Swag (below): Tshirt & finisher medal. Tshirt has a photo of a panda, a visitor from China until 2018. Material was black and soft tech material. Great to wear without feeling sweaty. Medal had emblem of pandas with a colourful ribbon. Both high quality.

Lots of water every 3 km for the 10 km as well as electrolyte. Pottys at every station. Arrival had yogourt, bananas, bagels and energy bars along with water & nuun and Oasis electrolyte fruit juice.

Post run, meeting up with Olympians such as Lanni Marchant. Other elites were also present so says something about this race.

Organized by Canada Running Series which is an excellent organization that knows how to run races. They organize a series of high quality races across Canada. See http://canadarunningseries.com/ You will be impressed. Not much better than this

Course scenery is the Toronto Zoo. What else could be more fun than running by giraffes, flamingos, elephants and hippos. Lots of trees and hence shade. Course is filled with short twisty hills so it is challenging if hills are not your thing. Give you a reason to train for hills and make you a stronger runnier.

Tons for free parking but arrive early to avoid the traffic. Races start at 8:00 am so be there for 6:30 to get the best spot. Easy to get to the zoo by subway or car.