VANCOUVER – July 25, 2016
Back by popular demand, this year’s event will again feature a Crew Challenge supporting our charity partners. There are some new components though, including cheer stations, costume contests, and more!
Also new this year, the competition will be between Charity Teams rather than individual crews and clubs. This means more crews can get involved to make a difference – your run crew just needs to decide which Charity Team it will be competing for. In the end there will be four Charity Teams, each team composed of multiple crews.
Charities which crews can compete for:
- Breakfast Club of Canada
- Watari Counselling and Support Services
- Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society
Outline of Competition for each Charity Team:
- Average times for fastest five males plus fastest five females will set base score/time
- Every runner counts – for each finisher, Team’s time will be reduced by 10 seconds
- Fundraising – for every $100 raised, Team’s time will be reduced by 10 seconds
- Additional time reductions can be achieved through the Head-to-Head Crew Event (details TBD – held on another date), Best Costume Prize, and Cheering Stations
- Charity Team with the lowest cumulative time wins!
Requirements
- Crew/Club leader should email eastside@canadarunningseries.com with their charity preferences (rank 1 to 4) and expected crew participation by August 5th – leaders will be given a discount code for their team.
- After official Eastside 10k Charity is confirmed for each crew, they must set up a fundraising page at Eastside10k.com.
- Must commit to fundraising at least $50 from the crew to be eligible for the competitions.
- Participants must designate their crew team by September 11. This can be done during registration, or by emailing crs@2mev.com before the deadline. Note that this team selection is by Run Crew / Club – your crew leader will notify CRS which charity your crew will represent.
Check out how last year’s challenge went down in these videos – part one | part two