trucks will leave the start area exactly 20 MINUTES before the start so check your bags in early if you want them transported to the finish line.

Arrive EARLY and check your bag EARLY. 10,000+ runners cannot check their bags at the same time!

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Port-o-Lets

Will be located at the start and finish areas, and at 4K & 7K water stations.

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