Wear your number (bib) on the front of your shirt. List important medical and contact information on the back.

For the safety of all participants, we strongly recommend you do not wear iPods, walkmans, or similar devices which inhibit your ability to hear surrounding sounds.

Transportation to the Start line will be available for GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon and Half Marathon participants only.  Buses will depart from the Hilton Hotel located at Richmond and University across the Street from the Sheraton Centre Hotel between 6:00 am and 7:30 am. Buses will also depart from the Courtyard Marriott 475 Yonge St. at College St. and on Yonge St. just North of Eglinton beginning at 6:00 am. These buses are for participants only and you MUST show your bib to board. Please don't wait until the last minute. Look for the Yellow Laidlaw School Buses.

Participants must show their bib to board.

Shuttles back to the Hilton and Sheraton hotels will depart from the south side of the legislature and drop participants off at the N/W corner of University and Richmond. These shuttles will leave approximately every 20 minutes beginning at 10:30 am.   Alternatively, it is recommended that participants use the TTC (public transportation - subway) from the Queen’s Park or Museum Subway stations (only a 5 min walk) to go back to Mel Lastman Square, or home.There will be no shuttle service back to Mel Lastman Square

Marathon and Half Marathon participants may check their bags at the start line at Mel Lastman Square. Half Marathon participants MUST check their bags by 7:30 a.m. Marathon participants MUST check their bags by 8:30 a.m. Please make sure that you attach the tag included in your race kit and that you have written your bib number on it in the space provided. Look for the Bekins Trucks just on North York Blvd. Bags must be picked-up at Queen's Park in the South East corner of the park next to the food tent.

A race warm-up will begin at 8:30 a.m. in front of Mel Lastman Square for the full marathon.

The Marathon begins behind Mel Lastman Square on Beecroft Ave. The Half Marathon begins behind Mel Lastman Square on Beecroft Ave. The 5k begins at the N.E. corner of Queen.s Park at 8:00 a.m.

Stations are located at least every 5k. Gatorade and Cedar Springs Water are available on the course. The water tables come before Gatorade at each station. Please be considerate of those around you when discarding used cups. PowerGels are available at the 25k and 32k aid stations prior to the water tables. There are toilets at each station. Medical/First Aid personnel are located at each Aid Station including MLS, 32k and Queen's Park. There are also several on course medical vans. If you are in distress, please inform a race official immediately.

The 1st mile, every 5th mile, and each km are marked. Split times are called at 1 mile in both the Marathon and Half Marathon. Clocks will be located at the Start, 1/2 way point of the Marathon, and Queen's Park. The 1/2 Marathon markers are in Orange; The Marathon in black.

All participants on the course after 6 hours may be asked to move onto the sidewalk and obey normal traffic laws. Race marshals will pull any person running without a bib off the course. We urge paying participants to discourage anyone from participating unofficially.

NO BIB, NO RUN!

Remember to smile and keep you hands from obstructing your bib number as you cross the finish line for your official TM picture. After you cross the finish line, proceed to the end of the chute as quickly as possible. Food, massage, shower (at Hart House), and medical are all available. Family Reunion area is located in the S.E. section of Queen's Park.

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