The Staircase Challenge is sort of a trainning run held in Old Quebec City. In this untimed 10K, participants will run or walk the streets of Old Quebec City and more than 2000 stairs which connect the Lower Town with the Upper Town. Streets will not be closed to traffic which means that participants will have to respect roadsigns and markings.

Participants will run up and down 21 different staircases; a bit more than 2000 steps... Each will be given a bib to the color of the Challenge and on which all the names of the staircases will beprinted.

A detailed plan will be handed out; also, directions will be marked on the ground and distances will be indicated before each staircase.

All those who have completed the course within the time limit, will receive the Staircase Challenge medal.

The number of participants is limited to 300. Bibs will be given on a first come first served basis. Only participants registered to one of Sunday's events can participate to the Quebec City Staircase Challenge!

• start at the Running Room Store, avenue Cartier
• take rue Fraser going West till the end
• take avenue Bougainville going North (to the right)
• take rue Père Marquette going West (to the left) till the end
• take avenue Joffre going North (to the right)
• go down the Joffre Staircase
• at the foot of the staircase, take boulevard Charest ouest going
   East (to the right)
• take rue Verdun going South (to the right)
• go up the Pente Douce Staircase
• cross the street (côte de la Pente-Douce)
• go up the Parc des Braves Staircase
• cross the park and reach the chemin Ste-Foy
• take chemin Ste-Foy going East (to the left)
• take avenue de l’Alverne going North (to the left)
• go down the Franciscains Staircase
• at the foot of the staircase, take rue Arago going East (to the right)
• cross rue de l’Aqueduc and keep going on Arago
• take rue Victoria going South (to the right)
• go up the Victoria Staircase
• take the footbridge to the left at the top of the staircase
• go down the promenade staircase
• go up the Colbert Staircase
• at the top of the staircase, go down the côte Salaberry
• take rue Arago going East (to the right
• go up the Lavigueur Staircase (after rue Nazaire-Fortier)
• take rue Lavigueur going East (to the left)
• go down the Badelard Staircase
• take rue Arago goint East (to the right)
• keep going on rue St-Vallier
• go up the Couronne Staircase
• take rue St-Réal going East (to the left)
• cross côte d’Abraham
• go down the Chapelle Staircase
• take rue St-Vallier going East (to the right)
• go down the Lépine Staircase
• keep going till côte d’Abraham
• take côte d’Abraham going East (to the left)
• cross boulevard Honoré-Mercier
• keep going on rue des Sœurs-de-la-Charité
• take rue des Glacis going north (to the left)
• cross Côte de la Potasse
• go down the Glacis Staircase
• take rue St-Vallier going East (to the right)
• take rue Vallière going North (to the left)
• take des rue des Prairies going East (to the right)
• take rue St-Nicolas going South (to the right)
• take côte du Palais
• take rue des Remparts going East (to the left)
• go down the staircase in front of rue St-Flavien
• cross côte de la Canoterie
• go down côte du Colonel-Dambourgès
• take rue Sous-le-Cap
• at the end of  rue Sous-le-Cap, take rue du Sault-au-Matelot going West (to the right)
• cross côte de La Montagne
• keep going on rue Notre-Dame
• keep going on Place Royale
• go up the « hidden » staircase located to the right at the center to Place Royale  
• cross côte de La Montagne
• go up côte De la Montagne till the staircase going to the Montmorency Park 
• go up the small staircase going to the Montmorency Parc
• turn right at the top of the staircase
• go up the staircase which takes you to the boardwalk that goes
   over côte de La Montagne
• go up the Frontenac Staircase to the Dufferin terrasse gazébo
• go down towards rue du Fort
• take rue du Fort going North (to the right)
• go down the staircase in front of the old Post office (in front of Buade street)
• take côte De la Montagne going south going down (to the right)
• go down the Casse-Cou Staircase
• keep going on rue du Petit-Champlain
• go down the Cul-de-sac Staircase
• take boulevard Champlain going West (to the right))
• at the street light, keep going on rue Champlain on the right  
• go up the Cap Blanc Staircase
• at the to of the staircase, take avenue Ontario street going
   East (to the right)
• at the intersection, take avenue Georges VI going West (to the left)
• keep going on avenue Bernières
• take avenue Briand going North (to the right)
• take Grande Allée street going West (to the left)
• take avenue Cartier going North (to the right)
• keep going to the Running Room store

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