Register
- Pick your event option and sign up HERE for one of the four event options, described below.
- You will receive an email the day before the event start to activate your event.
- Complete the individual events whenever or wherever in the world you happen to be and log it on one of these fitness tracking apps: Strava, Gamin, Ride with GPS, Map My Run, or FitBit.
- At the completion of all or part of your event, we’ll pull your data into the results.
- We’ll keep track of the data and mail your finisher certificate with a unique finisher medal for completing the challenge.
The Challenges
- The Original
- The Local
- The Double
- The Substitute
The Original–Ottawa Based
Skate Course
- 7.8k
- One way from under the Laurier St Bridge to Dows Lake around the median down the middle of the lake, right turn and finish at Hartwell Locks
- You can skate back, have someone pick you up at the end, or take the free Snow Bus.
Ski Course
- 6k
- anywhere you want
- classic or skate ski
Run Course
- 5k
- One way from the beginning of the boardwalk at the Dows Lake Pavilion, aka Preston St at Queen Elizabeth Drive, along the pathway to the Lewis St sign, 5km out.
- You can run back, have someone pick you up at the end, or take the free Snow bus.
The Local (To You)
Skate Course
- Any 7.8k skate course
Run Course
- Any 5k run course
Ski Course
- Any 6k cross country ski course
- anywhere you want
- classic or skate ski
The Double
Skate Course
- Any 15k skate course
Ski Course
- Any 12k loop or out and back course
Run Course
- Any 10k loop or out and back course
The Substitute
- Don’t have ice where you live, or can’t skate or ski, or run? We’ve got the solution: snowshoe or ride a fat bike instead. We’ll accept either or both as substitutions for any of the disciplines.
Let’s do this: Sign me up
