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43rd Annual Canada Life Forest City Road Races!
Claim your spot and participate in this amazing community event, all while supporting the Thames Valley Children's Centre! Your registration helps provide resources & services offered by the TVCC for over 11,000 kids.
Keep scrolling to learn more about our event and our 2025 registration fees.
What's Included In Your Registration
Included with your in-person event registration:
- Entry into our non-profit event on behalf of the Thames Valley Children's Centre
- Official ASICS race t-shirt
- Personalized race bib with your name on it
- Finishers medal
- Access to post-race food tent, amenities & vendors in Victoria Park
- Complimentary race photos that you can save, download or print
- Timed Road Race by Chiptime Results
Also included if you add the VIP Race Day Experience to your registration:
- The VIP Tent will be located just a short distance from the finish line of the race
- VIP labeled bib for your access into the tent
- Private heated washroom facilities to be used only by VIP participants
- Private food table, including toaster and condiments
- Comfortable chairs
- Private gear check for personal items
- Private change rooms
- Private massage area
- Concierge to assist with any last-minute needs, pre or post-race
Included with your Virtual event registration:
- Our Virtual Event will take place throughout the month of July 2024
- Official ASICS race t-shirt
- Race bib
- Finish line
- Finishers medal
Thames Valley Children's Centre
Transfers, Deferrals or Refunds
ALL proceeds from the event go to the programs and services at the Thames Valley Children's Centre. We hope our participants can understand that we order items for the event and race kits early in the year. All printing begins at M&T printing group by Monday, May 19th for the June 8th event. We will try to accommodate and be as flexible as we can with distance changes, injuries, cancelations, etc. until a few weeks prior to the event.
- Provided the events are not sold out, you may change your distance online until Sunday, May 18th. If you are choosing to transfer into a longer distance, there will be an additional transfer fee. If you would like to change your distance after Sunday May 18, please visit the Solutions Table at Packet Pick Up on Saturday June 7th in Victoria Park.
- There will be no refunds to transfer into a shorter distance, or into a virtual event.
- In the event that you can't participate in a race you have registered for, you can transfer your registration to another person online until Sunday, May 18th. You will be fully refunded by Race Roster, and the new participant will pay in full online. We will never ask you to pay via e-transfer. If you would like to transfer your registration after Sunday May 18, please visit the Solutions Table at Packet Pick Up on Saturday June 7th in Victoria Park.
- It is possible to defer your registration to the next year up until Sunday, May 18th for a $25 fee.
- Your race registration is non-refundable. If you purchased the Race Roster Enhanced Refund Protection Policy and would like to request a refund, you will find all of the necessary information in the email sent to you by Protecht / Reg Shield.
Event Cancellation
In the event that the in-person races should be held in an adapted or alternative way, including a virtual race for reasons beyond the control of the organizing committee, such as the weather or a pandemic situation including COVID-19 and/or other variants, no refund will be possible.
- You will still receive your race kit and be able to participate in the July virtual event. We are a non-profit event and planning for our June event gets underway in the fall, using funds that we anticipate from registration.
- We will do everything we can to have safety measures in place for an in-person event, however, we do not have control if gathering restrictions are put in place by our Middlesex-London Health Unit or the Government of Ontario. We rely on the decisions made by the provincial and/or municipal levels of Government in terms of canceling the event due to weather, gathering restrictions, or unforeseen circumstances.
Note:
- Entry fees will be charged in Canadian funds.
- New this year; online processing fees are included in the price list below.
- Prices are + HST
Registration fees
Prices are inclusive of mandatory charges, items, and fees
ASICS Runkeeper Half Marathon
Price changes in 1 month 15 days-
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CA$101.41Now registering Nov 8 – Jan 5
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BackRoads Brews + Shoes 10K
Price changes in 1 month 15 days-
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CA$85.07Now registering Nov 8 – Jan 5
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M & T Printing Group 5K
Price changes in 1 month 15 days-
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CA$68.73Now registering Nov 8 – Jan 5
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Kids Fun Run - McDonalds
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CA$25.16
Special Launch Pricing
Registrants 1 – 500 -
CA$30.60Now registering 501 – Sell out
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Virtual Half Marathon
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CA$57.84Nov 7 - Jun 6
Virtual 10K
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CA$57.84Nov 7 - Jun 6
Virtual 5K
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CA$57.84Nov 7 - Jun 6
Event schedule
- Sat, June 7, 2025 10:00 AM - FCRR Race Kit pick-up in Victoria Park
- Sun, June 8, 2025 8:00 AM - ASICS Runkeeper Half-Marathon
- Sun, June 8, 2025 8:20 AM - M&T Printing 5k
- Sun, June 8, 2025 10:00 AM - Backroads 10K
- Sun, June 8, 2025 11:30 AM - McDonalds Kids Fun Run
- Sun, June 8, 2025 11:45 AM - Awards Ceremony
- Mon, June 30, 2025 12:00 AM - Virtual Event
Contact information
- Event contact
- Forest City Road Races
- Website
- Visit website