Industry Challenge
- About the Industry Challenge
- Race Kits for Industry Challenge Teams
- ChampionChip© Timing & Results by Sportstats.ca
- NEW Corrals and Wave Starts
- Run Day Schedule
- Getting to the Start & Parking
- Entertainment and Cheering Centres and Post-race Party
- Race Course Description & Map
- Course Restrictions / Limitations
- Finisher Medals
- Fitness Walkers Welcome
- Aid Stations / Water & Gatorade
- Baggage Check
- Port-o-Lets
About the Industry Challenge
The Industry Challenge is a fundraising challenge meant to bring together industries from across the GTA and to send kids with cancer to camp. Each industry will have the opportunity to fundraise as a company and join the friendly competition with other leaders in their industry.
Industries Include:
- Law
- Banking
- Corporate Real Estate
- Accounting
- Advertising
- Engineering
- Mining
- Consulting
- Insurance
- Public Relations
Join the Industry Challenge and Camp Oochigeas will:
- Set Up Your Team Fundraising Page
- Register Your Team to Run
- Deliver Your Team's Race Kits to Your Office
- Recognize Winners in a National Newspaper
To set up your Industry Challenge Team Click Here. If you would like to champion an industry challenge in your industry, please contact us at .
Thank you to the 2009 Industry Challenge Champions!
Race Kits for Industry Challenge Runners
Race kits will be delivered to each Team office on Thursday, April 29th and Friday, April 30th. Please contact Camp Oochigeas if you have any questions: .
ChampionChip© Timing & Results by SportStats.ca
You must have a chip in order to have a recorded time.
NO CHIP = NO TIME, No exceptions!
Important: You must wear the ChampionChip provided in your package envelope on your shoelaces as indicated or you will not be timed. Timing is determined using the chip; therefore you must cross the mats at all points in order to be eligible for a finishing time.
Corrals and Waves at the Sporting Life 10k this year!
If you registered before April 16th you will be placed in the corresponding corral at the start line (if you register after the deadline you will be placed in the last wave — see help desk at packet pickup if you need this changed). Please make sure to arrive early on race morning to get yourselves organized. There will be coloured flags and balloons at the start line that will correspond to the colour stripe on your bib. You will only be allowed to enter the corral that corresponds to the stripe on your bib. However, anyone can enter the 1hr+ open-purple corral.
We will not be changing corrals during packet pickup or on Race Morning!
We will have 4 waves this year 5 minutes apart:
- 1st wave will be 48 minutes & under (8:00am) (corral: green, red)
- 2nd wave will be 49-55 minutes (8:05am) (corral: yellow)
- 3rd wave will be 56-59 minutes (8:10am) (blue)
- 4th wave will be 1hr + (8:15am) (corral: purple)
Each wave will have approximately 5 minutes between them. Walkers will be placed in corrals based on their finishing time and will not have a separate start (but will have separate results if they registered as a "walker" which means they will be walking 100% of the race). There will be volunteers holding a rope between each corral. The volunteers will guide the corrals forward and will drop the rope just before it is ready to go.
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 @ Fort York |
Getting to the Start & 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.
- Take the TTC Yonge Bus up to the start line (check www.ttc.ca for bus schedules and bus pickup locations — there are lots of 24 hour streetcars and other buses to get you to Yonge Street: check the TTC website for more details!)
- Shuttle Buses from the Direct Energy Centre to the Start Line at the Sporting Life 10k! Park your car near the finish line (Ontario Place, Parking lot in the Exhibition Place (lot 1) at Newfoundland Drive and Princes' Blvd), and board one of our shuttle buses for $5 at Newfoundland Drive and Princes' Blvd.
Give yourself plenty of time that morning, there will be 15,000 people in this event so everything from toilets to driving will take longer than normal!
You can pay for your shuttle bus online when you register or on our add-on form found on our website at: www.eventsonline.ca/events/crs_medal
There is no baggage check at the finish line — either leave your bag in your car or bring it up to the start line and we will transport it back down for you after you have finished your run!
SCHEDULE:
Shuttle buses will be running from 6am-7:15am
6am-6:30am SHUTTLE BUS:
Anyone planning on picking up their bib + chip or checking in their bag at the start line on race morning must be on the 6:30am bus or earlier! Packet pickup & baggage check check will close at 7:45am sharp so if you take a bus later than 6:30am you will miss picking up your packet and will miss dropping off your bag!
6:45am SHUTTLE BUS:
Red or green corral (1st wave) who already have their bib & chip and don't have a bag to check-in should be on the 6:45am shuttle bus or earlier to make sure you're in your spot at the start line for no later than 7:15am!
6:55am SHUTTLE BUS:
Blue & yellow corral should be boarding the shuttle buses by no later than 6:55am!!
7:00am-7:15am SHUTTLE BUS:
Purple & orange corral are the only people that should be on the 7-7:15am shuttle buses! To be on this bus you must have also already picked up your timing chip+bib and don't have a bag to check at the start line.
Entertainment and Cheering Centres and Post-race Party
We have SEVEN Entertainment Centres on the course culminating in a great Post-run party! Details here »
Post Race Party Band.... featuring Tom Hayes (anchor of CTV) and his band "The Twisters"
Race Course Description & Map
Click on mini map to see full-size image.
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 15,000 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 Richmond Street. It then turns west on Richmond, south on Peter/Blue Jays Way past Gretzky's to Front St. The course then goes west along Front, south on Bathurst, west on Fort York Blvd. to finish! Then into the Fort for a bang-up post-run celebration with red-coat soldiers, War of 1812 re-enactment, "live" band and more!
For a sneak preview of our fabulous venue at Fort York, see www.fortyork.ca. Admission FREE on race day to runners, families, friends, spectators (reg. $8).
- ALL lanes of Yonge Street open to runners from Start to Richmond
- Finisher's Medals!
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.
Finisher Medals
Finisher medals for all 10k finishers!
Fitness Walkers Welcome
PLEASE NOTE: A walker is considered someone who will be walking 100% of the race, not RUN/WALKING. Please indicate on the registration form that you will be walking the race and you will be placed in the walking results. We will not have a separate start for the walkers but will place everyone at the start line based on their estimated finishing time. Due to course restrictions, all fitness walkers must be able to complete the 10K in 1 hour 40 minutes (10 minutes per kilometre).
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 (Aylmer) and 7k (Richmond) Aid Stations. Canadian Ski Patrol will also be on-site at the 7k aid station, on-course and at the finish line.
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 6:30am until 7:40am SHARP!. Baggage will then be transported to the finish area 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. 15,000 runners cannot check their bags at the same time!
Port-o-Lets
Will be located at the start and finish areas, and at 4K & 7K water stations.