Training plans for famous Canadian running races
TERUN doesn't build a separate plan per race — it builds one sized to the distance, paced from your own running data, and periodized to your start date.
Whether it's the Vancouver Sun Run, a local Police Service half or a marathon-weekend 5K, the training principle is the same: pick the plan for your race's distance below, and TERUN fills in the paces, the build-up and the taper from your current fitness.
5K
- Bluenose Marathon Weekend — Halifax, NS, 5K side race.
- Around the Bay Road Race Weekend — Hamilton, ON, 5K/10K side races.
- Toronto Waterfront Marathon Weekend — Toronto, ON, 5K side race.
- Chilly Half Weekend — Burlington, ON, 5K side race.
- Race Weekend Newfoundland — St. John's, 5K/10K.
- MEC Race Series — multiple cities, 5K/10K.
- Run to Empower — multiple locations, women's 5K.
All of these are a straight match for the adaptive training plan — there's no separate 5K page, so set 5K as your goal distance there.
10K
- Vancouver Sun Run — Vancouver, BC, Canada's largest 10K since 1985, roughly 40,000 runners.
- Times Colonist 10K — Victoria, BC, April.
- Toronto Yonge Street 10K — Toronto, ON.
- Rattler Run — Medicine Hat, AB, 10K/5K/3K.
- Kool Oak Bay Half-weekend — Victoria, BC, 10K side race.
- Gopher Attack — Regina, SK, 5K/10K, Boston Qualifier.
- Peterborough's Steeltown 10K/5K — Peterborough, ON.
- Grand Falls 5K/10K — New Brunswick, alongside the Potato Festival.
- Winnipeg Police Service Half Marathon Weekend — 10K/5K side races.
The 10K training plan is built for exactly this: short and intense, with paces that have to be right.
Half marathon (with 5K/10K support races)
- Ottawa Race Weekend — Ottawa, ON, half plus 10K/5K, May.
- Banque Scotia 21K de Montréal-weekend — Montréal, QC, Canadian half-marathon championship, with a 5K side race.
- Forest City Road Races — London, ON, half/10K/5K.
- Limestone Race Weekend — Kingston, ON, half/10K/5K.
- Calgary Police Half Marathon & 5K — Calgary, AB.
- Regina Police Service Half Marathon — Regina, SK, with relay and 5K options.
- RunWild — multiple locations, half/10K/5K.
- Demi-Marathon des Érables — Mont-Saint-Grégoire, QC, half plus 30K/10K/5K options.
- Chilly Half Weekend — Burlington, ON.
- Winnipeg Police Service Half Marathon Weekend — Winnipeg, MB.
Going for the half? The half marathon training plan is built for that. Starting with the shorter support race instead, use the plans above.
Part of a marathon weekend
Not ready for the full marathon yet? These events' shorter distances run alongside it:
- Servus Calgary Marathon Weekend — Calgary, AB, 5K/10K/half side races.
- Toronto Waterfront Marathon Weekend — Toronto, ON, 5K side race.
- Beneva Mississauga Marathon Weekend — Mississauga, ON, 10K/5K side races.
- Bluenose Marathon Weekend — Halifax, NS, 10K/5K side races.
Training for one of the full marathons instead? See the marathon plan from your data.
Other well-known distances & race series
- Courir à Québec series (including Demi-Marathon Lévis) — Québec, QC, 10K/5K.
- 15K de Grande-Digue — New Brunswick, 15K/3K.
- Rocky Mountain Soap Women's Run — Canmore, AB, 10K/5K.
- Harry's Spring Run-Off — Toronto, ON, 8K.
Same principle, every distance. TERUN doesn't look at your race's name — it looks at your own pace and heart-rate data and how much time is left until your start date. Pick the plan closest to your race's distance and it periodizes toward it automatically.
More countries
Racing outside Canada? See the same kind of guide for famous US races, famous UK races, famous Australian races, famous German races, famous Spanish races or famous Italian races.