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.
- We recommend parking near Fort York (either at a lot near Bathurst and King, OR at large parking facility at Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, off Strachan, by Princes' Gates) and taking a cab with runners to the start area.
- Or, park near the Eglinton Station and then walk up to the Start. After the run, Exit Fort York onto Bathurst St., then either take the Bathurst streetcar [# 511] up to Bathurst Station on Bloor-Danforth line; OR, walk north 2 blocks on Bathurst to King Street and take the King Streetcar [# 504] eastbound to either the University/Spadina line or the Yonge line.
For all TTC info: www3.ttc.ca (please note: the Bathurst, 511 cars will start running after the race is over, at 10:30am onwards). Remember TTC Sunday Subway service starts at 9:00 am, but buses operate on street level.
Entertainment and Cheering Centres and Post-race Party
We have SEVEN Entertainment Centres on the course culminating in a great Post-run party at Fort York! Details tbc closer to event date.
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.