The SSQ Quebec City Marathon |
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On August 28, the SSQ Quebec City Marathon will present its
14th edition. It is more then 9,000
participants, from all over the world, that will be part of all
events: Marathon (42.2K), Half-Marathon
(21.1K), 10K Race, or the Kids Run (5K - for kids from 7 to 14 years old). |
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The Health 5K |
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The SSQ Quebec City Marathon
team presents the
9th edition of the Health 5K.
This annual walk is an occasion for people of all ages to raise
money and to give hope by participating in this fundraising
activity. |
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| To walk the Heath 5K· |
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a step for your own health |
| ·is to give hope to a parent or a friend who has been affected by illness |
| ·is to give hope! |
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| 2011 Program |
Friday August 26th |
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Saturday August 27th |
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Sunday August 28th |
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Marathon (first start) |
7:30 am |
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Kids Run
Health 5K |
8 am |
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Marathon (second start)
Half Marathon (run and walk)
10K (run and walk) |
8:30
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Prize Ceremony |
12:30 pm |
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| Running Room Friendship Run |
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Get great motivational advice from John Stanton, renowned author and founder of the Running Room, go for a short run to ease the nervous
tension and then stay for refreshments. Join John at the Quebec City Running Room.
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Location |
Running Room
1049, avenue Cartier
Quebec City, G1R 2S3
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Date and Time |
Saturday, August 27th, 2011, 8:30 am
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Admission Fee |
Race : Free for all
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The Pasta Dinner will
be an occasion for all runners to exchange one last time before
Sunday's marathon. On the menu: pasta, salads, coffee and desserts.
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Location |
Hôtel
Loews le Concorde
1225, cours du Général-De Montcalm,
Québec,
G1R 4W6
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Date and Time |
Saturday,
August 27th,
5 pm to 8 pm |
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Admission Fee |
$25 (CAN), tax included. |
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Cards are on sale at the Marathon's office: (418) 694-4442.
A limited quantity of cards will also be on sale at the
Sports and Fitness Expo Show and at the Pasta Dinner's
entrance. |
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| T-Shirts
and medals |
All participants
registered will receive a souvenir T-Shirt. All participants finishing the Health 5K will receive a medal for completing the
course. Please note that only those participating to the Marathon, the Half-Marathon, the 10K Race and Kids Run, will receive a certificate. |
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| Gifts among all participants |
Gifts will be drawn among all
participant registered to one of the events. To know if you are a
winner, look for the blue board in the arrival area. |
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| Gathering site before the start
and finish site |
The morning of the race, between 6 am and 7:15 am, participants are
invited to gather near the famous Gare du Palais train station, from
where they will be shuttled to their respective starting site.
The finish site, for all races, will be on Saint-Paul
Street, near the Gare du Palais. After
race activities will be held in the park next to the train station. |
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| How to get to
the finish site and to the shuttles before the start |
Here is a map on how to get to the
gathering site from where
all the shuttles will leave to the
starting sites : Google Map |
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| Participants Transportation |
The morning of the race, shuttles are available for participants transportation.
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Buses will leave as soon
as they are full. |
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Transportation Fees |
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Free for participants on showing their bib on boarding the
buses.
For lack of time, there is no shuttle offered to friends
and family for the
Kids Run and for the Health 5K. |
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| Starting
Site |
The Health 5K starting site is on Champlain
Boulevard, near the Côte Gilmour, in Quebec City. It is also the Kids Run starting site. Water, gatorade, coffee
and toilets will be available.
There are very few parking spaces at this starting site.
Therefore, it is not recommended to drive there.
Futhermore, no transportation will be available to get back
there after the race.
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| Course |
Participants to the
Health 5K will walk or run the last 5 kilometers of the
Marathon's course, starting on Champlain Boulevard, from Côte
Gilmour, then Dalhousie Street and finishing on Quai St-André Street. |
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Each kilometer is identified with distinct yellow markers,
set out
on the right side of the street.
Streets taken by participants
will be closed to traffic,
to assure better security.
Water will be available between the start and finish site. |
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| Organizing committee |
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Denis Therrien, President - General Manager
Johanne Caron, Assistant General Manager
Nicole Caron, Registration
Amélie Chénard, Communications
Lucie Chouinard, Logistics
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• Réjean Beaudet
• Gil Béchard
• Sophie Bégin
• Jean-Guy Bordeleau
• Martin Carette
• Solange Doré
• René Drolet
• Mario Fortin
• Patrick Gosselin
• Martin Laflamme
• Gaétan Leclerc
• Éric Lemelin
• Denis Maheux
• Alexandre Matte
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• Jean-Charles Ouellet
• Luc Montminy
• Vicky Pageau
• Frédéric Pichette
• Line Pineault
• Linda St-Hilaire
• Pascale St-Pierre
• Christian Talbot
• Annie Therrien
• Bernard Therrien
• Isabelle Therrien
• François Therrien
• Michel Therrien
• Serge Trudel
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| Upcoming
editions |
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August 26, 2012
August 25, 2013
August 24, 2014 |
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